Dr Malcolm Fisk

Dr Malcolm Fisk is Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Computing and Social Research within De Montfort University, Leicester. He has a long track record as writer and speaker in the areas of technology, ageing and digital health. Malcolm was recently appointed to the roster of experts to support the World Health Organisation’ work on their Digital Health Strategy.

Malcolm led two recent European Commission projects (TeleSCoPE and PROGRESSIVE) that, respectively, developed the European (now International) Code of Practice for Telehealth Services; and addressed ICT standards to support active and healthy ageing. He is currently a partner within the LIV:IN project concerned with ‘responsible innovation’ and the way we will live in 2030.

Malcolm’s other positions include being an expert on a standards committee for the National Institute for Care and Health Excellence (NICE) and for ANEC (the European Consumer Voice on Standards) where he represented their interests on the Health Services Focus Group and is engaged on various CEN Technical Committees. Previously Malcolm was the first Chair, appointed by Welsh Government, of the National Partnership for Older People in Wales and, more recently, of Chair of Age Cymru (Wales’ main charity of and for older people).

With regard to digital health and following a study visit to Australia, Malcolm has newly published on ‘Telehealth in the Context of COVID-19: Changing Perspectives in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States’. Looking forward, his work around the longer-term role of telehealth in a post-COVID world is ongoing. And looking back, he is currently writing a book chapter for the International Society of Telemedicine a eHealth on the ‘History of Telemedicine in the UK’.