This appeared last week:
My Health Record: General practice
Published 23 June 2021
Discover how My Health Record benefits both patients and doctors with advice from leading health professionals using this system in general practice.
Speakers: Dr Andrew Rochford (Facilitator), Dr Peter Del Fante (Clinical Reference Lead, General Practitioner, Public Health Physician), Dr Charlotte Hespe (Director, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Board), Dr Christine Pascott (Agency Board Member) and Dr Mike Bainbridge (Agency Board Member).
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Here is the link:
https://www.digitalhealth.gov.au/newsroom/podcasts/my-health-record-general-practice
I listened through and was left with the feeling that little has changed with the #myHR remaining a secondary partial system with variable data quality and lacking the capacity to really be any sort of useful tool for coordinating care.
It was also clear that many of the features that we on people’s wish lists (appointment making, referrals etc.) are simply not going to happen without a total re-conception of how Digital Health works in Australia and whatever happens the #myHR will not be at its core.
The money spent on the #myHR would be better allocated to developing some future orientated systems that could actually do what is desired rather than nourishing a fossil!
Listen closely and you will see how the speakers all identify how central their own CISs are and the holes in the #myHR!
David.
5 comments:
Dr Christine Pascott (Agency Board Member) and Dr Mike Bainbridge (Agency Board Member).
What Agency Board are they referring to? That aside these are good people with a deserved level of respect when discussing information management tools in healthcare.
Christine is a board member of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and of MDA National.
https://www.digitalhealth.gov.au/dr-christine-pascott
Mike is an international expert in digital health.
... and was the Clinical Architect of the NHS before coming to Australia in 2011 to work on My Health Record as a Clinical Governance Lead
https://www.digitalhealth.gov.au/dr-michael-bainbridge
What they now have to do with the ADHA it doesn't say, but they do not appear to be on the board.
https://www.digitalhealth.gov.au/about-us/board-members-and-executive-team
In fact the board is looking a bit sparse. There's only 9 with no secretary of the Department of Health, which I thought was mandatory.
There were 15 in the 2018-19 annual report, including the secretary of the Department of Health
Between 2108-19 and now, 6 Board members have departed and none have joined. That's assuming the website is correct.
Thanks Bernard for the clarification. What we are witnessing is a complete lack of governance, pathetic attempts to cover holes and mislead with ambiguous and incomplete statements like "Agency Board Member", and a laisse fare attitude by the handsomely reimbursed ADHA Chair. Just another example of a complete failure of public sector administration.
The role descriptions of Drs. Christine Pascott and Mike Bainbridge have been corrected and are now viewable at https://www.digitalhealth.gov.au/newsroom/podcasts/my-health-record-general-practice: "Dr Christine Pascott (Clinical Reference Lead) and Dr Mike Bainbridge (Clinical Reference Lead)".
Thanks for that important clarification Oliver; much appreciated. It reinforces 5:49 PMs comment that ADHA has little respect for accuracy. It's culture is riddled with sloppiness all the way from Board level down.
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