tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post4186774099456706274..comments2024-03-29T09:18:22.495+11:00Comments on Australian Health Information Technology: Another Straw In The Wind Of A Dying Health IT Program We Know As The NEHRS / PCEHR.Dr David G More MB PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06902724829795199526noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-56607711276374864272012-11-21T22:44:39.860+11:002012-11-21T22:44:39.860+11:00My view - and an opinion only. A simple paid NEHTA...My view - and an opinion only. A simple paid NEHTA / DoHA hack barely worthy of the title journalist.<br /><br />His behaviour since his NEHTA finding ceased would support that view.<br /><br />Believe what you like but to my eye he was just a pathetic, sad, paid spruiker!<br /><br />David.<br />Dr David G More MB PhDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902724829795199526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-19583411121787163742012-11-21T19:59:11.155+11:002012-11-21T19:59:11.155+11:00Hello David
So what happened to Charles Wright an...Hello David<br /><br />So what happened to Charles Wright anyway? Any anonymous gossip available on his demise?Paul Karennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-65051163071387604982012-11-21T18:56:32.000+11:002012-11-21T18:56:32.000+11:00NEHRS uses Nehta specifications which specify sex ...NEHRS uses Nehta specifications which specify sex (not gender) and are in turn based on Australian Standards - in this case:<br />Health care client identification (AS 5017 2006)<br />For the domain values for sex, they will be specified in the standard - which is freely available from the Standard Australia site.<br />From memory it has values that line up with Male, Female, Indeterminate and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-71408997701237993772012-11-21T14:39:07.231+11:002012-11-21T14:39:07.231+11:00Does anyone know if the NEHR will comply with the ...Does anyone know if the NEHR will comply with the gender categories set up by Passport office, as per these two tweets?<br /><i>Here's Kate @keandrews<br />@dfat - Your Smart Traveller app is great, but why only offer two options for gender, when Australian passports have M, F and X?<br />--<br />DFAT @dfat<br />Thx @keandrews Our codemonkeys are working on the back end system changes to Trevor3130https://www.blogger.com/profile/08148555743063226957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-34008563788834557582012-11-21T01:10:45.283+11:002012-11-21T01:10:45.283+11:00Poor old Medicare Locals.
But wouldn't it be ...Poor old Medicare Locals.<br /><br />But wouldn't it be good if we created a bit of competition - sort of like the league tables for immunisation that they had for the old Divisions of General Practice They could compare rates of consumers and/or numbers of clinical documents submitted by Medicare Local catchment area (excluding Medicare data documents which would skew the issue). Or Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-30076242381425611282012-11-20T17:50:57.763+11:002012-11-20T17:50:57.763+11:00And I thought I was cynical!
DavidAnd I thought I was cynical!<br /><br />DavidDr David G More MB PhDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902724829795199526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-3285294941222552452012-11-20T17:46:26.889+11:002012-11-20T17:46:26.889+11:00David, I think you've missed the point. The ne...David, I think you've missed the point. The new eHealth strategy has already been announced by DOHA. Now that the 61 Medicare Locals have been established across Australia they will be DOHA's new channel for driving eHealth into place. Medicare Locals are meant to be building their own clinical lead teams at the ML level with the corollary being there is no need for NEHTA's 'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com