tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post2902344619286500877..comments2024-03-28T17:49:03.998+11:00Comments on Australian Health Information Technology: Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose - How True This Is. I Am Amazed.Dr David G More MB PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06902724829795199526noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-53031544210008407652014-09-22T11:50:22.167+10:002014-09-22T11:50:22.167+10:00There is also a reticence, even a fear, within the...There is also a reticence, even a fear, within the public institutions of buying any system that is not a big name in health care. There are many companies in Australia providing excellent products that comply with standards at competitive prices, but tender processes are distorted by the biases of the evaluators.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-27139135653382027052014-09-15T19:56:39.109+10:002014-09-15T19:56:39.109+10:00The government (and government in general internat...The government (and government in general internationally) have a poor record of providing solutions and plotting direction. There is plenty of evidence for that. <br /><br />Left to vendors alone inter-operability suffers as larger vendors use their market power to advantage themselves by ignoring standards and trying to snuff out emerging competition. We have certainly seen that.<br /><br />Andrew McIntyrehttp://www.medical-objects.com.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-42154164569470222062014-09-15T16:43:33.761+10:002014-09-15T16:43:33.761+10:00re: "Best if Government got right out of the ...re: "Best if Government got right out of the picture and left the whole business of eHealth to market forces - in that way vendors can develop, sell, succeed, grow, expand, take over or be taken over, or die."<br /><br />I beg to disagree. If left to market forces, vendors would be free to develop solutions that didn't work properly, were of doubtful quality and which caused Bernard Robertson-Dunnhttp://www.problemsfirst.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-82234477985807407422014-09-15T09:13:05.864+10:002014-09-15T09:13:05.864+10:00On its own Government doesn't know what to do....On its own Government doesn't know what to do. It needs and seeks advice from external parties to develop its policies. <br /><br />The external parties are the big consulting firms who develop their views based on the sales pitch of the larger vendors. <br /><br />The vendors and the consulting firms pitch their messages at Government through various bodies which they have managed to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com