tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post2701134431671611275..comments2024-03-29T09:18:22.495+11:00Comments on Australian Health Information Technology: The Australian’s Contributing Economics Editor Highlights The Huge Number Of Bungles In Government E-Health.Dr David G More MB PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06902724829795199526noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-7157421189788087662016-01-21T01:20:40.018+11:002016-01-21T01:20:40.018+11:00Re: 'Running XP is just unacceptable' : I...Re: 'Running XP is just unacceptable' : I don't think too many people in the Victorian public system would have been surprised to hear that there are still XP machines around, though at least in some quarters there did seem to be an effort to weed them out last year (!). Perhaps since HealthSmart the IT funding tap has been turned off, whether for babies or bathwater... Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-6849470046020035572016-01-20T10:19:43.893+11:002016-01-20T10:19:43.893+11:00Repeating the quote from Judith Sloan's articl...Repeating the quote from Judith Sloan's article:<br /><br />"...the complications arising from the complexity of the underlying information being digitised are too often overlooked. One of the troubles with the eHealth initiative is that quite of lot of what is contained in patient management records is not amenable to simple classification."<br /><br />The solution may involve IT, Bernard Robertson-Dunnhttp://www.problemsfirst.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-76745092963023043032016-01-20T07:31:23.520+11:002016-01-20T07:31:23.520+11:00I have not yet read Judith Sloan's article yet...I have not yet read Judith Sloan's article yet but from the posted comments I believe this new Chapter by Ross Koppel is very relevant.<br />[Koppel R. "Great Promises of Healthcare Information Technology Deliver Less" Chapter 6 in C.A. Weaver et al. (eds.), Healthcare Information Management Systems: Cases, Strategies, and Solutions, Health Informatics, Springer International Terry Hannanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04068727812313410493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-70024387889817165232016-01-19T18:12:04.108+11:002016-01-19T18:12:04.108+11:00Re: "I do hope some in the Government bother ...Re: "I do hope some in the Government bother to read her commentary and maybe, just maybe, ask a few pertinent questions."<br /><br />Prime Minister Turnbull may not have seen the article. He most definitely should. If he does see it, it is highly likely he will develop a very deep and genuine interest in the profligate wastage of over $1 billion that we have witnessed for over a decadeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-85984961797573868012016-01-19T18:02:06.878+11:002016-01-19T18:02:06.878+11:00Running XP is just unacceptable The head of IT and...Running XP is just unacceptable The head of IT and his direct reports should all be fired - along with the CEO who did not fund a transition to current systems.<br /><br />We have all known of the risk for at least 3-4 years.<br /><br />Just outrageous and culpable incompetence!<br /><br />DavidDr David G More MB PhDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902724829795199526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-43183206849264962342016-01-19T17:57:48.518+11:002016-01-19T17:57:48.518+11:00Sloan's "I guess that makes sense for a g...Sloan's "I guess that makes sense for a government with supposedly (classical) liberal values" is a wry comment, I guess.<br />On another matter, The Age <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/royal-melbourne-hospital-attacked-by-damaging-computer-virus-20160118-gm8m3v.html" rel="nofollow">reports Royal Melbourne Hospital attacked by damaging computer virus</a>. <br /><br /><i>Trevor3130https://www.blogger.com/profile/08148555743063226957noreply@blogger.com