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Kanthan Theivendran

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Husband| Father| Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon🦴| Hon Prof @AstonEPS🎓|HealthIT📱|Research🧐|Views my own #digitalhealth #AI #Orthopaedics #PROMs #PROs #MedSky #OrthoSky kanthan.mystrikingly.com

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Marcus Baw @marcusbaw.com · 01/10/2026
Mirth is a mature, Java-based Healthcare Integration Engine (HIE), in use across the NHS. Earlier this year, NextGen decided to close-source the Mirth Connect product. youtu.be/O2eIg9C4Ijc
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Eclipse Open Integration Engine
Every hospital, clinic, and lab runs on a patchwork of software systems that were never designed to talk to each other.
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Kanthan Theivendran @ktheivendran.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Imagine what's possible if the @britorthopaedic.bsky.social made the same move to @openehr.bsky.social open clinical models. lnkd.in/p/enCr427X
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Let's follow the The Royal College of Ophthalmologists (RCOphth) lead. At openEHR International EHRCON26 in Amsterdam, Lars Fuhrmann presents Peter Thomas announcement that set out a clear vision...
Let's follow the The Royal College of Ophthalmologists (RCOphth) lead. At openEHR International EHRCON26 in Amsterdam, Lars Fuhrmann presents Peter Thomas announcement that set out a clear vision for...
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Kanthan Theivendran @ktheivendran.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🩺 Had a great time presenting openOutcomes at the openEHR International EHRCON26 Conference this week. @openehr.bsky.social lnkd.in/p/eedEjPWA
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🩺 Had a great time presenting openOutcomes at the openEHR International EHRCON26 Conference this week. For too long, patient reported outcomes (PROMs) have been an afterthought with paper forms… | Ka...
🩺 Had a great time presenting openOutcomes at the openEHR International EHRCON26 Conference this week. For too long, patient reported outcomes (PROMs) have been an afterthought with paper forms, low ...
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Kanthan Theivendran @ktheivendran.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Fantastic to be at the openEHR EHRCON26 conference in Amsterdam. Looking forward to present openOutcomes lnkd.in/p/e8VbGVsP
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Fantastic to be at the openEHR International EHRCON26 conference in Amsterdam. Looking forward to present openOutcomes (openoutcomes.apperta.org) a digital patient communication platform that… | Kanth...
Fantastic to be at the openEHR International EHRCON26 conference in Amsterdam. Looking forward to present openOutcomes (openoutcomes.apperta.org) a digital patient communication platform that collects...
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Dr Steve Taylor @drstevetaylor.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
How safe is our NHS data? Can we trust Palantir? Why are we campaigning to get Palantir OUT of our NHS? Join Steve Taylor, Tony O'Sullivan and Lucy Nichols for a detailed discussion on Palantir and our NHS. youtu.be/Bvdp6hjEMO8?... @thedauk.bsky.social @keepournhspublic.bsky.social
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Kanthan Theivendran @ktheivendran.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
If you have a spare half hour, have a listen to me banging on about healthcare data innovation, openEHR, openOutcomes, AI and PROMs. Let me know what you think in the comments below ⬇️ #openEHR #openOutcomes #digitalhealth #AI #PROMs thebusinessofhealthcare.libsyn.com/381-can-open...
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The Business of Healthcare Podcast with Tara Humphrey: #381 Can OpenEHR Fix Healthcare's Data Problem? With Kanthan Theivendran
Healthcare organisations generate huge amounts of data every day, but what happens when those systems can't communicate with one another?   In this episode of The Business of Healthcare, Tara is ...
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Marcus Baw @marcusbaw.com · 03/09/2026
@doctorow.pluralistic.net is on point, as ever. My comment: NOW is the time to protect ourselves from a future in which Trump can 'brick' the NHS remotely by shutting down its tech. pluralistic.net/2026/09/03/b... #ositowfm #opensource #linux #nhsbuntu
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Pluralistic: Preparing for a post-Trump internet (03 Sep 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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Kanthan Theivendran @ktheivendran.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Traditional monolithic health and social care IT systems struggle to keep pace with today's rapidly changing requirements. The openEHR Awareness Course describes an alternative - a modular, open-ecosystem approach to electronic health & care lnkd.in/p/eRHspEUQ
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#openehr #fhir #education #training #elearning | Hanna Pohjonen
Traditional monolithic health and social care IT systems struggle to keep pace with today's rapidly changing requirements. 🗣 The openEHR Awareness Course describes an alternative -  a modular, open-e...
