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Husband| Father| Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon๐Ÿฆด| Hon Prof @AstonEPS๐ŸŽ“|HealthIT๐Ÿ“ฑ|Research๐Ÿง|Views my own #digitalhealth #AI #Orthopaedics #PROMs #PROs #MedSky #OrthoSky https://kanthan.mystrikingly.com/

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#eprsummit2026 #digitalhealth #interoperability #openehr #patientsafety #healthtech #openoutcomes | Kanthan Theivendran It was a privilege to speak at the EPR Summit: Strategic Foundations for Digital Care 2026 in Birmingham, sharing my perspective as a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon on moving from 'Digital Maturity' t...

It was a privilege to speak at the EPR Summit: Strategic Foundations for Digital Care 2026 in Birmingham โฌ‡๏ธ
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06.03.2026 11:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If I was a Consultant in Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and London North West University Healthcare NHS Trustโ€ฆ.I would be asking the CEO to resign over this #Palantir

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05.03.2026 11:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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23.02.2026 17:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#openplatform #digitalhealth #healthit #openstandards #openehr #fhir #snomed #openoutcomes | Kanthan Theivendran Looking forward to speaking at the EPR Summit: Strategic Foundations for Digital Care 2026,ย taking place on the 3rd March 2026 in Birmingham. The event brings together NHS leaders to translateย national digital strategies into actionable local EPR programmes, definingย digital maturity and excellence beyond basic EPR functionality, strengthening interoperability across acute, community and primary care, with a strong focus on real-world delivery and shared learning. My talk will be on 'Interoperability: A clinicians perspective from the coalface of healthcare'. Take a look at the Programme and session overview below โฌ‡๏ธ Itโ€™sย CPD accredited (8 CPD points)ย andย free to attend for NHS leaders. More details and registration here: https://lnkd.in/ePZpn_cs NHS England Department of Health and Social Care Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust NHS Digital Academy The Apperta Foundation CIC openEHR International openEHR UK Alec Price-Forbes Helen Balsdon RN Matt Philpott Max Hodges Edward Fogden #openplatform #digitalhealth #HealthIT #openstandards #openEHR #FHIR #SNOMED #openOutcomes

Looking forward to speaking at the EPR Summit: Strategic Foundations for Digital Care 2026, taking place on the 3rd March 2026 in Birmingham.
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22.02.2026 10:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This is a very enlightening article from one of my colleagues @drdavidnicholl.bsky.social Well worth a read.โฌ‡๏ธ

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21.02.2026 11:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Palantir- we told you so a ยฃ330 million pound scandal years in the making. The strange connection between the War on Terror and NHS Procurement

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21.02.2026 10:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Palantir- we told you so a ยฃ330 million pound scandal years in the making. The strange connection between the War on Terror and NHS Procurement

@coricrider.com Hiya! I think you will like this read ๐Ÿ‘Š open.substack.com/pub/drdavidn...

21.02.2026 10:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Doctors raise safety concerns over Palantir linked AI tool in hospitals Doctors and patient groups have raised ethical and safety concerns over plans to nationally roll out an AI tool that writes hospital discharge letters. The toolโ€”known as the AI-Assisted Discharge Sum...

Doctors raise safety concerns over Palantir linked AI tool in hospitals

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21.02.2026 09:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#westmidlands #orthopaedics #bhp #openoutcomes #proms #digitalhealth #researchinnovation | Kanthan Theivendran Shaping the Future of Orthopaedic Research in the West Midlands ๐Ÿฆด๐Ÿฅ It was fantastic to meet colleagues at the recent West Midlands orthopaedic leaders workshop, convened by Birmingham Health Partners...

Shaping the Future of Orthopaedic Research in the West Midlands ๐Ÿฆด๐Ÿฅ
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15.02.2026 11:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ˜‚#Palantir www.thetimes.com/article/62fb...

13.02.2026 06:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Stop Palantir taking over our public services! Our public services arenโ€™t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.

