In another special edition of SARDisms, Kevin Monk and Marcus Baw (see episode 006) break down the myths about open-source. As Directors for the Community Interest Company, Public Money Public Code, the pair discuss the misconceptions around open-source software, what it means to them, the community and what it could do for the NHS.
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Bio
Dr Marcus Baw is a locum GP and Emergency Physician in Yorkshire. Over the years, he’s taken an interest in coding and has built up a fairly unusual portfolio career as a doctor/developer hybrid. Marcus is a big advocate of open-source and is on a mission to improve the NHS through the power of tech.
Kevin Monk is the Managing Director of SARD JV.
The main aim of SARD is to help improve the NHS, Britain's public health service. Healthcare and IT are ever-changing and we are interested in the ways that we can help it evolve with the growing population. SARD created a podcast because there’s constant change, growth even, in our industry and we want to shout about it – this podcast is essentially our proverbial mountaintop and we’re here to share all that’s going on.
What is SARDisms?
SARD provide workforce management software to the healthcare sector. With our hosts Mariah Young and Joe Wilkinson, this podcast discusses about all the great innovation and rapid changes happening at SARD and throughout various industries.