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Shane McKee @shaneir.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Back a few years ago, some brave developers tried to create #NHSbuntu - a Linux-based operating system for the modern NHS. Sadly the NHS branding police shut the project down. I still feel #Carebuntu deserves a resurrection, particularly to disconnect from the US tech stack. carebuntu.blogspot.com
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An open source operating system for the NHS? And for other health systems worldwide? That you can also use at home? YES PLEASE!
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Kanthan Theivendran @ktheivendran.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Spain just showed the world what consensus driven digital health strategy looks like, and openEHR is at the centre of it. 🇪🇸 @openehr.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/posts/kantha...
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#digitalhealth #openehr #interoperability #healthit #ehr #hl7fhir #healthpolicy #patientcenteredcare #aiinhealthcare | Kanthan Theivendran
Spain just showed the world what consensus driven digital health strategy looks like, and openEHR is at the centre of it. 🇪🇸 A national Delphi study involving 220 experts and 152 respondents across e...
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Kanthan Theivendran @ktheivendran.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
🎙️ Excited to share that I'll be speaking at EHRCON 26 the openEHR International Conference in Amsterdam! 📅 Sept 22–23, 2026 | Amsterdam www.linkedin.com/posts/kantha...
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#ehrcon26 #openehr #digitalhealth #valuebasedhealthcare #proms #prems #healthtech #interoperability #nhs #ehrcon26 #amsterdam | Kanthan Theivendran
🎙️ Excited to share that I'll be speaking at EHRCON 26 the openEHR International Conference in Amsterdam! 📅 Sept 22–23, 2026 | Amsterdam I'll be presenting: "openOutcomes: Harnessing openEHR for Valu...
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Kanthan Theivendran @ktheivendran.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
🎙️ Excited to share that I'll be speaking at EHRCON 26 the openEHR International Conference in Amsterdam! 📅 Sept 22–23, 2026 | Amsterdam www.linkedin.com/posts/kantha...
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#ehrcon26 #openehr #digitalhealth #valuebasedhealthcare #proms #prems #healthtech #interoperability #nhs #ehrcon26 #amsterdam | Kanthan Theivendran
🎙️ Excited to share that I'll be speaking at EHRCON 26 the openEHR International Conference in Amsterdam! 📅 Sept 22–23, 2026 | Amsterdam I'll be presenting: "openOutcomes: Harnessing openEHR for Valu...
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Marcus Baw @marcusbaw.com · 13/08/2026
I find it odd that most new policy announcements on #NHSEngland 's sites do not have a date or any kind of attribution. I think at the very least a date is mandatory so it can be determined when a policy became effective. And attribution, even if to a Team, is essential for #accountability.
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Cllr Dr David Nicholl @drdavidnicholl.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
🧵I was asked by this journo a specific q “why would NHSE not publish this report about #Palantir contradicting @healthfoundation.bsky.social ?” My reply (which isn’t published) “well someone clearly leaked it to you to try & spike the Health Foundation report..” www.cityam.com/nhs-data-cou...
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NHS data counters claims that £330m Palantir deal has led to 'no improvement'
NHS data claims Palantir’s hospital AI tool cut delays by as much as 28 per cent, challenging findings that it had made "no improvement"
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Marcus Baw @marcusbaw.com · 10/08/2026
Well said #NationalDataGuardian Dr Nicola Byrne: "This incident has shown how quickly confidence erodes if the ‘no surprises’ principle [of NHS data use] is not upheld when it comes to who can access people’s data, and why.” www.publictechnology.net/2026/08/03/h... @medconfidential.bsky.social
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NHS apologises and admits Palantir engineers have access to identifiable patient data
The central health service body has acknowledged the inaccuracy of claims previously made in a transparency document which indicated that only NHS staff were able to see such sensitive information ...
