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Monday, September 05, 2011

AusHealthIT Poll Number 86 – Results – 5th September, 2011.


The question was:
Should Investment Continue in The Present Contentious Design of The PCEHR as It Is Rather Than Fixing The Design Flaws First?
Just Steam On
- 7 (20%)
Make Some Minor Changes
- 1 (2%)
Make Major Change But Push On
-  0 (0%)
Regroup To Fix Flaws And Then Proceed
-  26 (76%)
Votes 34
A stunningly clear cut vote. This project needs a careful and in depth rethink seems to be the large majority view!
Again, many thanks to those that voted!
David.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

What a ridiculously contrived and biased question! Shame on you.

I know, I'll ask the general public "Should investment continue on a building that is going to fall down? (Well, at least I think it might)"

It's one thing to wear your heart on your sleeve but this is getting ridiculous. I thought Docs believed in evidence?

Glad to see 20% tried to point out your bias...

Dr David G More MB PhD said...

Sorry..the question asked if we should regroup and fix or not. most said yes. Most don't agree with you - but I can't help that.

The fact that the ConOps is being updated suggests to me it was not perfect first time around and that to reduce risk it makes sense to re-assess on the basis of new evidence!

David.

Anonymous said...

I must admit that bias escaped me as I thought everyone knew it was a dogs breakfast. I am amazed that 20% want to steam on. I guess some people assume that if we are spending half a billion there must be someone at the helm who knows what they are doing. I would like to feel that was the case as well, but the odds of 10 years of non-delivery suddenly transforming into a well thought out and executed plan seem a little low to me. Especially given that the PCEHR will be built on top of NASH, Patient and Provider identifiers and SMD.

Its sort of like booking a liver transplant as the first operation in a brand new hospital with doctors and nurses who have never worked together before.