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13.02.2026 22:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#alphafold #deepmind #isomorphiclabs #openehr #drugdiscovery #healthtech #ai #precisionmedicine #kaizen | Kanthan Theivendran The Future of Medicine: AlphaFold meets openEHR The future of medicine is about more than just predicting protein structures; it's about bringing those insights directly to patients. ๐Ÿ”ฌ๐Ÿ’Š With Google ...

The Future of Medicine: AlphaFold meets openEHR @openehr.bsky.social

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12.02.2026 12:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#openehr #openstandards #clinicalinformatics #healthit #singlepatientrecord #spr #ai | Kanthan Theivendran Introducing my book review of โ€œHealth Care in the Information Societyโ€ by Professor David Ingram published in the BMJ Leader Journal. I recently had the opportunity and honour to review Professor Dav...

Introducing my book review of โ€œHealth Care in the Information Societyโ€ by Professor David Ingram published in the BMJ Leader Journal.
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03.02.2026 08:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Hospitals โ€˜must be more curiousโ€™ to catch rogue surgeons | Kanthan Theivendran Curiosity Saves Lives: Why Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs/PROMs) must be core to NHS outcomes Data. The Sunday Times article โ€œHospitals must be more curiousโ€ delivers a powerful message: patient har...

Curiosity Saves Lives: Why Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs/PROMs) must be core to NHS outcomes Data โฌ‡๏ธ

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02.02.2026 09:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There are ways to look at outcomes from the patients perspective by using Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs/PROMs) if utilised effectively & systematically at the point of care using openOutcomes โฌ‡๏ธ
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01.02.2026 15:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#openehr | Kanthan Theivendran This is worth a read to anyone interested in a 'True patient centric record'. In particular to NHS England and Department of Health and Social Care tasked with building the 'Single Patient Record (SP...

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27.01.2026 20:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#digitalhealth #nhs #interoperability #openehr #healthtech #patientsafety | Kanthan Theivendran ๐Ÿšจ Why NHS digital transformation must put data first and not software. In healthcare, not seeing all your patientโ€™s records isnโ€™t a glitch. itโ€™s the predictable consequence of fractured systems and d...

๐Ÿšจ Why NHS digital transformation must put data first and not software

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26.01.2026 10:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think these results will be similar for the current crop of โ€˜AIโ€™ GP triaging tools. Lots of money spent on the wrong tech IMHO.

25.01.2026 19:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Register for the Black Book Global Growth Opportunities for openEHR Adoption in 2026โ€“2027- Black Book Market Research The updated analysis details why openEHRโ€™s global momentum is increasingly tied to AI-usable, longitudinal clinical records, digital sovereignty, and policy-driven modernizationโ€”not interoperability a...

Health systems are choosing data-centric platforms over application-centric EHRs, with openEHR and HL7 FHIR becoming the default for durable, governed clinical data. blackbookmarketresearch.com/global-growt...

23.01.2026 09:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#everydaythenhsworks #uber | Huma Naqvi #everydaytheNHSworks Yesterday morning started early at 5am It was to look outside, see the inches of snow blanketing the street & to get ready for work A walk down a Dudley hilly street & making a ...

A less morose one compared to some of my recent posts!๐Ÿ˜‚
#theNHSkeepsworking
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10.01.2026 19:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#qualityimprovement #digitalhealth #patientcentredcare #informedconsent #healthcaretechnology #nhs #traumaandorthopaedics #clinicalinnovation | Kanthan Theivendran Proud to share our latest publication in BMJ Open Quality ๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿ“„ ๐Ÿฉบ Implementation of Digital Consent at Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust: A Quality Improvement Project As co-authors, we evaluated t...

Proud to share our latest publication in BMJ Open Quality ๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿ“„

๐Ÿฉบ Implementation of Digital Consent at Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust: A Quality Improvement Project

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31.12.2025 20:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You would think. However, EPRs have their issues as well and they are serious patient safety ones too โฌ‡๏ธ
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28.12.2025 17:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Unfortunately S1 isnโ€™t that great with interoperability.

