tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post2607572881250480905..comments2024-03-29T09:18:22.495+11:00Comments on Australian Health Information Technology: It Looks Like The DoHA CIO Is Confirming The View Of Recent Poll Responders Regarding the Value Of the PCEHR.Dr David G More MB PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06902724829795199526noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-5835851257365173362013-04-24T08:41:36.961+10:002013-04-24T08:41:36.961+10:00I updated my "registered users" spreadsh...I updated my "registered users" spreadsheet with these new data.<br /><br />In nine months there have been 109,000 registrations. To achieve their target of 500,000 this financial year there needs to be about 130,000 registrations per month.<br /><br />I don't like their chances.<br /><br />There is a claim that the average Australian visits their GP four times a year.<br /><br />Bernard Robertson-Dunnhttp://www.problemsfirst.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-10016491003948915082013-04-24T07:54:27.565+10:002013-04-24T07:54:27.565+10:00"5.4 million Medicare records, 2.9 million ph...<i>"5.4 million Medicare records, 2.9 million pharmaceutical benefits claims, 16,600 immunisation registrations for children over the age of seven, and 23,000 organ donor records"</i>.<br /><br />Without a similar comparison to those who DON'T have a PCEHR for the same period of time, these figures are just useless. But they are big, so they look great!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-18013198154735488912013-04-24T00:06:43.828+10:002013-04-24T00:06:43.828+10:00” Only two hospitals are currently uploading disch...<i>” Only two hospitals are currently uploading discharge summaries to the system. All public hospitals were expected to be doing so by July, Madden said.”</i><br /><br />Public and private hospitals, states and territories, 2009-10 (AIHW)<br />Public hospitals <br /> Public acute hospitals - 735 <br /> Public psychiatric hospitals - 18<br /> Total - 753 <br />Private hospitalsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-44584301184123694842013-04-23T19:42:24.588+10:002013-04-23T19:42:24.588+10:00Given that many hospitals don't have a dischar...Given that many hospitals don't have a discharge summary at discharge, and the coding for raising a bill or providing a DRG is not done for weeks after discharge, what value does this bring?Paul Fitzgeraldnoreply@blogger.com