tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post6794932520126823718..comments2024-03-29T09:18:22.495+11:00Comments on Australian Health Information Technology: This Is A Piece Of News That Should Not Be Taken Lightly. This Can Stop The NEHRS Dead In Its Tracks.Dr David G More MB PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06902724829795199526noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-45219396555694774852012-06-14T13:02:32.181+10:002012-06-14T13:02:32.181+10:00The fact that the definitional document was in fac...The fact that the definitional document was in fact a Concept of Operations document following the IEEE standard says to you that those defining the problem concieved the problem to be an IT problem and what was needed as an IT/engineering solution.<br /><br />It is there for all to see! <br /><br />ehealth has been an IT (gravy) train solving IT issues.<br /><br />NO doubt about it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-25335713420342112032012-06-13T13:34:15.004+10:002012-06-13T13:34:15.004+10:006/08/2012 07:11:00 PM
... and the experts who did...6/08/2012 07:11:00 PM<br /><br />... and the experts who did not just nod, but attempted to make constructive suggestions in this and other areas, were generally ignored.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-18455958237014325352012-06-09T13:49:47.062+10:002012-06-09T13:49:47.062+10:00> If that were true then it is just as bad.
t...> If that were true then it is just as bad. <br /><br />that was my point: none. I think we can see that they have't added to their credentials here either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-43355907064845643952012-06-09T13:04:26.036+10:002012-06-09T13:04:26.036+10:00Anonymous said:
"it is designed by the clini...Anonymous said:<br /><br />"it is designed by the clinical leads, not by IT people - as should be clear from reading the specifications"<br /><br />If that were true then it is just as bad. What credentials do clinical leads have for designing a complex Information System?<br /><br />I've looked very closely as the ConOp documents and IMHO it is an IT system.<br /><br />And whoever Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-48218696245137938082012-06-08T19:11:47.082+10:002012-06-08T19:11:47.082+10:00There is no one person who can be held responsible...There is no one person who can be held responsible, for that is the way big projects evolve under the direction of bureaucrats. <br /><br />The system has been designed by committees. DOHA and NEHTA have appointed people called 'experts' to sit on these committees to give credence to what the technocrats have been developing.<br /><br />The experts have nodded and been paid. The Agenda Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-1946677801284947522012-06-08T14:57:47.759+10:002012-06-08T14:57:47.759+10:00This liability argument was happening when HI Deba...This liability argument was happening when HI Debate was happening. DOHA have just rolled out the same terms and conditions. <br /><br />What were the clinical college representatives, clinical associations and NEHTA clinical leads doing for the past number of years to allow it to come to head now? Given the number of stakeholder engagements that NEHTA organised at nice hotels surely between Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-85091164122533058362012-06-08T13:59:00.252+10:002012-06-08T13:59:00.252+10:00My understanding is that an earlier and better sys...My understanding is that an earlier and better system was designed by NEHTA - called the IHER - and that this design was made 'personally controlled - by DoHA Bureaucrats (frightened of the privacy lobby) and that this distortion of the original aims was supported by some on the NHHRC.<br /><br />David.Dr David G More MB PhDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902724829795199526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-61960166093223076852012-06-08T13:52:42.400+10:002012-06-08T13:52:42.400+10:00"This is an IT system built by IT people"..."This is an IT system built by IT people"<br /><br />it is designed by the clinical leads, not by IT people - as should be clear from reading the specificationsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-82450564054551192242012-06-08T13:07:58.496+10:002012-06-08T13:07:58.496+10:00Three points:
1) Liability should have been a cen...Three points:<br /><br />1) Liability should have been a central issue in the Deloittes National eHealth strategy. It wasn't mentioned.<br /><br />2) Those who accepted and adopted the National eHealth should have realised that liability is a deal breaker and insisted it was at least raised, if not discussed in detail.<br /><br />3) This is an IT system built by IT people, not a health systemBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-31285752710588724782012-06-08T10:43:37.785+10:002012-06-08T10:43:37.785+10:00The real danger of the PCEHR 'thingummy' i...The real danger of the PCEHR 'thingummy' is that people will be tempted to rely on it in the misguided belief it is accurate and complete because it is held in a 'computer', but until it is accurate and complete you can't rely on it. <br /><br />The paradox is that if you tell people they can't rely on it until it is accurate and complete they won't have any confidenceDr Ian Colcloughnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-50962678814035153762012-06-08T08:04:34.280+10:002012-06-08T08:04:34.280+10:00Doctors don't want to use the PCEHR due to leg...Doctors don't want to use the PCEHR due to legal liability?<br /><br />Hasn't that story been featured over and over again... hasn't it been done to death by media?<br /><br />Consumers' best PCEHR interests and long-term health futures have not been adequately addressed yet most consumers remain unaware due to lack of reporting.<br /><br />Public interest stories like this have Cris Kerrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-70749783522505335362012-06-07T23:18:06.519+10:002012-06-07T23:18:06.519+10:00The Health Minister is looking very, very exposed ...The Health Minister is looking very, very exposed and in turn, so too is the Gillard Government.<br /><br />The bigger the train crash the bigger the exposure - 1 billion dollars and rising.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-62543717444572575312012-06-07T22:16:33.847+10:002012-06-07T22:16:33.847+10:00Just over 3 weeks to go and they are still "b...Just over 3 weeks to go and they are still "bargaining" with the medical indemnity insurers? This debacle has been in the making for over 2 years - this is real 11th hour stuff. It should stop the NEHRS in its tracks until someone can add some reality to the picture!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com