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Let’s imagine that you want to find out the best mediation dosing parameters for patients with a particular disease, so that they enjoy the best ‘steady state’ of medications, with as few peaks or troughs as possible. These are the challenges you would face... READ MORE.

Not my words, but the words of the moderator during the ENDORSE 2025 Conference hosted by the  Publications Office of the European Union  to which we were kindly allowed to present our findings. In fact those words have lingered with me since the conference, not just because it's accurate, but also because... READ ON HERE .

In the last few years I have realised that a lot of the policy and research discussion – especially in the EU and reflected very much in their research funding interests – refer to federated data, especially in health but also... READ ON HERE.

Recently I found myself writing about the need for provenance in health data systems in the context of national defence. For those who are familiar with the area of health data interoperability, provenance may not spring to mind as the first issue. Why? Because when it's so hard to.... READ ON HERE .

I was initially delighted to read the recent “ Electronic patient record systems: Putting patient safety at the heart of implementation ” that was released in July this year by... READ ON HERE .

Inspired by  David HANCOCK 's excellent article on the UK Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill to support health data interoperability in the UK, and given that the European Health Data Space (#EHDS) is entering into force, I thought I would write a related article on the sector based on my experiences over the last ... READ ON HERE

Earlier this week I was delighted to read the paper entitled ‘ Best practices in the real-world data life cycle ’ which covered the collection of ‘Real World Data’ (RWD). Although the gathering of RWD is typically considered as a exercise for research and industry, all of the points made in the paper are equally valid for the overall management of health data... READ ON HERE

In September 2021, the NHS published the DAPB 4013 regulation mandating all care sites that prescribe medication to use specific formats and naming conventions. As part of this regulation,... READ MORE HERE

Almost two decades ago, shortly after my graduation, I was invited to a book launch where a billionaire was due to give a keynote speech. I was really looking forward to it for many reasons. I had contributed to the book and was proud of it, the event was to be held in a famous library, and most intriguingly, the keynote speaker was notoriously camera shy and didn’t like media coverage. ...read more here

Crunchbase posed the question  'Is Peloton’s Crash A Warning For Connected-Fitness Startups?'  Once again the exercise bike is losing it's shine (remember the ill-fated advert?), but this time to investors. Continue reading here .

An article back from 2020 when I was Ironman training :-D Check out the full article here on LinkedIn.