Authors

Ryan Johnson

Lauren Chadwick

Published

November 29, 2022

Modified

July 27, 2024

In mid-November of 2022, Posit had the great opportunity to attend the NHS-R Community Conference in Birmingham, UK. While the world is still reeling from the effects of COVID-19, it was comforting to know that this R community and organizers thereof can overcome immense challenges and host a wonderful and safe in-person/virtual hybrid conference.

People may wonder why Posit would send two US-based employees to England to attend NHS-R? We will certainly touch upon that, but first, we’d like to highlight what stood out to us during our time at this event in the beautiful Edgbaston Stadium.

The points above should be enough rationale to convince anyone to attend the NHS-R Conference in 2023, but we’d like to explain why Posit is so invested in NHS-R. Posit’s mission is to create open-source software for data science, scientific research, and technical communication. We are a Public Benefit Corporation, meaning we have a fiduciary responsibility to address social, economic, and environmental needs to benefit our customers, employees, and the community. Per the NHS Constitution for England, the NHS “belongs to the people,” and “is founded on a common set of principles and values that bind together the communities and people it serves – patients and public – and the staff who work for it.” As you can see, the mission of the NHS is aligned with what Posit hopes to support.

We are excited to continue this perfect partnership long into the future!

Authors:
Ryan Johnson and Lauren Chadwick, Posit

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Johnson, Ryan, and Lauren Chadwick. 2022. “Posit + NHS-R: A Perfect Partnership!” November 29, 2022. https://nhs-r-community.github.io/nhs-r-community/blog/posit-nhs-r-a-perfect-partnership.html.