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Award for Connecting for Health Assistive Technology Programme lead
13 February 2008
The Continua Health Alliance has awarded George MacGinnis, the lead
for the Assistive Technology Programme of NHS Connecting for Health (CfH),
with a Key Contributor Award. The Alliance bestowed the Award for his
outstanding contribution in shaping the next stage of Continua's work.
The Continua Health Alliance, of which NHS CfH is a member, is an
open organisation comprising over 140 world-leading organisations and
involving over 1000 professionals working on telehealth and telecare.
Its mission is to establish a system of interoperable personal
telehealth solutions to empower consumers and patients to better manage
health and wellness through the use of technology.
George was recognised for outstanding results in defining and
developing proposals for Continua's work reflecting a wide variety of
perspectives and getting them ready for agreement by all the 140
organisations represented.
Through this work George also developed strong relations between the
various groups within the Continua Health Alliance working on a variety
of aspects including identity, privacy and the interface between
clinical systems.
Joining NHS Connecting for Health in October 2005, George helped to
set up the Assistive Technology Programme in 2006. This was established
to take forward NHS Connecting for Health's involvement in supporting
the development and procurement of Telehealth technologies and their
integration into the NHS Care Records Service (NHS CRS).
As part of his work George has been involved with the NHS Purchasing and
Supply Agency (PASA) in setting up the National Framework Agreement for
Telecare and working with the Department of Health on the White Paper
Whole System Long Term Condition Demonstrators Programme.
George said: "Telehealth is an important part of NHS Connecting for
Health's work in helping to make healthcare more personal. It is
essential that we can respond to the changing needs for patient
information from personal health systems and ensure industry delivers
solutions that the NHS can really use.
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