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Marcus Baw @marcusbaw.com · 06/08/2026
Also the #NHSEngland 'Canonical' Data Model is now 6 months out of date, when the repo says it will be updated monthly from changes to a (presumably) fast-moving FDP data model. The very fact they are updating periodically from somewhere else *proves* the CDM repo is not the 'source of truth'.
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Kanthan Theivendran @ktheivendran.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Another important read @andyburnham.bsky.social @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social github.com/olizilla/fdp
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GitHub - olizilla/fdp: Problems with the Federated Data Platform
Problems with the Federated Data Platform. Contribute to olizilla/fdp development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Kanthan Theivendran @ktheivendran.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
What is the difference between open source and open standards? ( An explainer for non-technical NHS leaders) www.linkedin.com/posts/tarahu...
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#digitalhealth #nhs #interoperability #openehr #techmadesimple | Tara Humphrey, MBA
What is the difference between open source and open standards? ( An explainer for non-technical NHS leaders) The terms are sometimes used interchangeably, and that can muddy conversations about NHS ...
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Kanthan Theivendran @ktheivendran.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
One patient. One record. Everywhere. That is the promise. But how do we make this happen? www.linkedin.com/posts/tarahu...
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#nhs #digitalhealth #openehr #interoperability #primarycare | Tara Humphrey, MBA
One patient. One record. Everywhere. That is the promise. But how do we make this happen? Every so often I dip my toe into the world of health tech. Sometimes on a personal level, like supporting m...
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Kanthan Theivendran @ktheivendran.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
This is a wonderful conversation in all things digital health, data and @openEHR and @open_Outcomes in this podcast. ⬇️ www.linkedin.com/posts/kantha...
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#openehr #digitalhealth #proms #prems #healthit | Kanthan Theivendran
This was a wonderful conversation with Tara Humphrey, MBA on all things digital health, data and openEHR. We also talked about the huge value that openOutcomes (openoutcomes.apperta.org) is showing an...
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Kanthan Theivendran @ktheivendran.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
www.linkedin.com/posts/adam-t... @andyburnham.bsky.social @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social
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Dead Contract Walking. The facts about exiting the FDP | Adam Townsend | 10 comments
A MUST read for anyone who wants the factual situation regarding exiting the FDP Palantir Contract. Highlights (details in the paper): 1. The exit process starts in OCTOBER 2. If NHSE doesn't renew...
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Kanthan Theivendran @ktheivendran.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
📊 New OECD Health Working Paper: "Interoperability in Healthcare: Towards an Interconnected Future" @openehr.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/posts/kantha...
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#digitalhealth #interoperability #healthdata #openehr #fhir #healthpolicy #oecd | Kanthan Theivendran
📊 New OECD Health Working Paper: "Interoperability in Healthcare: Towards an Interconnected Future" The numbers are striking. Poor interoperability contributes to diagnostic errors accounting for 17....
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Kanthan Theivendran @ktheivendran.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
🩺 Had a great time presenting openOutcomes at the BCS Faculty of Health and Care Conference this June. www.linkedin.com/posts/kantha...
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#digitalhealth #openehr #proms #valuebasedhealthcare #nhs #interoperability #healthtech | Kanthan Theivendran
🩺 Had a great time presenting openOutcomes at the BCS Faculty of Health and Care Conference this June. For too long, patient reported outcomes (PROMs) have been an afterthought with paper forms, low ...
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Kanthan Theivendran @ktheivendran.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
🩺 Had a great time presenting openOutcomes at the BCS Faculty of Health and Care Conference this June. www.linkedin.com/posts/kantha...
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#digitalhealth #openehr #proms #valuebasedhealthcare #nhs #interoperability #healthtech | Kanthan Theivendran
🩺 Had a great time presenting openOutcomes at the BCS Faculty of Health and Care Conference this June. For too long, patient reported outcomes (PROMs) have been an afterthought with paper forms, low ...
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Kanthan Theivendran @ktheivendran.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
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I investigated Palantir’s foothold in the British state – and what I found should worry us all | Peter Geoghegan
Paid-for political access and threadbare regulations have helped to embed the US tech firm in the NHS – and beyond. But there is a way to free ourselves, says Peter Geoghegan of Democracy for Sale
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Kanthan Theivendran @ktheivendran.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
A third of trusts with access to Palantir’s federated data platform seem not to have logged on to the apps for the past year, it has now emerged www.bmj.com/content/394/...
