Expert Details
Health Information Management and e-Learning, Health Commissioning, Privacy, Systems Thinking
ID: 729310
United Kingdom
He has advised governments in three continents and local health organisations in Europe and North America with projects focused around health care reforms and the information and change managment requirements of such processes. He has a particular interest and expertise in primary and community care. He has facilitated and evaluated change processes and has developed evaluation and governance schema. He has published widely and has always complemented academic articles with books articles and presentations aimed at practitioners and managers.
He has worked with two training companies translating their professionally accredited management courses into a VLE-based elearning delivery.He has advised the UK Department of Health on the informatics competencies needed by clinical staff and on the appropriateness of educational programmes.He has developed bespoke maturity models to manage change in small local organisations providing services for the NHS and for the UK Probation service.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1992 | Degree: PhD | Subject: Problem Solving Methodology | Institution: UCLAN |
| Year: 1987 | Degree: MA | Subject: Chemistry | Institution: Oxford University |
| Year: 1984 | Degree: BA | Subject: Chemistry | Institution: Oxford University |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 2009 to 2010 | Employer: UCLAN | Title: Professor of Information Management/School Research and Knowledge Transfer Coordinator | Department: School of Public Health and Clinical Sciences |
Responsibilities:He was the member of the School Executive Team responsible for coordinating the reserach and commercial activity of 70 academic staff including 7 other full professors |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1998 to 2008 | Employer: UCLAN | Title: Subject Leader/Professor of Information Management | Department: Postgraduate Medical School |
Responsibilities:He was team leader of the health informatics team responsible for international research and innovation in learning delivery |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1993 to 1998 | Employer: Lancashire Business School | Title: Professor of Information Management | Department: Business Information Management |
Responsibilities:Research Leader for Business Information Management |
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Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| Used as industry expert by Sky News |
Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| 2006 Member European Association of Health Information and Librarianship 2004 Fellow British Computer Society, Chartered IT Professional 2004 UKCHIP Registrant, Board member, Chair ETD (04-07) 2004 Fellow Academy of higher education (Member, 2004-2007) 2003 Member Institute of learning & teaching 1996 Member British Computer Society, Chartered Engineer |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| Doctor Honoris Causa UMF Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 2001 |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| Over 120 publications, including 30+ journal articles and 20+ books |