tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post6371648071930317527..comments2024-03-29T09:18:22.495+11:00Comments on Australian Health Information Technology: There Is Something Really Odd Going On Here. There Are A Lot Of Questions To Answer!Dr David G More MB PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06902724829795199526noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-31592822042119484222014-06-30T22:21:11.471+10:002014-06-30T22:21:11.471+10:00An old story from an old timer:
"I used to r...An old story from an old timer:<br /><br />"I used to read in the papers about how my lifestyle - smoking, drinking, no exercise, fried food - would most probably result in an early death.<br /><br />This really worried me so I decided to do something about it. I stopped reading the papers."<br /><br />IMHO, that's the easy way out. I've never been inclined to take the easy pathBernard Robertson-Dunnhttp://www.problemsfirst.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-7932202737919511012014-06-30T10:38:03.776+10:002014-06-30T10:38:03.776+10:00After 40 years working in every aspect of the heal...After 40 years working in every aspect of the health and ICT industries I have watched in utter amazement at the vast amounts of money that have been so willingly frittered away by governments and bureaucrats in pursuit of their ehealth agendas.<br /><br />Even so, if Steve Hambleton, as Chair of NEHTA, is open minded enough to accept that some of us, when put together, have the maturity, wisdom Dr Ian Colcloughnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-56863573044459525672014-06-30T09:48:02.980+10:002014-06-30T09:48:02.980+10:00David,
If you were to start every post of yours w...David,<br /><br />If you were to start every post of yours with "There is something really odd going on here", you wouldn't be far wrong.<br /><br />eHealth in Australia is totally odd. SNAFU.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-28838929997465935322014-06-29T17:06:08.194+10:002014-06-29T17:06:08.194+10:00I would not expect much to change in the short ter...I would not expect much to change in the short term, it is a well known fact certain department heads at NEHTA think the clinicians are an obstinate and have little role or value in the technical designs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com