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Third of NHS hospitals signed up to Palantir software seem to not be using its apps
A third of trusts with access to Palantir’s federated data platform (FDP) seem not to have logged on to the apps for the past year, it has now emerged. Data obtained under freedom of information (FOI...
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Kanthan Theivendran @ktheivendran.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Peter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHS
A decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds...
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Kanthan Theivendran @ktheivendran.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
"The lady doth protest too much, methinks" Great article by Andy Townsend www.linkedin.com/pulse/lady-d...
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"The lady doth protest too much, methinks."
In Shakespeare's English, "protest" did not mean to deny. It meant to affirm — to vow, to insist.
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openEHR @openehr.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
What's cooler than being cool? www.tickettailor.com/events/opene...
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Kanthan Theivendran @ktheivendran.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Super excited to present at BCS Faculty of Health and Care this year on @open_Outcomes a digital Patient Reported Outcomes (PROMs/PROs) and Patient Reported Experience Measures (PREMs) platform. www.linkedin.com/posts/kantha...
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#openoutcomes #openehr #openstandards #proms #pros #prems #digitalhealth | Kanthan Theivendran
Super excited to present at BCS Faculty of Health and Care this year on openOutcomes (openoutcomes.apperta.org) a digital Patient Reported Outcomes (PROMs/PROs) and Patient Reported Experience Measure...
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openEHR @openehr.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Research Topic Submissions - for abstracts and papers - remain open via the #EHRCON26 proceedings pathway and directly through @frontiersin.bsky.social In Digital Health. Details are here: openehr.org/ehrcon26/sci... and here: www.frontiersin.org/research-top... 👍
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Frontiers | openEHR and the Open Platform Ecosystem: Clinical Models, Vendor-Neutral Architectures, and Collaboration Across Standards for Interoperable, Patient-Centred Care, Clinical Research
Health systems worldwide face persistent fragmentation of clinical data across proprietary systems, hindering care coordination, patient safety, and the seco...
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Cllr Dr David Nicholl @drdavidnicholl.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
@martinmckee.bsky.social & mine letter in @thetimes.com on procurement & #Palantir
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openEHR @openehr.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
For EHRCON26, we've set aside a limited number of discounted tickets for public health system staff, and free student places for those willing to support conference activities during the event. How about that? Apply before 31 May 2026. forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon... 🐧
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Kanthan Theivendran @ktheivendran.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
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Not With My NHS Data
One form. Six letters. Sent to the people who can actually stop this.
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Cllr Dr David Nicholl @drdavidnicholl.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
open.substack.com/pub/democrac... #Palantir
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Revealed: Palantir’s NHS tech is ten times slower than current system
NHS leaders privately told that “clunky” £330m platform built by Trump donor Peter Thiel’s firm is “slow” and has “poor user experience”, new documents show
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Kanthan Theivendran @ktheivendran.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
I am incredibly proud and humbled to celebrate graduating from the NHS Digital Academy Digital Health Leadership Programme at the House of Lords www.linkedin.com/posts/kantha...
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#digitalhealth #nhsleadership #healthtech #openehr #fhir #interoperability #imperialcollegelondon | Kanthan Theivendran | 16 comments
I am incredibly proud and humbled to celebrate graduating from the NHS Digital Academy Digital Health Leadership Programme (Cohort 7) at the UK House of Lords last week, delivered by the brilliant Ins...
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Kanthan Theivendran @ktheivendran.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Looking forward to presenting openOutcomes at BCS conference this year ⬇️ www.linkedin.com/posts/openeh...
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#openehr #proms | BCS Faculty of Health and Care
Join Kanthan Theivendran at the Third Faculty of Health and Care Conference on 30th June to hear about openOutcomes: an open standards‑based platform for capturing what matters most to patients. #Open...
