Prof Joe McDonald
@comparesoftware.bsky.social
Psychiatrist, NHS Trust Medical Director, Founder Great North Care Record, National Clinical Lead for IT, Digital Health Transformation Specialist, UX expert.
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Will you be reading FHIR and Loathing in Las Vegas from
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Will you be reading FHIR and Loathing in Las Vegas from
@comparesoftware.bsky.social?
@roylilley1.bsky.social shares his thoughts in today's essential reading! #FHIR myemail.constantcontact.com/I-did.html?s...
@comparesoftware.bsky.social?
@roylilley1.bsky.social shares his thoughts in today's essential reading! #FHIR myemail.constantcontact.com/I-did.html?s...
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My ebook is free to download til midnight tonight. 20 years of Health IT experience for free!
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My ebook is free to download til midnight tonight. 20 years of Health IT experience for free!
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FHIR and Loathing in Las Vegas : McDonald, Prof Joe: Amazon.co.uk: Books
FHIR and Loathing in Las Vegas : McDonald, Prof Joe: Amazon.co.uk: Books
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October 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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My ebook is free to download til midnight tonight. 20 years of Health IT experience for free!
@publicdigital.bsky.social
@dhrewired.bsky.social
@nhsemployers.bsky.social
@nhsmillion.bsky.social
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My ebook is free to download til midnight tonight. 20 years of Health IT experience for free!
@publicdigital.bsky.social
@dhrewired.bsky.social
@nhsemployers.bsky.social
@nhsmillion.bsky.social
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I published a book this week
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September 26, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I published a book this week
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If you enjoyed that discussion with @adebyrne.bsky.social then you'll probably also love the "'Make Medicine Fun Again' with Joe McDonald - HIMSS 2025 and Ambient AI Assistants" chat I had just a few days before, with @comparesoftware.bsky.social
youtu.be/2gB8FAn_FK8
youtu.be/2gB8FAn_FK8
'Make Medicine Fun Again' with Joe McDonald - HIMSS 2025 and Ambient AI Assistants
YouTube video by Everything Digital Health
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March 15, 2025 at 11:15 AM
If you enjoyed that discussion with @adebyrne.bsky.social then you'll probably also love the "'Make Medicine Fun Again' with Joe McDonald - HIMSS 2025 and Ambient AI Assistants" chat I had just a few days before, with @comparesoftware.bsky.social
youtu.be/2gB8FAn_FK8
youtu.be/2gB8FAn_FK8
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Feds have to take annual trainings about document retention and classified-materials markings. I’ve probably received this training a half-dozen times. And what we learn is that *wow is this not allowed even a little bit*. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/u...
U.S.A.I.D. Official Orders Employees to Shred or Burn Classified and Personnel Records
A union representing career diplomats demanded that the aid agency follow the law stated in the Federal Records Act. Some documents could be relevant in court cases.
www.nytimes.com
March 11, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Feds have to take annual trainings about document retention and classified-materials markings. I’ve probably received this training a half-dozen times. And what we learn is that *wow is this not allowed even a little bit*. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/u...
The deal?
Putin"I want Zelensky, Macron& Starmer all humiliated on live primetime TV on consecutive nights, and then Zelensky fired, apprentice style. I keep what we've taken but promise I won't take the rest of the Ukraine until after your term is up."
Trump:"ok"
#theartofthedeal
Putin"I want Zelensky, Macron& Starmer all humiliated on live primetime TV on consecutive nights, and then Zelensky fired, apprentice style. I keep what we've taken but promise I won't take the rest of the Ukraine until after your term is up."
Trump:"ok"
#theartofthedeal
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ALT: a close up of a person 's face with the words " the horror , the horror " written below it
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February 28, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The deal?
Putin"I want Zelensky, Macron& Starmer all humiliated on live primetime TV on consecutive nights, and then Zelensky fired, apprentice style. I keep what we've taken but promise I won't take the rest of the Ukraine until after your term is up."
Trump:"ok"
#theartofthedeal
Putin"I want Zelensky, Macron& Starmer all humiliated on live primetime TV on consecutive nights, and then Zelensky fired, apprentice style. I keep what we've taken but promise I won't take the rest of the Ukraine until after your term is up."
