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Dr Stanley (Stan) Shepherd, Principal and Medical Director
Dr Stan Shepherd is Chairman and co-founder of Health One Global Ltd, an international healthcare software company, with users in UK, Ireland, Belgium, France, Switzerland, USA and South Africa. Dr Shepherd gained a first degree in Aeronautical Engineering and flew as an RAF pilot before graduating in Medicine from Bristol University and entering partnership in an inner-city General Practice in which he installed a computer in 1982. Subsequently he became increasingly involved in the development of GP systems and became Development Director then Managing Director of Update Computers, subsequently founding Tridenthealth in 1993. In 1998 he was appointed Chief Executive Officer, then Deputy Chairman of MediDesk Limited and subsequently Chairman of Health One Global Ltd.
He continues to practice family medicine as a partner in a high demand, multi-ethnic, multi-lingual inner-city practice in central London.
Dr Shepherd combines deep understanding of both technology and the medical market. He is an acknowledged expert on the critical contribution electronic information management will make to the delivery of healthcare. As a clinician he understands the business of healthcare intimately, as a trained engineer (BSc) and IT specialist he understands how to harness the power of technology to improve healthcare outcomes significantly. He is the driving force behind Health One Global Limited’s exclusive global EHR partnership with Special Olympics. Stan oversees developments with Health OneTM in Europe, USA, South Africa and Australia and also acts as Medseed’s medical director.
Mr Howard Dickson, Principal
Howard has extensive commercial experience, most significantly in the FMCG sector in the earlier part of his career. Howard has a detailed knowledge of the healthcare industry developed from a number of years consulting to the medical industry.
Howard is a past Chief Executive of Paradigm Independent Practice Association (IPA) in Hawkes Bay New Zealand where he currently resides. Howard is MD of Vividesk Global Limited the rights holder for VIVIDESKTM. Howard is a partner in the ownership of a number of medical practices in Hawkes Bay where he has a strong interest in promoting better disease management outcomes for patients, particularly within the local Maori population.
Howard was a driver in Medseed’s collaboration with RACGP and their adoption of VIVIDESKTM as a major pillar in their online presence. Howard continues to provide the benefit of his commercial and contractual experience to Medseed.
Mr Russell Beattie, Director and Chief Executive
 Russell is a healthcare professional who headed the Psychology Services within the South African Medical Services (Cape Province) before immigrating to Australia in 1993.
Russell held the position of Business Development Manager for both St Vincent’s and the Alfred Hospitals in Melbourne during the mid to late 1990s.
In 2000 as MD of eHealth Australia Pty Ltd Russell oversaw the acquisition of Medseed Pty Ltd and Rx Healthcare (then the largest practice management solution for medical practices in Australia).
After Better Health Global Australia Pty Ltd acquired Medseed and Rx Healthcare in 2002 Russell was appointed as Chief Executive. Rx Healthcare was divested in July 2003 and since that time Russell has continued to act as CEO of Medseed.
Since 2002 Russell has driven Medseed’s metamorphosis from a service-based company to a product-based company. He has managed Medseed’s collaboration with a number of centres of excellence, most notably the Alfred; Melbourne Health (owner of Royal Melbourne Hospital); the Centre for Health Evidence at the University of Alberta, Canada; and the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP).
Russell’s key vision for Medseed is to see it capitalise on the opportunities with Health one TM in the emerging market for electronic personal health records. Over the next five years he aims to oversee Medseed’s transition from being solely a developer of healthcare provider solutions to becoming a market leader in consumer and citizen-held health record systems. |
