Ian McNicoll
ianmcnicoll.bsky.social
Ian McNicoll
@ianmcnicoll.bsky.social
Former NHS GP. Now Clinical information at freshEHR. openEHR Foundation director. Advocate of standards based patient-centric records, coproduced with patients.
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"Everyone is twelve"
October 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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🌟 3 weeks to go!
Primary Health Care Specialist Group 44th Annual Conference & Education Day 2025.

Hollins Hall Hotel, Bradford.

📅 Thu 13 Nov FREE Education Day

📅 Fri 14 Nov Conference Day

If you care about where digital primary care is headed this one’s for you!

🎟️ tinyurl.com/PHCSG25Tickets
Primary Health Care 44th Annual Conference, Education Day & AGM 2025
The BCS Primary Health Care Specialist Group (PHCSG) is holding its 44th Annual Conference at Hollins Hall Hotel, near Bradford and Leeds
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October 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).

But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
September 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Conference booking is now OPEN and early bird discounts are in effect!

From ambient voice technology to decision support tools, AI is reshaping clinical practice at an unprecedented pace.

🗓 Dates: 13th – 14th Nov 2025
📍 Venue: Hollins Hall Hotel, near Bradford

tinyurl.com/PHCSG25Tickets
Primary Health Care 44th Annual Conference, Education Day & AGM 2025
The BCS Primary Health Care Specialist Group (PHCSG) is holding its 44th Annual Conference at Hollins Hall Hotel, near Bradford and Leeds
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September 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Must do event. Huge value well beyond Primary care
*SAVE THE DATE*
The 44th Annual Conference of the Primary Healthcare Specialist Group (PHCSG) will be held at Hollins Hall Hotel in Shipley from Thursday 13th November to Friday 14th November 2025. More details to follow!
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Primary Health Care 44th Annual Conference, Education Day & AGM 2025 | BCS
Conference for Primary Healthcare Professionals with an interest in infomatics
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September 16, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Major new book edited by Manchester University experts asks whether addressing climate change requires stability or conflict
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Do we need stability or conflict for climate change?
Major new book edited by Manchester University experts asks whether addressing climate change requires stability or conflict
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September 9, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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A new episode of Everything Digital Health just dropped:

Getting Started with openEHR - with Ian McNicoll

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgWhyss_Ako

A solid starting point for anyone who’s interested in getting started with openEHR - quite a long...
Getting Started with openEHR - with Ian McNicoll
A solid starting point for anyone who’s interested in getting started with openEHR - quite a long...
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September 7, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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We’re offering 𝟱 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗧𝗦 for #EHRCON25 to students in health data, health informatics, bioinformatics, medical data science and related fields.
Apply today by emailing [email protected] with a few lines about your studies and why you’d like to attend.
We'll see you there!
August 13, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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There are 20 tickets to #EHRCON25 available for health system staff, free of charge.

It’s a brilliant opportunity to join the openEHR community, connect with like-minded peers and to be part of the movement that is shaping the future of digital health.
July 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Already booked for the #ehrcon25 #openEHR 2025 conference in Barcelona, October 16-17 at Barcelona's Centre for Contemporary Culture (CCCB) @openehr.bsky.social

All the details are at openehr.org/ehrcon25/ - see you there!

I'm driving so I can bring guitars/amps for the #ArchetypesBand interlude!
Join us at EHRCON25… – openehr.org
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July 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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The Parliamentary Science, Innovation and Technology Committee was super interesting this week - not only did it have a section on NHS England's #Palantir Federated Data Platform with Louis Mosley:

parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
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Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
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July 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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New on the Digital Shift podcast:
@e17chrisfleming.bsky.social chats with PD's Audree Fletcher (ex-NHS Test & Trace) on leading through uncertainty and keeping #digitaltransformation on track.

Partnering with @nhsproviders.bsky.social, @nhsconfed.org & NHS's Digital Academy.

#nhs #testandlearn
The Provider Podcast - How leaders can navigate change whilst driving forward the digital agenda
In episode three of The Digital Shift, you'll hear from Audree Fletcher former service director at NHS Test and Trace where she led the development and roll out of the service.
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June 26, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Thanks to @ianmcnicoll.bsky.social of FreshEHR Clinical Informatics, a stalwart of the international @openehr.bsky.social community for coming on my YouTube channel - "here's openEHR Part 3"!

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openEHR Part 3 - with FreshEHR’s Ian McNicoll
YouTube video by Everything Digital Health
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June 19, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Thanks Marcus. It was fun.
Thanks to @ianmcnicoll.bsky.social of FreshEHR Clinical Informatics, a stalwart of the international @openehr.bsky.social community for coming on my YouTube channel - "here's openEHR Part 3"!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpr8...
openEHR Part 3 - with FreshEHR’s Ian McNicoll
YouTube video by Everything Digital Health
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June 19, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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I don’t say this lightly: I think the latest from @xkcd.com might be the best YouTube video I’ve ever seen. (3m37s)
What if you funneled Niagara Falls through a straw?
YouTube video by xkcd's What If?
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June 18, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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I have been logged out of my toothbrush.
May 29, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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Healthcare IT is lagging behind other sectors - but it doesn’t have to.
openEHR creates a common language for health data, solving interoperability challenges and empowering clinicians, researchers and patients. openehr.org/what-is-open...
#HealthcareIT #openEHR #Interoperability
March 31, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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It’s back! EHRCON25 – the second openEHR International Conference – is set to be an incredible event in the global #DigitalHealthcare calendar.
Join us in the beautiful city of Barcelona for two days of insightful discussion, networking and workshops. openehr.org/ehrcon25 #EHRCON25
May 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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My latest @newscientist.com cartoon
April 28, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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"Governments and providers that adopt #openEHR are setting themselves up for decades of interoperability, adaptability, and clinical intelligence." shorturl.at/XHXfx
#finance #healthcare #healthIT #interoperability
Black Book Research Identifies Top Global Growth Opportunities for openEHR Adoption in 2025
Cracking the Code on Interoperability with Scalable, Vendor-Neutral Architectures Powering AI-Ready Health Systems Worldwide LONDON, GB / ACCESS Newswire / March 31, 2025 / As global healthcare system...
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March 31, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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What does the future hold beyond the EHR era? In our latest blog post, colleagues @jranck.bsky.social, Girish Muralidharan and I address the opportunities:

"Platform Shift: From EHRs to UDHPs (Unified Digital Health Platforms)"

The Healthcare Platform Blog

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Shift: From EHRs to UDHPs (Unified Digital Health Platforms)
Healthcare trends lead to a new category of enterprise software – Unified Digital Health Platforms (UDHPs).
e-caremanagement.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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BOOM

Told you this was coming

They are going to teach students fake history

New Oklahoma School Curriculum Requires Students to Learn “The Big Lie”

The new standards would require students to “identify discrepancies in 2020 elections results.”

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New Oklahoma School Curriculum Requires Students to Learn “The Big Lie” of 2020 Presidential Election
The new standards would require students to “identify discrepancies in 2020 elections results.”…
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March 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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In the world of #openEHR there are limited ways in which models (archetypes) can be shared amongst interest parties.

There are tools for creating models (free), reviewing models (paid) but nothing to just be view the models.
March 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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My #openEHR archetype viewer is finally starting to come together. Still lots to do, but the end is in sight :-)

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March 9, 2025 at 10:46 PM