tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post1426618807079547574..comments2024-03-29T09:18:22.495+11:00Comments on Australian Health Information Technology: The Irish Have Identified Just How Hard National E-Health Can Be! And Seems To Have A Sensible Plan.Dr David G More MB PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06902724829795199526noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-38733511339004347762014-09-05T10:08:16.700+10:002014-09-05T10:08:16.700+10:00Well NEHTA have commissioned Deloitte to work out ...Well NEHTA have commissioned Deloitte to work out why SMD has not resulted in a major break out of messaging and interoperability between messaging providers. This is a perfect example of not understanding the problem. At a technology level interoperating is relatively easy, but the poor compliance with standards and variable quality of endpoint capability makes it a very risky error prone thing Andrew McIntyrehttp://www.medical-objects.com.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-18885583694156096142014-09-05T09:02:15.705+10:002014-09-05T09:02:15.705+10:00Bernard said "another take might be that they...Bernard said "another take might be that they .... learned how to make the same mistakes, but differently."<br /><br />Precisely so, and may I also add that they failed to understand the problem in the context of, indeed they neglected to pay any attention whatsoever to, the business processes and functionality needs and requirements of multiple disparate health care organizations. Dr Ian Colcloughnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-88572340717370942692014-09-04T16:33:25.204+10:002014-09-04T16:33:25.204+10:00re ' "able to learn from the mistakes of ...re ' "able to learn from the mistakes of others" - how wrong he was'<br /><br />another take might be that they did learn from the mistakes of others - they learned how to make the same mistakes, but differently.<br /><br />To mis-quote Leo Tolstoy — 'All successful projects are alike; each failed project fails in its own way' cf Anna KareninaBernard Robertson-Dunnhttp://www.problemsfirst.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-33914057837840028452014-09-04T07:42:09.036+10:002014-09-04T07:42:09.036+10:00Ooops - I seem to recall Dr Ian Reinecke, NEHTA...Ooops - I seem to recall Dr Ian Reinecke, NEHTA's foundation CEO, saying "NeHTA would be a fast follower" - how right he was - "able to learn from the mistakes of others" - how wrong he was.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-3668683930677120412014-09-03T20:59:04.200+10:002014-09-03T20:59:04.200+10:00"Prof Jane Grimson: ‘We have the opportunity ...<i>"Prof Jane Grimson: ‘We have the opportunity to learn from other people’s mistakes.’ "</i><br /><br />to be sure, to be sure!!<br /><br />Talk about being spoilt for choice with NEHTA contending admirably for a position at the top of the global ehealth mistakes heap.<br /><br />And such a shame NEHTA didn't make the most of the same historical opportunity and avoid running off Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com