tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post1600539985965058169..comments2024-03-28T17:49:03.998+11:00Comments on Australian Health Information Technology: NSW Health Has A Full Blown Health IT Failure on Its Hands. As I Predicted in 2006!Dr David G More MB PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06902724829795199526noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-63217172536451403212011-01-04T09:50:27.158+11:002011-01-04T09:50:27.158+11:00David, I am in agreement with your comments on the...David, I am in agreement with your comments on the NSW Health system. I can go back to 1992 when the then Minister for Health, Peter Collins and some of his HIT experts summoned me to his city office after I had written a commentary on the NSW $1bill over ten years on NSW Health project (which of course failed).<br /><br />On arriving in the office I was greeted by the minister and his experts Terry Hannannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-18994801917366417222011-01-04T09:38:42.368+11:002011-01-04T09:38:42.368+11:00All good points raised by Anonymous Jan 03, 2011 6...All good points raised by Anonymous Jan 03, 2011 6:52:00PM to understand the full extent of the real issues for the project failure. A very cursory glance at the KPMG September 2008 evaluation report identifies a range of technical and other issues needing to be addressed but detail is lacking.<br /><br />From page 28 of the KPMG report "The current use is less than originally expected, Bruce Farnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03895794526347112930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-77701498304440427502011-01-03T18:52:52.214+11:002011-01-03T18:52:52.214+11:00So, the $30 to $40 million NSW HealheLink Project ...So, the $30 to $40 million NSW HealheLink Project has failed. Why is it so?<br /><br />What lessons can be leant from this?<br /><br />Was the project scope too broad?<br />Was the application to complex?<br />Was the community enrolled behind the project?<br /><br />These fundamental questions are difficult to answer without first having a granular understanding of the environment in which the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com