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Kanthan Theivendran
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Husband| Father| Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon🦴| Hon Prof
@AstonEPS🎓|HealthIT📱|Research🧐|Views my own
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Kanthan Theivendran @ktheivendran.bsky.social · Apr 22
This blog was inspired by some recent family health issues and navigating the healthcare system has shown me the reason for my enthusiasm for championing PROMs, openEHR and openOutcomes.⬇️

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🚀 openOutcomes Post Go Live update at @swbhnhs.bsky.social

A major milestone for digital health and patient centred care using openoutcomes.apperta.org ⬇️

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#digitalhealth #patientoutcomes #proms #openehr #interoperability #nhs #healthcareinnovation #valuebasedcare #swbh #openoutcomes | Kanthan Theivendran
🚀 openOutcomes Post Go Live update at Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust A major milestone for digital health and patient centred care ➡️ openOutcomes™ (openoutcomes.apperta.org) has been live at S...
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November 13, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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🌟 Looking forward to the Shared Care Records Summit at the ICC Birmingham, UK on Wednesday 29th October!
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#openehr #sharedcarerecords #openehr #interoperability #nhs #digitalhealth #healthtech #patientcentriccare | Kanthan Theivendran
🌟 Looking forward to the Shared Care Records Summit at the ICC Birmingham, UK on Wednesday 29th October! This event is always a fantastic opportunity to see the progress being made across care settin...
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October 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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💡 From Productivity to Value: Reimagining the NHS Operating Model

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💡 From Productivity to Value: Reimagining the NHS Operating Model Great to see the recent Digital Health AI and Productivity Gains webinar where Alec Price-Forbes, National CCIO, highlighted the need...
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October 21, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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✨ Reflecting on #ICHOM2025
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✨ Reflecting on #ICHOM2025 This week’s ICHOM conference has been a truly inspiring experience. A gathering of passionate leaders driving the global movement toward value based healthcare. Some of my...
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October 3, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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#ces #digitalhealth #patientsafety #interoperability #openehr #aiinhealthcare #clinicalinformatics | Kanthan Theivendran
🚨 New study alert: Our quality improvement project on suspected cauda equina syndrome (CES) documentation has just been published in BMJ Open Quality Journal. Using our existing Electronic Patient Re...
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September 23, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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Why your patient’s results might be invisible to you – a call for clinicians to advocate for better, safer, data. By Alexander Churton, Kanthan Theivendran, Felix Peckitt and Mohamed Elriedy – The off...
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September 17, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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Fantastic surprise and honour yesterday at work to see His Majesty King Charles III at Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust new hospital opening ceremony at Midland Metropolitan University Hospita...
Fantastic surprise and honour yesterday at work to see His Majesty King Charles III at Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust new hospital opening ceremony at Midland Metropolitan University Hospital. ...
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September 4, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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I’m thrilled to share that I’ll be facilitating a brand new course: openEHR Clinical 🚀⬇️

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openEHR Clinical Course Brochure | Kanthan Theivendran
👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️ As a practicing surgeon in the NHS, I’ve often felt the frustration of clunky and siloed Electronic Health Records (EPRs/EHRs) that don’t truly reflect how we deliver care on the ground. Tha...
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August 28, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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It's a "full circle" moment. As I near the end of my Digital Health Leadership (DHL) programme Post Graduate Diploma from @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social

