Managing Change When Implementing IT Systems in
the Health Sector
Speaker: Ian Herbert
Ian is a health information systems specialist with extensive experience of computing / information technology. Until recently Ian Herbert was a Senior Consultant working for the NHS on the National Programme for IT (NPfIT). He previously led the team that produced the Update Primary Care System which grew out of work undertaken as a Research Fellow at Exeter University. He worked on GP Systems Requirements for Accreditation and he was a member of two European projects concerned with computerised guideline support. He is an active member of the Primary Health Care SG. Ian sits on SGEC and is a Council member. His career has encompassed a wide experience of applications in environmental services, industry and the NHS as well as research in health informatics. Ian has both management and technical skills including project management, staff management, consultancy, systems analysis, design and programming.