Why I Quit Medicine for Silicon Valley – Guest Post

I’m a doctor from the UK. Here’s how it works: I have patients in hospital. They are sick. It’s my job to make sure they survive and then to try to make them better. However, I don’t have the tools that coul...

Interview with Dr Thom Van Every, Founder of DrThom

Thom Van Every trained at the University of Birmingham Medical School and graduated in 1995. He worked as a junior doctor in London, Jersey and Cape Town before specialising in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. &n...

The Lean Startup

On Friday I was lucky enough to attend a talk given by Eric Ries, Silicon Valley entrepreneur and author of The Lean Startup as well as the popular blog Startup Lessons Learned.   Eric's 'Lean Startu...

High-Tech Health and Innovation in 2012

2012 is set to be a big year for new healthcare ventures. There's a tangible buzz about the potential for technology - in particular IT, the internet and mobile - to drive a dramatic transformation in healthcar...

Starting Out as a Clinical Fellow

Anna is a Fellow on the Medical Director's Clinical Fellowship Scheme. She is currently working within the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management.  Walking fifty meters past the protestors sitting at t...