tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post4237184030455409286..comments2024-03-29T09:18:22.495+11:00Comments on Australian Health Information Technology: Now Here Is A Call I Would Really Like To See Actioned After The Election No Matter Who Wins.Dr David G More MB PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06902724829795199526noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-30240471677335454892013-09-06T13:21:54.972+10:002013-09-06T13:21:54.972+10:00If I could add a couple of agreements...
Re Prof...If I could add a couple of agreements...<br /><br />Re Prof. Michael Legg "health informatics must be harder than rocket science!"<br /><br />It is. Rocket science (and getting to the the moon) is an engineering problem in the domains of physics, chemistry and biology - all of which behave according to well known laws.<br /><br />Health informatics is about people. They have a habit ofBernard Robertson-Dunnhttp://www.problemsfirst.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-34546379882340115182013-09-06T13:01:21.174+10:002013-09-06T13:01:21.174+10:00Hi Michael
The way I look at it, the problem with...Hi Michael<br /><br />The way I look at it, the problem with Banking is to take an information-based framework that already exists minus the technology, and add the technology. (accounting is mostly IT done on paper)<br /><br />Whereas in healthcare, first we need to inject the information basis. The technology is the easy bit.Grahame Grievehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08635283945076545993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-27824562710467210602013-09-06T12:43:02.469+10:002013-09-06T12:43:02.469+10:00The most recent correspondent misses the point tha...The most recent correspondent misses the point that with banking there is one well understood type of information that is being transacted, namely money and there a limited number of things that are done with it, mostly basic arithmetic.<br /><br />Health in contrast is a very complex information domain with huge socio-technical issues that we are some way off conquering. In support of this Prof. Michael Leggnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-63289378534489946252013-09-04T08:29:42.073+10:002013-09-04T08:29:42.073+10:00Only 5 years too late and at great tax payer expen...Only 5 years too late and at great tax payer expense, everyone jumps on after the horse ( a dead one at that)has bolted.<br /><br />Where have all the noise makers been all this time.<br /><br />They are no trying to save face and save relevance me thinks.<br /><br />Lastly, EHR systems can be compared with banks, they are both transaction event based processes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-9767526677639154382013-09-03T21:36:59.618+10:002013-09-03T21:36:59.618+10:00Geez, that PCEHR Dead Horse is sure copping a flog...Geez, that PCEHR Dead Horse is sure copping a flogging!<br /><br />It has, was and always will be, Dead on Arrival...<br /><br />DOHA and NEHTA's "Millennium Dome" of triumph.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com