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William Payne


I write on health and medical technologies, scientific and high performance computing (HPC), embedded and IoT technologies, AI and data analytics.

I am editor of a number of newsletters for the IMC, the IoT M2M Council , writing on industrial automation, Industry 4.0, smart transportation, connected healthcare and telehealth, and smart cities.

I have written on healthcare for The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Telegraph, Digital Health, British Journal of Healthcare Computing, and Public Health England.

I have also worked as a research consultant on healthcare markets and economics for a range of institutions including the NHS, the Department of Health, HPE, Cerner, Fujitsu, Microsoft, iSoft, BT, Agfa, Philips, and Siemens.

My LinkedIn page is: https://www.linkedin.com/in/williampayne/



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