Trump:"ok"
#theartofthedeal
God help us. Trump thinks being president is the same as running an episode of The Apprentice.
February 28, 2025 at 7:18 PM
God help us. Trump thinks being president is the same as running an episode of The Apprentice.
A Single Patient Record. What could possibly go wrong?
February 18, 2025 at 10:50 AM
A Single Patient Record. What could possibly go wrong?
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By reputation, of course! At 18F we were always acutely aware we were following in the footsteps of GDS.
February 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM
By reputation, of course! At 18F we were always acutely aware we were following in the footsteps of GDS.
Demos not memos, I can't believe I've just discovered you @waldo.net . I guess you know
@tomski.com already?
@tomski.com already?
"DEMOS NOT MEMOS" - golden from Waldo Jaquith
Very much the message we heard from the sadly missed UKGOV GDS Team @andrewgreenway.bsky.social @publicdigital.bsky.social @comparesoftware.bsky.social @benterrett.bsky.social
Very much the message we heard from the sadly missed UKGOV GDS Team @andrewgreenway.bsky.social @publicdigital.bsky.social @comparesoftware.bsky.social @benterrett.bsky.social
A great video on procuring large governmental software projects, by the amazing @waldo.net from 18F (US loose equivalent of the GDS Team)
Again another MUST WATCH if you are in digital _anything_.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-h6...
Video link sent to me by @comparesoftware.bsky.social - thanks Joe!
Again another MUST WATCH if you are in digital _anything_.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-h6...
Video link sent to me by @comparesoftware.bsky.social - thanks Joe!
February 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Demos not memos, I can't believe I've just discovered you @waldo.net . I guess you know
@tomski.com already?
@tomski.com already?
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I'll be spending March in New Zealand.
It's a whistle-stop, 4-week tour, visiting palliative care colleagues, hospices & EoL doulas.
I am so excited!
I'll share the itinerary as soon as it's all confirmed. Hope to meet some Kiwi followers soon 🤞🏼🇳🇿
It's a whistle-stop, 4-week tour, visiting palliative care colleagues, hospices & EoL doulas.
I am so excited!
I'll share the itinerary as soon as it's all confirmed. Hope to meet some Kiwi followers soon 🤞🏼🇳🇿
February 7, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I'll be spending March in New Zealand.
It's a whistle-stop, 4-week tour, visiting palliative care colleagues, hospices & EoL doulas.
I am so excited!
I'll share the itinerary as soon as it's all confirmed. Hope to meet some Kiwi followers soon 🤞🏼🇳🇿
It's a whistle-stop, 4-week tour, visiting palliative care colleagues, hospices & EoL doulas.
I am so excited!
I'll share the itinerary as soon as it's all confirmed. Hope to meet some Kiwi followers soon 🤞🏼🇳🇿
Talking 10 year plans with @marcusbaw.bsky.social in The British Virgin Islands
@dhrewired.bsky.social
@digitalhealth2.bsky.social
@dhrewired.bsky.social
@digitalhealth2.bsky.social
January 16, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Talking 10 year plans with @marcusbaw.bsky.social in The British Virgin Islands
@dhrewired.bsky.social
@digitalhealth2.bsky.social
@dhrewired.bsky.social
@digitalhealth2.bsky.social
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The unmissable double act of @pahlkadot.bsky.social and @andrewgreenway.bsky.social published this @niskanencenter.bsky.social report on re-invigorating state capacity just before Xmas. Deliberately US centric, leavened by some UK flourishes.
public.digital/pd-insights/...
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The how we need now: a capacity agenda for 2025 and beyondpublic digitalpublic digital
Report by Andrew Greenway and Jennifer Pahlka
public.digital
January 6, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The unmissable double act of @pahlkadot.bsky.social and @andrewgreenway.bsky.social published this @niskanencenter.bsky.social report on re-invigorating state capacity just before Xmas. Deliberately US centric, leavened by some UK flourishes.
public.digital/pd-insights/...
public.digital/pd-insights/...
