Me, myself, I #TheProfileProject #9
Anne Cooper tells the story behind her Twitter profile: “Even when I first started my Twitter journey my profile picture was one of me….. me, myself, I. (I just love this song by Joan Armatrading and...
View ArticleWe do not communicate well with our younger generations #TheProfileProject #10
@FakeThom tells the story behind his Twitter profile picture: “My profile picture is a cartoon graphic representation of me to primarily accompany my YouTube channel, matching the channel’s artwork and...
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From online social networks to codesign in digital health
I set this blog up just over four years ago in January 2012 both to record my online ethnographic PhD research and with the hope of having conversations that would help inform my thinking and enable me...
View ArticleThe next Uber for healthcare
‘This app is basically the next Uber for healthcare’ A web search for the phrase uber for healthcare yields around 11,100,000 hits along with a plethora of suggested related searches. Uber has become...
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China cups and therapy dogs with a dash of teal
What do china cups, therapy dogs and self-managing teams have in common? Well, quite a bit it turns out… It all began at an Improvement Academy Fellows event some months back where consultant physician...
View ArticleI’m too old now to pretend to be something I’m not #TheProfileProject #12
Paul Taylor AKA @PaulBromford tells the story behind his Twitter profile picture: “In my early days on Twitter I kept the same avatar for a long time. I think because my profile was part of my...
View ArticleWhat are mental health practitioner attitudes towards digital?
The use of digital technologies such as Internet sites and mobile applications, have received much hype in recent years, both in mental health and the NHS more widely. Opinions on these technologies...
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What has frugal innovation got to offer the NHS, social care and wider public sector? This is a question we will be debating at our People Drive Digital #PDDigital16 festival on the evening of 28...
View ArticleLayers of delight (and the joy of online social networks with my teens)
Ok, so I know there are plenty of aspects of online social networks that are problematic. Particularly for teens. But sometimes I reflect on ways in which online social networks, and our smartphones,...
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The gap between hyperbole and reality in digital health
Looking back at what the mHabitat team have been up to in 2016, I am convinced more than ever that the gap between the hyperbole of digital health and reality in practice remains a yawning chasm. There...
View Article20 tips for a successful digital project in health and social care #PDDigital16
What is the absolute best way for a domain expert (health or care practitioner) to collaborate with a digital team (software designers and developers) to realise your goals and create a digital tool...
View Article15 top tips for co-design in digital health
The mHabitat team are currently running a Digital Development Lab on behalf of NHS England for a small group of innovators who have developed promising digital innovations for young people’s mental...
View ArticleHow can digital innovators give their ideas the best chance of adoption in...
So you’ve got a fantastic idea for a digital technology or maybe you’ve developed something which you think could add value to the NHS. How do you give your idea the very best chance of adoption in a...
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Digital leadership – kill or cure?
Is there such a thing as digital leadership? This article for the Harvard Business Review makes the case for it and this online course says it will teach you the requisite skills. But is there anything...
View ArticleTowards a manifesto for digital health #socialjustice
What would a manifesto for digital technologies grounded in social justice look like? In other words, the development of digital technologies in health and care that enable an equitable distribution of...
View ArticleConnected realities – what do practitioners need to know about teens’ online...
“What if we thought about the internet a resource to be deployed rather than as a problem to be solved?” (Jenkins et al, 2016, p.36) What if we move our focus from a deficit orientated understanding...
View ArticleDigital resilience: how health and care practitioners can help teens with...
I’ve recently written a blog post and report for NHS Digital’s Widening Digital Participation Programme based on a review of the evidence along with interviews and focus groups with young people. The...
View ArticleCarebnb and the law of unintended consequences
Along with the title: “NHS may rent spare rooms to ease bed crisis” The Guardian ran a story this week, on what it describes as an Airbnb style scheme designed to help alleviate pressure in the NHS, by...
View ArticleConvenient access to your GP – what’s not to like?
General Practice is in crisis. A record number of GP practices closed last year as a result of growing patient demand without the requisite funding and workforce to respond. So a new app-based service...
View ArticleFrameworks, lyrics and non-adoption of technology
You know that feeling when a piece of music (or a book or film) resonates so strongly that it helps you understand something about your life? In my late teens it was The Smiths who did just that. I...
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