In this 2-part interview, the HCI Group spoke with David Walliker, Chief Information Officer at Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. David was recently nominated for the Healthcare IT Champion of the Year 2014 by EHI.

In this first post, David shares his passion for efficiently delivering large-scale IT projects, and his vision for a paperless NHS and clinical engagement.

Dr. Paul Woolman is a health informatics consultant and is the UK representative on the International Medical Informatics Association.  He is currently working as manager of the Information Services department in NHS Forth Valley and with Edinburgh University working on a new Masters programme in Global eHealth.  Previously, he worked in Scottish Government, the NHS and academia. He is a fellow of the BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT. Paul is on the board of several companies. He is an expert in interoperability and informatics standards. 

The HCI Group spoke to Paul about the upcoming BCS Health Scotland Conference and the future of eHealth in Scotland.

Mike Jones has been the Director of IM&T/CIO at Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust since November 2012. In his previous role, Mike was the Director of IT for an IT Shared Services organisation in Greater Manchester.  Mike's professional challenge on joining Northern Devon was joining an organization that was embarking on a massive integrated Electronic Health Record procurement implementation. This transformation programme is what attracted Mike to the role.

The HCI Group spent some time talking to Mike about the challenges of implementing EHR's in the NHS, integrated systems vs best of breed and the benefits of funding and incentives when implementing an EHR.