I suspect Elon Musk's outrageous tweets are a direct response to the risk posed by @bsky.app @dhrewired.bsky.social @digitalhealth2.bsky.social @nhsemployers.bsky.social @publicdigital.bsky.social
January 7, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I suspect Elon Musk's outrageous tweets are a direct response to the risk posed by @bsky.app @dhrewired.bsky.social @digitalhealth2.bsky.social @nhsemployers.bsky.social @publicdigital.bsky.social
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Starting 2025 with a short thread of my favourite, must-watch, YouTube video recommendations for anyone in Digital Health, HealthTech, Clinical Informatics, or trying to change culture in large organisations.
Don't do ANYTHING else until you've watched ALL of them.
Don't do ANYTHING else until you've watched ALL of them.
January 2, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Starting 2025 with a short thread of my favourite, must-watch, YouTube video recommendations for anyone in Digital Health, HealthTech, Clinical Informatics, or trying to change culture in large organisations.
Don't do ANYTHING else until you've watched ALL of them.
Don't do ANYTHING else until you've watched ALL of them.
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Next is Jerry Harvey's 1982 talk about the Abilene Paradox - the way organisations (couples, businesses, governments) often end up taking a course of action which is opposed to their interests.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFQ-...
This one came via my good friend @comparesoftware.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFQ-...
This one came via my good friend @comparesoftware.bsky.social
Abilene Paradox, DR. HARVEY, 1981
YouTube video by Ja A
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January 2, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Next is Jerry Harvey's 1982 talk about the Abilene Paradox - the way organisations (couples, businesses, governments) often end up taking a course of action which is opposed to their interests.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFQ-...
This one came via my good friend @comparesoftware.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFQ-...
This one came via my good friend @comparesoftware.bsky.social
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The Millennium Bug says "hi" and Happy New Year 25 years on!
January 1, 2025 at 9:52 AM
The Millennium Bug says "hi" and Happy New Year 25 years on!
Happy new year to all. Here's a ghost of Christmas past
#digitalhealth
#interoperability
#FHIR
www.digitalhealth.net/2022/12/joes...
#digitalhealth
#interoperability
#FHIR
www.digitalhealth.net/2022/12/joes...
Joe’s View: Out of the darkest Christmas
An annual tradition, this year's Joe McDonald Christmas column looks at Christmas past, present and future regarding NHS pressures, IT and digital health.
www.digitalhealth.net
December 31, 2024 at 12:18 PM
Happy new year to all. Here's a ghost of Christmas past
#digitalhealth
#interoperability
#FHIR
www.digitalhealth.net/2022/12/joes...
#digitalhealth
#interoperability
#FHIR
www.digitalhealth.net/2022/12/joes...
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It is a great collaboration. I think interopen in the U.K. could be a good vehicle to do the same
www.interopen.co.uk/news/publica...
www.interopen.co.uk/news/publica...
Publication of UK Core Access API Vision
Added at request of David Hancock on 18/12/24
www.interopen.co.uk
December 26, 2024 at 3:42 PM
It is a great collaboration. I think interopen in the U.K. could be a good vehicle to do the same
www.interopen.co.uk/news/publica...
www.interopen.co.uk/news/publica...
Interoperability is a global problem but Australia have put together a community, "Sparked" to fix it. Should the NHS do similar or just join in? youtu.be/Vr4YlyoO_Ak?...
December 26, 2024 at 9:42 AM
Interoperability is a global problem but Australia have put together a community, "Sparked" to fix it. Should the NHS do similar or just join in? youtu.be/Vr4YlyoO_Ak?...
It never occurred to me that Santa would start bringing tiny bikes again
December 24, 2024 at 10:40 PM
It never occurred to me that Santa would start bringing tiny bikes again
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This year's Christmas offering has an Aussie twist www.digitalhealth.net/2024/12/a-ve...
@michaelhoskins.bsky.social
@digitalhealth2.bsky.social
@tomski.com
@michaelhoskins.bsky.social
@digitalhealth2.bsky.social
@tomski.com
A very Aussie Christmas
Joe Mcdonald is in Melbourne for the festive season. And it isn’t just the heat that feels like a welcome change. He’s impressed by the Aussie approach to interoperability
www.digitalhealth.net
December 23, 2024 at 2:00 PM
This year's Christmas offering has an Aussie twist www.digitalhealth.net/2024/12/a-ve...
@michaelhoskins.bsky.social
@digitalhealth2.bsky.social
@tomski.com
@michaelhoskins.bsky.social
@digitalhealth2.bsky.social
@tomski.com