tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post919830604566969273..comments2024-03-29T09:18:22.495+11:00Comments on Australian Health Information Technology: Article Draft - It Seems This E-Health Business I Much Harder Than We All Thought. We May Need A Fundamentally Different Approach.Dr David G More MB PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06902724829795199526noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-44758046953856492042013-05-17T11:03:03.505+10:002013-05-17T11:03:03.505+10:00It's worth the time to have a look at Pharma&#...It's worth the time to have a look at Pharma's interest in Health IT. They put out <a href="http://www.pharmatimes.com/Magazine/LatestIssue.aspx" rel="nofollow">PharmaTimes</a> for the UK, but the current issue on data collection is very interesting.<br />From the piece by CSL's UK MD -<br /><i>The “threat” of openness has been demonstrated by the public exposure of poor practice at Trevor3130https://www.blogger.com/profile/08148555743063226957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-42571971173727920012013-05-17T09:58:44.051+10:002013-05-17T09:58:44.051+10:00David, These projects confirm that any successful ...David, These projects confirm that any successful national e-Health system must have the following functionalities: collaboration, scalability, flexibility, the facility for rapid form design (to allow clincians effective data entry), the uses of standards, web-based connectivity, low cost (preferably open-source and downloadable for free). Most importantly these e-health systems must be Terry Hannanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04068727812313410493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-23216041566464546612013-05-17T08:25:41.428+10:002013-05-17T08:25:41.428+10:00Hi there,
While relentless self promotion is alwa...Hi there,<br /><br />While relentless self promotion is always a bit unattractive, I couldn't resist putting in a word to support your comments about the benefits of the NZ model HIT David.<br /><br />We have:<br />- focused on supporting day to day patient care<br />- by and large resisted building centralised structures (a few have slipped through)<br />- achieved steady progress over a 20 Tom Bowdenhttp://www.healthlink.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-78590416865647520682013-05-17T07:46:12.324+10:002013-05-17T07:46:12.324+10:00"To have all this work well the only support ..."To have all this work well the only support required at a national level is the provision of three key infrastructural elements."<br /><br />DOHA/NEHTA report card:<br /><br />1. A Health Identifier Service - Yes (at a cost of at least $135m)<br />2. An End Point Location Service - No<br />3. Standards - An increasingly corrupt standards setting process that has been hijacked by NEHTA Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-10250579190891664492013-05-16T17:45:03.626+10:002013-05-16T17:45:03.626+10:00Brett,
The regional standards approach is mine la...Brett,<br /><br />The regional standards approach is mine largely, with my friends thinking the National Approaches seemed to clearly be too large. I think you will find the U.S also has this view - except at the Standards and High Level Strategy Levels.<br /><br />We all agreed picking the right size scale is part of the trick to get success!<br /><br />No, I won't be naming names as these Dr David G More MB PhDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902724829795199526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-27856309101036979682013-05-16T17:38:36.429+10:002013-05-16T17:38:36.429+10:00David, can you name names with these opinions? I ...David, can you name names with these opinions? I would be interested in hearing from those 'on the record' endorsing a more regional approach. Brett Eslerhttp://www.oridashi.com.aunoreply@blogger.com