In my last post, I suggested that we should want Britain to be a knowledge economy and we should demonstrate this in our greatest asset – our health system – […]
Viral: a social information flow process, where many people simultaneously forward a specific information item, over a short period of time, within their social networks, and where the message spreads […]
British history is marked by innovation, exploration and a commitment to societal welfare – all of these positives are reflected in the argument for greater use of health data. So […]
We made it – January is finally over! We now have the rest of 2014 to look forward to. However, being a scientist at heart I couldn’t resist conducting some […]
For many of us, we see Apple as the pinnacle of consumer technology innovation. So when the iPhone 5S was launched, I was curious as to why the brochure highlighted […]
Happy New Year everyone! With the festive period well and truly over what better way to start the New Year with a new diet plan, exercise regime and Aurora top […]
Happy New Year everyone! With the festive period well and truly over what better way to start the New Year with a new diet plan, exercise regime and Aurora top […]
Activating the public’s voice in healthcare priority setting intuitively makes sense but can be laden with challenges and risks marginalising those voices that most need to be heard. Surely these […]
Individual need vs. collective good, healthcare prioritisation and the quantified self. Big concepts. Timely concepts. A period of technological change and super-consumerism is colliding with health policy and the energy […]
A word from Aurora, goddess of the dawn I like to think of multichannel in terms of Greek mythology; it is the mythical beast that must be tamed or slayed, […]
It’s been a turbulent year for the NHS. They’ve taken some hammering in the media throughout 2013, starting with the publication of the Francis report following the Mid-Staffs scandal, detailing […]
With this month’s devastating news regarding Typhoon Haiyan and its destructive path through south-east Asia, it was heart-warming to see the world rush to help those countries worst affected. In the […]
This blog post was originally posted on the GLOBALHealthPR blog on 25 November 2013 by this author. When does your employer pay you for your toil? For the Brits reading […]
Well, October is now well and truly behind us, and what a stormy October it has been, both on the weather front and in the health news! St Jude was […]
Most of us may only just be coming to terms with autumn but for the NHS one eye is firmly locked on what winter will bring this year, and the […]
Autumn has definitely arrived as we look back at the news highlights from September. It seems the coming winds are mixing things up in the top 20, and as several […]
With August just behind us we’ve finally said goodbye to the last official month of summer which seems to have gone by in record time. Although the seasons come and […]