tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post1015016358769396591..comments2024-03-29T09:18:22.495+11:00Comments on Australian Health Information Technology: I Think NEHTA Needs To Do Some Serious Fence Mending and Industry Consultation!Dr David G More MB PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06902724829795199526noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-22364998764822853842010-10-28T11:18:16.054+11:002010-10-28T11:18:16.054+11:00Jason,
Nice to hear from you.
"The constant...Jason,<br /><br />Nice to hear from you.<br /><br />"The constant barrage of demands I see here, to produce more results at lower cost, does not show understanding of these issues."<br /><br />I have not been saying this - can you be specific as to who has for us?<br /><br />On your broader point - Dr Haikerwal has been making these points internally for a good while - and seems to not Dr David G More MB PhDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902724829795199526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-41905827733498521132010-10-28T11:06:40.795+11:002010-10-28T11:06:40.795+11:00Actually I find Haikerwal's comments encouragi...Actually I find Haikerwal's comments encouraging, not 'worrying', for several reasons.<br />- He's acknowledging the problems and describing them and putting his neck out in doing so. He's not playing a game of denial.<br />- His comments in the linked article about going 'wide and thin' shows he understands that scope needs to be reigned in tightly to even be anywhereJason Smarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00489491563817762550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-52863156871052772622010-10-28T10:24:51.771+11:002010-10-28T10:24:51.771+11:00If this represents the true state of the relations...If this represents the true state of the relationship between the top-level Government agencies involved in E-Health, I doubt if Australia will be seeing personally controlled e-health records by the end of this decade. Perhaps it's time for the private sector software vendors to work together, because the top-down approach clearly isn't working.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-48170381188593783652010-10-28T09:23:44.432+11:002010-10-28T09:23:44.432+11:00For a real insight into MEDICARE (previously Healt...For a real insight into MEDICARE (previously Health Insurance Commission – HIC) the introductory comments in the ICS Global Annual Report 2008 says it all:<br /><br /><br />There was a steady stream of new customers right across the board - health funds, hospitals, day surgeries, medical practices, diagnostic groups and medical software vendors. The re-signing in August of nib health funds Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-60815567472444554762010-10-28T09:07:53.429+11:002010-10-28T09:07:53.429+11:00For the last few years dear old Dr Mukesh has been...For the last few years dear old Dr Mukesh has been beating his NEHTA drum all to no avail. Numerous attempts to tell him and his employer and his clinical leads that their approach to getting the professions and industry to follow Dr Haikerwal and his band of over paid merry men called clinical leads would never work have consistently been met with blank looks and stony silence as though they Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com