28.12.2025 16:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#digitalhealth #openehr #nhs #interoperability #proms #valuebasedhealthcare | Kanthan Theivendran ๐Ÿš€ 2025 Rewind โ€” A year where clinical practice, digital health education and real-world deployment all came together. This was the year I moved from studying digital health to actually putting it int...

๐Ÿš€ 2025 Rewind โ€” A year where clinical practice, digital health education and real-world deployment all came together.

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26.12.2025 13:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#openstandards #healthcareit #interoperability #digitalhealth #opensource #fhir #openehr #omop #snomed #ai #linuxfoundation #aaif #healthdata | Kanthan Theivendran ๐Ÿšจ Open standards in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Closed Health Data - Why the Contrast Matters ๐Ÿšจ Anthropic recently donated the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to the The Linux Foundation, helping c...

๐Ÿšจ Open standards in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Closed Health Data - Why the Contrast Matters ๐Ÿšจ
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14.12.2025 08:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#digitalhealth #interoperability #openehr #clinicalinformatics #opensource #healthdata #royalcolleges #nhs #aiinhealthcare | Kanthan Theivendran ๐Ÿš€ The RCPCH Incubator demonstrates a powerful, transferable model for how Royal Colleges can move beyond guidance as publications towards best practice as code. Paper: https://lnkd.in/edUxa_-d By emb...

๐Ÿš€ The RCPCH Incubator demonstrates a powerful, transferable model for how Royal Colleges can move beyond guidance as publications towards best practice as code.
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13.12.2025 13:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#openehr #fhir #snomed #omop #interoperability #spr #singlepatientrecord #healthit | Kanthan Theivendran โœจ Sparked AU โžก๏ธ A Blueprint the NHS Shouldnโ€™t Ignore โœจ It was an absolute pleasure to meet Kate Ebrill in person at the Shared Care Record Summit 2025 and have a fantastic conversation about the futu...

โœจ SPARKED AU โžก๏ธ A Blueprint the NHS Shouldnโ€™t Ignore โœจ It was an absolute pleasure to meet Kate Ebrill in person at the Shared Care Record Summit 2025 and have a fantastic conversation about the future of interoperability in healthcare data. ๐Ÿค๐ŸŒ
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09.12.2025 09:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#hipfractureresearch #orthopaedics #traumasurgery #clinicalresearch #whitestudy #evidencebasedpractice #nhs #cephalomedullarynail #patientoutcomes #medicalresearch #traumacare | Kanthan Theivendran Excited to share the publication of important new findings from the WHiTE study, comparing outcomes for patients with extracapsular hip fractures treated with long vs short cephalomedullary nails. ๐Ÿฆด๐Ÿ“Š ...

Excited to share the publication of important new findings from the WHiTE study, comparing outcomes for patients with extracapsular hip fractures treated with long vs short cephalomedullary nails. ๐Ÿฆด๐Ÿ“Š
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07.12.2025 10:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#interoperability #openstandards #openehr #digitalhealth #patientsafety #proms #prems #medicaldevices #udi #healthtech #openplatforms #nhs #datadrivenhealthcare #openoutcomes | Kanthan Theivendran ๐Ÿš€ Transforming patient safety and enhancing patient centred outcomes through interoperable health data and openOutcomes. After recent personal experiences navigating healthcare as a carer, one thing ...

๐Ÿš€ Transforming patient safety and enhancing patient centred outcomes through interoperable health data and openOutcomes โฌ‡๏ธ
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02.12.2025 10:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#nhs #openehr #interoperability #singlepatientrecord #digitalhealth #healthtech #openstandards #timbernerslee #davidingram #healthinformatics | Kanthan Theivendran Why openEHR Matters for the NHS Single Patient Record (SPR) As the NHS advances toward a truly unified Single Patient Record (SPR), one principle matters more than any vendor or platform: open, seman...

Why openEHR Matters for the NHS Single Patient Record (SPR)
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23.11.2025 13:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0