tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post4650252506425816361..comments2024-03-28T17:49:03.998+11:00Comments on Australian Health Information Technology: It Looks Like The Department of Health Has Rather Backed Down On The ePIP Requirements For A Few Months.Dr David G More MB PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06902724829795199526noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-23134735010241793352016-10-07T16:21:50.012+11:002016-10-07T16:21:50.012+11:00The trouble is the change they really want is redu...The trouble is the change they really want is reduced costs, not improved healthcare. And morally and politically they can't even do the things that would actually reduce costs - limit healthcare services, not permit new and more expensive treatments and not spend on new diagnostic technologies.<br /><br />That would be suicide at the polls.<br /><br />Health is one of the few industries Bernard Robertson-Dunnhttp://www.problemsfirst.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-74282301213326167152016-10-07T11:54:44.571+11:002016-10-07T11:54:44.571+11:00Carrot & Stick is the small minded mentality o...Carrot & Stick is the small minded mentality of top-down bureaucratic management. As you say the Government wants to see change and that's valid. But let me ask - are they asking the peak bodies how they think change can be brought about or are they simply telling the peak bodies and their members what they have to do if they want to get paid. The dictatorial approach will fail every timeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-69420556811308840842016-10-05T21:27:21.788+11:002016-10-05T21:27:21.788+11:00"The corollary is, that when an ePIP is wrong..."The corollary is, that when an ePIP is wrongly focussed change will not occur." You have hit the bulls eye dead centre. The questions we should all be asking are:<br /> - What should an ePIP be focussed on?, Why?, and How will it drive change?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-24507946490105904412016-10-05T18:37:25.676+11:002016-10-05T18:37:25.676+11:00I continue to be bewildered by the way ePIPs have ...I continue to be bewildered by the way ePIPs have been targeted. Perhaps I have misunderstood the objective of ePIPs. I have always thought their underlying purpose was to provide incentives to bring about change in the delivery of health services. <br /><br />The entire 'concept' fails if a particular ePIP is inappropriately targeted. <br /><br />Doctors should not be penalised if they Dr Ian Colcloughnoreply@blogger.com