An EDGE
International visit
Last month, our Director, Professor James Batchelor and Head of Trading Services, Tim Gibbons, were invited by the Rosemary Bryant Institute at the University of South Australia to speak to the University and representatives from the States Health Groups about their experiences of working across health research in the UK and some of the international successful research programmes they have worked on. Tim and James covered many topics including Health Data Platforms, Secure Data Environments (SDE), Open Plan Care, Hospital Eco-Systems, Accelerating Cancer Clinical Trial Activity and Data Squishing for Fun (a personal passion of James!) The Rosemary Bryant Institute are a close partner of CIRU as both are centres that host Sri Lankan Research Fellows from the Commonwealth Centre for Digital Health, a collaboration which spans over 10,000 miles.
From Adelaide, James and Tim travelled to Auckland, New Zealand, to meet with our long-standing EDGE users and lead champions at the University of Auckland (Waipapa Taumata Rau) and Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai Auckland. On a round-robin tour, they met with groups from the top to bottom of the country including Waikato, Otago, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin. They discussed the benefits and pitfalls of digital transformation in the health service and the advantages leveraged across the UK from close collaboration, as well as the advancements that have been achieved in using single platforms within a research office geography and a shared approach to research.
James and Tim were of course accompanied by EDGEY, who very much enjoyed himself on his South Australia and New Zealand tour!
