About 4 weeks ago I posted the two documents I had been sent.
See here:
http://aushealthit.blogspot.com/2010/02/what-fun-nehta-lets-its-health.html
After a request from NEHTA I took the – claimed to be draft - documents down, on the understanding NEHTA would release the finalised documents in reasonable period.
See here:
http://aushealthit.blogspot.com/2010/02/request-to-take-files-off-line.html
Well it now appears that the strategy is being actioned. We have the new web-site (www.ehealthinfo.gov.au) and we have banner ads appearing a on the RACGP web site.
A check on the NEHTA website and my e-mail inbox finds no such documents.
With all that in mind it seems the time has come to allow readers to know what to expect next!
The files can again be downloaded here:
http://moreassoc.com.au/downloads/Healthcare%20Identifiers%20Comms%20Strategy%20A.pdf
and here:
http://moreassoc.com.au/downloads/Healthcare%20Identifiers%20Comms%20Strategy%20B.pdf
Enjoy reading and as they say forewarned is forearmed!
I will note in passing – as free advice to NEHTA – their case for fostering provider adoption looks flimsy at best.
This time the files come down when NEHTA releases the finals – if any later versions actually exist.
Enjoy.
David.
10 comments:
Unbelievably puerile clap-trap. Even the grammar is lousy. What on earth are they doing?
Thanks very much for putting these documents up again. Many of us tried to download them a few weeks ago to find they were no longer available. We won't make the same mistake again. All downloaded now. It is patently obvious why NEHTA forced you to pull them down. You can expect another call from them first thing Monday.
I was not forced, they asked nicely so I agreed but have not kept their end of the bargain. So I feel no constraints about letting the public know about the cynicism of the organisation.
I note the Victorian Government is having trouble with a similar document.
David.
I have just read the 12 comments from your earlier blog on this topic of 2 February. They all seem pretty balanced. I tried to choose just one of the 12 which best sums NEHTAs comms program up. This is my choice:
Thursday, February 04, 2010 8:28:00 PM
2. If there is the slightest chance NEHTA has not got the goods and is not able to deliver then a comms program at this point in time will do untold damage to the market environment. The negative impact of a failed comms program through an inability by NEHTA to follow through with the deliverables that back up the claims being made will destroy the slim margin of credibility that ehealth has left in the consumers mind. This should be avoided, but it is unlikely a desperate injured animal flailing away and gasping for oxygen will pay any heed to that if it perceives that its last chance of survival is to beat its drums and blow its trumpets.
Does Kevin Rudd understand health is a whole lot more difficult than putting a few pink bats in the rooftops of peoples houses? If Myles Peterson's article from the Sydney Morning Herald is anything to go by DOHA is pretty much a basket case. (Yes Minister meets Alice in Wonderland, Myles Peterson, February 21, 2010). The Prime Minister has to be very careful NEHTA and the health bureaucrats in Canberra do not bring him down.
As a consumer I watched Dr Haikerwal's videos on the http://www.ehealthinfo.gov.au/ site. He said he works for NEHTA. He seems like a nice guy but I was not at all convinced he believed what he was reading on the prompter. Too many stops and stumbles. I got the feeling his heart wasn't in it. I'm going to ask my doctor what he thinks when I see him on Monday.
I would like to see an unequivocal statement from the Medical Software Industry Association about this. I'm sure NEHTA and DOHA would too. Perhaps an open letter on your blog would give us all a lot more confidence that this is not just a government run propaganda exercise as you describe it.
Re Comment:
Sunday, February 28, 2010 2:14:00 PM
I am sorry I do not understand what you are saying. What are you hoping the MSIA might / will say and what assurances are you seeking?
Thanks
David.
"What are you hoping the MSIA might / will say and what assurances are you seeking?"
This communications program is intended to help the community understand what NEHTA and Government are trying to do, that is, to improve the exchange of medical data. It will all be to no avail unless everyone agrees to work together and speak the same message. Being critical will disenfranchise everyone, doctors, community, etc. etc. We can't afford for that to happen. We would like to be reassured that everyone is prepared to move forward together irrespective of the fact that compromises will be need on all sides. Because health software companies are perhaps the most critical ingredient to get behind NEHTA we need to know they are totally supportive of this new communications campaign - otherwise it will not have the desired effect of getting the public behind the ehealth bandwagon.
The MSIA can speak for themselves, but the last I heard they had some significant concerns with NEHTA's behaviour.
While not trying to be negative I have to say I have zero confidence in them. The submission to the Senate Inquiry just posted explains why.
David.
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