It not really an Irish thing. I have been been silent too and from Nigeria. Good luck with the post. hope to contribute more actively
Sanyaolu Ameye -------------------------------------------------- From: "Mary Sharp" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 8:38 AM To: "For openEHR clinical discussions" <openehr-clinical at openehr.org> Subject: Re: Chair of openEHR Clinical Review Board (CRB) .. your views please > Congratulations Tony, > > Like you I am a silent member of the mailing list must be an "Irish" > thing. > Good luck with the post. > > Mary Sharp > > At 23:41 02/09/2008 +0100, you wrote: >>Dear All, >> >>I am very honoured to be invited to take up this important role as Chair >>of the Clinical Review Board within the openEHR Foundation. >> >>Please allow me to introduce myself and my interest in openEHRs mission. >>I would welcome your feedback and views as I explain below. >> >>- >> >>I qualified as a doctor in Dublin and now work as a Consultant in >>Emergency Medicine based in Leeds, spending half of my week working with >>NHS Connecting for Health which is delivering the National Programme for >>IT here in England. >> >>For many years I have been well aware that we as clinicians are very >>dependent on effective information management. Indeed we must address >>this challenge to firstly survive and then hopefully thrive as 21st >>century healthcare pressures increase.. >>As my work in Informatics has grown over the last years, I have >>increasingly understood that these challenges are only a part of a wider >>international struggle to change many health care systems in very >>fundamental ways. >>Much of my work within NHS Connecting for Health has been centred around >>what I call a "Healthcare Change Challenge" involving people, process >>and technology change. Indeed it was research in that area and the >>potential offered by standards to support that change that helped me >>come across openEHR. >> >>When I first came across openEHR I must admit it took me some time to >>understand what it offered. Over a little time it became much clearer >>and a "lightbulb" came on, as it appeared to offer a potential solution >>to several of the "wicked problems" I had been struggling with for some >>years. >>It is a credit to the initial minds behind this work that openEHR has >>provided, to me at least, a way to tackle the complex challenge that >>informatics provides. The openEHR archetypes and templates offer many >>obvious advantages and indeed I find the openEHR reference model with >>its simple but clear relationship with key generic clinical processes a >>key strength of openEHRs approach, which no other standard does so well.. >> >>We have been quietly using openEHR to develop clinical content models >>(archetypes and templates) within the NHS for some time now, building up >>a Clinical Content Service. This service aims to develop (for the first >>time in the NHS) clinically driven, open standards based, reusable, >>shareable, clinical content models. >>In doing so we are trying to reduce duplication of effort, encourage >>consistencies and standardisation of clinical records where appropriate, >>though we have some way to go to see them used in action within vendor >>EHR systems..something we continue to pursue... >> >>While it is a quiet start, I feel that it is only the beginning, as I >>expect that vendors will increasingly appreciate the enormous potential >>on offer, by providing more native support for openEHR than they >>currently offer. In due course I also believe that, given the right >>tools, that more ownership and control of health ICT development will >>quite naturally end up in the hands of those who need it most, i.e. the >>clinicians. >> >>- >> >>I must admit I have stayed silent on this mailing list until now, >>watching the varied email exchanges on many parts of the openEHR work >>that continue to develop, trying to learn more all the time. >> >>With that in mind I would like to ask this clinical group a single >>question that I hope might provoke some useful feedback.. >> >> >>Can I ask you (wherever you are and whatever your clinical challenges >>are) what are the *top 5* things you would like to see the openEHR >>foundation tackle to move us all in the right direction over the next >>year/18months and better support your own challenges as a clinician? >>That might be better communication, better means to get involved, better >>tools etc etc...whatever you happen to think.. >> >> >>I would like to collate your views, feed them back to the group and then >> present them to the openEHR CRB and into the emerging openEHR >>Foundation discussions on strategic direction, which as Professor Ingram >>has outlined, have recently begun.. >> >>This is an important time for openEHR, as increasingly light is being >>shone on it. I think it is also an exciting time, which we need to take >>advantage of. >> >>I look forward to hearing from you either via this mailing list/ >>directly to me if you prefer at tony.shannon at nhs.net >> >> >>With kind regards, >> >> >>Tony >> >> >>Dr. Tony Shannon >>Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Leeds Teaching Hospitals >>Clinical Lead, Clinical Content Service, NHS Connecting for Health >>Senior Research Fellow, University College London >>+44.789.988 5068 tony.shannon at nhs.net >> >>Thomas Beale wrote: >> > [this is a repost of an announcement made a week ago, for those on the >> clinical list but not on the announce list] >> > >> > from Prof David Ingram, CHIME department, University College London: >> > >> > I am delighted to announce that Dr Tony Shannon has accepted an >> > invitation, on behalf of the openEHR Foundation Board, to take over the >> > chair of the Clinical Review Board. Tony has long experience and >> > interest in clinical information management, as Clinical Lead for the >> > Clinical Content Service of NHS Connecting for Health and as Consultant >> > in Emergency Medicine at Leeds Teaching Hospitals. >> > >> > My UCL colleague, Dr Dipak Kalra, has been the founding chair of the >> > CRB >> > but felt it the right time to step down and make way for a new >> > appointment, recognising, as we all do, that openEHR governance needs >> > to >> > spread beyond the founding members at UCL and Ocean Informatics. Dipak, >> > Sam Heard and I remain as the active directors of the Foundation, but >> > this, too, may well change quickly, in the period ahead, as we work to >> > broaden the governance of the Foundation. Ideally, we feel that the >> > Foundation needs to remain agile and inclusive in its work, while >> > consolidating its relationships and accountability to users and >> > international stakeholder organisations, keen to capitalise on its >> > work. >> > In this transition, we must try to avoid exchanging a crucible of >> > innovation for a tanker full of treacle. >> > >> > Tony Shannon has an honorary appointment as senior research fellow at >> > UCL and has been active clinically in building wider awareness of and >> > engagement with the mission of openEHR, for several years. Along with >> > Tim Cook, a member of the ARB, he has joined Sam, Dipak, Tom Beale and >> > me in crucial new discussions about how to take the Foundation into its >> > next stage of development and governance, as its work grows rapidly in >> > international focus and importance. We have received a number of >> > approaches for new partnerships and we will be taking these very >> > seriously and opening discussions more widely within the international >> > community, including at a session of the WoHIT conference in November, >> > under the auspices of our collaborating partners in EuroRec. >> > >> > openEHR exists to champion the clinical ownership of the fundamental >> > requirements for effective and useful electronic health records and to >> > support the discipline, engagement and trust required to help them >> > succeed. Central to its approach is shared and collaborative research, >> > development and iterative evaluation, though real world >> > implementations. >> > >> > >> > >> > * >> > * >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > openEHR-clinical mailing list >> > openEHR-clinical at openehr.org >> > http://lists.chime.ucl.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/openehr-clinical >> >>*********************************************************************** >>This message may contain confidential and privileged information. >>If you are not the intended recipient you should not disclose, copy >>or distribute information in this e-mail or take any action in reliance >>on its contents. To do so is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. >>Please inform the sender that this message has gone astray before >>deleting it. Thank you. >> >>2008 marks the 60th anniversary of the NHS. 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