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 11/05/2026
We were told our data would stay under NHS control. But an internal document just revealed the truth: Palantir staff are being granted “unlimited access”. Join us demanding this spy-tech firm gets out of our NHS 👇 goodlaw.social/658abc
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 09/05/2026
Medact have put together an action pack for local groups that want to say no to Palantir in the NHS 👀 www.medact.org/2026/resources/no-pa…
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No Palantir in the NHS Briefing: Action Pack for Local Groups - Medact
This action pack contains the key information from the ‘Concerns Regarding Palantir Technologies and NHS Data Systems’ briefing and a guide to how you can use it to organise in your local area.
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openEHR @openehr.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Last call: Converge & Collaborate! Just a few spots left for this 2 day event in Dublin on 12–13 May, bringing together the openEHR and HL7 communities to shape the future of healthcare interoperability. 🫡 Can you afford to miss it? shorturl.at/ozNzZ @hl7europe.bsky.social @hl7uk.bsky.social
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openEHR @openehr.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Early Bird tickets for #EHRCON26 are now available, so if you’re planning to join us in Amsterdam (22-23 September), this is the best time to secure your place! Book your tickets here - www.tickettailor.com/events/opene...
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Buy a ticket for EHRCON26 – EHRCON26 – Meervaart Theatre, Amsterdam
EHRCON26 – Meervaart Theatre, Amsterdam, Tue 22 Sep 2026 - Wed 23 Sep 2026 - With a focus on exigent themes such as interoperability, patient-centric care, sustainability, EHDS and the role of agentic...
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Kanthan Theivendran @ktheivendran.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
A fascinating new paper in JMIR Medical Informatics describes the Health Knowledge Management Platform built at University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH) and it deserves serious attention from NHS digital leaders.⬇️ www.linkedin.com/posts/kantha...
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#nhs #singlepatientrecord #openehr #interoperability | Kanthan Theivendran
🏥 Could a German university hospital hold the blueprint for the NHS Single Patient Record (SPR)? A fascinating new paper in JMIR Medical Informatics describes the Health Knowledge Management Platform...
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openEHR @openehr.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
EHRCON is back! Join us in Amsterdam, 22–23 Sept 2026, for two days of insight, collaboration and innovation in digital health - openehr.org/event/ehrcon... #EHRCON26 #openEHR
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Kanthan Theivendran @ktheivendran.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Honoured to be invited to the House of Lords to celebrate the successful completion of the Digital Health Leadership Programme Post Graduate Diploma. www.linkedin.com/posts/kantha...
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Honoured to be invited to the House of Lords to celebrate the successful completion of the Digital Health Leadership Programme Post Graduate Diploma. Looking forward to meeting friends and colleagues…...
Honoured to be invited to the House of Lords to celebrate the successful completion of the Digital Health Leadership Programme Post Graduate Diploma. Looking forward to meeting friends and colleagues ...
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Cllr Dr David Nicholl @drdavidnicholl.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
#Palantir is a very very strange company x.com/palantirtech...
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openEHR @openehr.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
This is fantastic - the publication of abstracts from EHRCON25. Check them out - link.springer.com/article/10.1... Watch this space for more information about submitting your abstract for EHRCON26!
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Abstracts from EHRCON25—openEHR International Conference 2025 - BMC Proceedings
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Cllr Dr David Nicholl @drdavidnicholl.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Will #Palantir keep your data safe? “Of course we will” Then the Dept of Health gives them access…to over 1 million staff 🤦‍♂️ Alarm in health service over Palantir staff being given NHS email accounts www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Alarm in health service over Palantir staff being given NHS email accounts
Exclusive: Sources believe AI tech company’s engineers have been granted access to directory of up to 1.5m staff
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Kanthan Theivendran @ktheivendran.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Parliament is debating Palantir's NHS data contract on April 16. I've emailed my MP asking them to attend and push for the break clause. Email yours too: www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/pa...
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Email your MP about Palantir's NHS contract
On April 16, MPs will debate Palantir's NHS data contract. Ministers are already exploring the break clause. Email your MP and ask them to be there
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Cllr Dr David Nicholl @drdavidnicholl.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
When the former adviser to the Department of Health on artificial intelligence speaks out on #Palantir and the FDP. MPs…take note (and journalists) open.substack.com/pub/drdavidn...
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