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It's a "full circle" moment. As I near the end of my Digital Health Leadership (DHL) programme from NHS Digital Academy, I find myself looking back 24 years to my undergraduate degree in Orthopaedic S...
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August 25, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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🚀 openEHR UK’s response: Shaping the NHS’s digital future with the Single Patient Record (SPR) 🚀 | Kanthan Theivendran
🚀 openEHR UK’s response: Shaping the NHS’s digital future with the Single Patient Record (SPR) 🚀 As Co-Chair of openEHR UK, Andy Meiner outlines our formal response to NHS England’s RFI on the Singl...
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July 21, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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🔎 Why Listening to Patients is Critical for Patient Safety — and How openOutcomes Helps Us Do It 🗣️
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🔎 Why Listening to Patients is Critical for Patient Safety — and How openOutcomes Helps Us Do It 🗣️ | Kanthan Theivendran
🔎 Why Listening to Patients is Critical for Patient Safety — and How openOutcomes Helps Us Do It 🗣️ The 2025 Department of Health and Social Care Review of Patient Safety underscores a persistent gap...
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July 9, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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🚨 Fit for the Future: A 10-Year Health Plan for England has just been released – and it marks a bold step towards a more outcomes-driven, patient-centred NHS.
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🚨 Fit for the Future: A 10-Year Health Plan for England has just been released – and it marks a bold step towards a more outcomes-driven, patient-centred NHS. | Kanthan Theivendran
🚨 Fit for the Future: A 10-Year Health Plan for England has just been released – and it marks a bold step towards a more outcomes-driven, patient-centred NHS. A standout feature of the plan? 📊 A rene...
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July 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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🚨 Fit for the Future: A 10-Year Health Plan for England has just been released – and it marks a bold step towards a more outcomes-driven, patient-centred NHS.
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🚨 Fit for the Future: A 10-Year Health Plan for England has just been released – and it marks a bold step towards a more outcomes-driven, patient-centred NHS. | Kanthan Theivendran
🚨 Fit for the Future: A 10-Year Health Plan for England has just been released – and it marks a bold step towards a more outcomes-driven, patient-centred NHS. A standout feature of the plan? 📊 A rene...
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July 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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NEWS: openEHR and HL7 FHIR communities forge stronger ties for future collaboration at Amsterdam summit - openehr.org/press-releas...
June 13, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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Heads up: #EHRCON25 Early Bird tickets are nearly gone! Get yours today! www.tickettailor.com/events/opene...
June 7, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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In the latest episode of Everything Digital Health, Rachel Dunscombe, CEO of openEHR International, explores why openEHR is a vital part of the healthcare IT ecosystem ⬇️
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openEHR Part 1 - openEHR International with CEO Rachel Dunscombe | Kanthan Theivendran
Healthcare data fragmentation is more than a technical hurdle—it's a serious threat to quality, safety, and innovation in care. Today, data from different systems often can't talk to each oth...
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May 26, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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🦿 Real-Time Implant Monitoring That Puts Patients First 💡

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openOutcomes™ the leading open standard PROMs and PREMs digital solution | Kanthan Theivendran
🦿 Real-Time Implant Monitoring That Puts Patients First 💡 The Cumberlege Report — First Do No Harm — delivered a clear message: the healthcare system must do more to protect patients from avoidable h...
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May 24, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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🦿 Real-Time Implant Monitoring That Puts Patients First 💡

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🦿 Real-Time Implant Monitoring That Puts Patients First 💡 The Cumberlege Report — First Do No Harm — delivered a clear message: the healthcare system must do more to protect patients from avoidable h...
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May 24, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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📢 Transforming Urgent Neurosurgical Referrals Through Image Exchange Innovation at Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust

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📢 Transforming Urgent Neurosurgical Referrals Through Image Exchange Innovation at Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust Neurosurgical emergencies demand swift action—and delays in imaging transfe...
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May 16, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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🚀 Reimagining the Single Patient Record (SPR) with an Open Platform Approach 🏥
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🚀 Reimagining the Single Patient Record (SPR) with an Open Platform Approach 🏥 The healthcare sector has long grappled with fragmented patient data spread across disparate systems. The vision of a Si...
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May 9, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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🚀 Reimagining the Single Patient Record (SPR) with an Open Platform Approach 🏥
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Single Patient Record RFI Home | Kanthan Theivendran
🚀 Reimagining the Single Patient Record (SPR) with an Open Platform Approach 🏥 The healthcare sector has long grappled with fragmented patient data spread across disparate systems. The vision of a Si...
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May 9, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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This blog was inspired by some recent family health issues and navigating the healthcare system has shown me the reason for my enthusiasm for championing PROMs, openEHR and openOutcomes.⬇️

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Medical Devices and Patient Reported Outcomes (PROMs): Interoperability, Standards, and…
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April 22, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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This blog was inspired by some recent family health issues and navigating the healthcare system has shown me the reason for my enthusiasm for championing PROMs, openEHR and openOutcomes.⬇️

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Medical Devices and Patient Reported Outcomes (PROMs): Interoperability, Standards, and…
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April 22, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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If we could follow up patients using PROMs we could identify issues early. With openOutcomes we are able to do this. The return rate of CAT5 PROMs are low despite being mandated by PHIN. We have a sustainable solution for ALL providers ⬇️

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April 21, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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🚨 Why many EPRs fail the NHS — and what we can do about it ⬇️

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🚨 Why many EPRs fail the NHS — and what we can do about it The Health Foundation latest analysis on Electronic Patient Records (EPRs) in the NHS highlights a familiar, frustrating pattern: massive in...
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April 10, 2025 at 11:45 AM