Principia Medicinae Digitalis Sotoniensis

Essays on the Evolution of the UHS Clinical Data Estate 1980 -2024

Essay 1:0 Introduction to the Project 

Series Author and Editor
David Rew QVRM TD MA MChir (Cambridge) FRCS (London)
Consultant General Surgeon, University Hospital Southampton 1999-2023

7th October 2024

The Publication Plan

This document introduces a collection of more than 30 essays which recount the history and outputs of the University Hospital Southampton (UHS) clinical digital programme over five decades. each will be available on completion as downloadable PDF documents on my website, https://www.wessexsurgical.co.uk for review, comment and as a basis for further contributions. Each will be amended, updated and supplemented as necessary and as any new material becomes available. All colleagues with knowledge and participation in the UHS digital programme are invited and welcome to contribute, by communication with me
through david.rew@wessexsurgical.co.uk.

Once the project is as complete as is achievable with the available contributions, final copies of each of the essays will be submitted to the University of Southampton ePrint server for  formal publication.

Copyright

The copyright of these essays is invested in Mr David Anthony Rew as the originator of the project, editor and principal author. The content of each essay is made available on a Creative Commons Version 2 CC BY basis, under which Licensees may only copy, distribute, display, perform and make derivative works and remixes on the basis of Full Attribution, including formal Citation where appropriate in books and academic publications.

Contents

• The Challenges of the Transformation from Paper to Digital Healthcare
• Darwinian Processes and Digital Evolution
• Healthcare and the Digital Revolution
• Southampton and the Revolution in Digital Healthcare Systems
• The Southampton Health System enters the Computer Age
• My personal involvement with the UHS Digital Programme
• The Intent of the Project
• The Target Audience for the Writing Project
• Creating this Essay Collection: The Key Participants and Contributors to the Projects
• Looking to the Future of Clinical Computing

The Structure of this Collection of Essays

• Section 1 Essays: The history of and principles of clinical computing in Southampton
• Section 2 Essays: The UHS Lifelines story
• Section 3 Essays: The Southampton Breast Cancer Data System story
• Section 4 Essays: The Enhanced Somerset Cancer Register story
• Section 5 Essays: Student Contributions, Digital Education, and Human Factor Analysis

Glossary of Terms
Acknowledgements
- for major contributions to the development of the systems
- for additional technical contributions
- for clinical contributions

To read full 21 page essay, download PDF.