tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post2659803210518683375..comments2024-03-29T09:18:22.495+11:00Comments on Australian Health Information Technology: How Many More of these Wacky RACGP / NEHTA Press Releases Will We See?Dr David G More MB PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06902724829795199526noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-56488683323048591442010-11-10T14:18:49.591+11:002010-11-10T14:18:49.591+11:00Wacky - sums it up perfectly.
They (both RACGP a...Wacky - sums it up perfectly. <br /><br />They (both RACGP and NEHTA) quite clearly don't understand what messages they are sending out with these simplistically shallow mind numbing media comments. <br /><br />They obviously lack any marketing communication skills and they lack insight into what 'messages' are of interest and relevant. With wacky stuff like this all the RACGP and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-11015052895864597972010-11-10T10:00:38.728+11:002010-11-10T10:00:38.728+11:00David, I suspect this is less NEHTA's work tha...David, I suspect this is less NEHTA's work than the RACGP's. After five years of ignoring anything to do with eHealth, they've somehow realised in the last year that that they need to get into this space.<br /><br />My guess is that's been prompted by just how succesful the Pharmacy Guild has been launching into eHealth with their Merixio and eRx products, then getting governmentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-80297949882764669382010-11-10T09:46:28.143+11:002010-11-10T09:46:28.143+11:00It looks as though the APHCN have left the RACGP a...It looks as though the APHCN have left the RACGP and AMA out in the cold. With Medicare Locals embracing 500,000 people or thereabouts and GP Super Clinics on the rise it is clear who will hold the whip hand.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-68945827195825603372010-11-10T08:50:24.920+11:002010-11-10T08:50:24.920+11:00Oh well not to worry - the RACGP is becoming incre...Oh well not to worry - the RACGP is becoming increasingly irrelevant now that DOHA and the Government have got full control of Medicare Locals through the AGPN and the Divisions. <br /><br />State-managed primary care health services will become increasingly irrelevant also as the doctor-led Medicare Locals (but Government funded and controlled) stomp through the landscape under the "trust Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-6927631862305260312010-11-09T22:23:51.158+11:002010-11-09T22:23:51.158+11:00Well if you put your e-health program in the hands...Well if you put your e-health program in the hands of the membership services team, you end up with short term financial benefits for the RACGP organisational structure, and zero benefits for the membership.<br /><br />It became apparent during the announcement of the RACGP's dubious tie-up with Telstra that the college's commercial bright sparks didn't even consult with their own Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com