tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post4320623655497356197..comments2024-03-29T09:18:22.495+11:00Comments on Australian Health Information Technology: A Draft Letter to Send / E-mail to Your Local Federal MP.Dr David G More MB PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06902724829795199526noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-87155825759332088722009-12-02T23:29:08.729+11:002009-12-02T23:29:08.729+11:00- Does Cerner know yet technically just how the
- ...- Does Cerner know yet technically just how the<br />- HI service will actually work and have they <br />- committed to support it?<br /><br />Cerner have been talking to NEHTA, so presumably yes..... if they have bothered to listen! Cerner have never played nicely in Australia, they have a "my way or the highway" approach to just about everything (as a number of implementations have Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-2145765127613543192009-12-02T12:04:48.554+11:002009-12-02T12:04:48.554+11:00Ms Halton is the classic bureaucrat. She knows Sen...Ms Halton is the classic bureaucrat. She knows Senate Estimates is usually a circus with no real power most of the time (with the exception of events like the Gordon Gresh affair.<br /><br />She also knows that the goalposts can be changed time and time again simply by blowing a bit of fairy floss in the air and saying boo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-75632876254992923142009-12-02T11:27:26.586+11:002009-12-02T11:27:26.586+11:00From the Senate Estimates Committee, Wednesday 21/...From the Senate Estimates Committee, Wednesday 21/10/2009<br />quote (underlines added.)<br /><br />Senator BOYCE— Then I will go back to the one that is probably the big one, unique healthcare identification, which is also due in December.<br />Ms Halton—Unique healthcare identifier. Let us be clear about this. This is the notion of a number that each individual will have. It is under the rubricAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-55311216749929289982009-12-02T10:29:03.990+11:002009-12-02T10:29:03.990+11:00We do indeed and I have the list of what NEHTA tol...We do indeed and I have the list of what NEHTA told Senate Estimates in June what would be delivered by December, 2009.<br /><br />Certainly confirms a busy 3 weeks!<br /><br />David.Dr David G More MB PhDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902724829795199526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-55546120813850193112009-12-02T10:16:29.538+11:002009-12-02T10:16:29.538+11:00If you are talking to various software developers,...If you are talking to various software developers, yes, there is great concern. If (when) the Medicare identifier plan falls at the legislative hurdle, what is Plan B? Before yesterday, there wasn't a lot of confidence around that the legislation would get up. Now there's a Opposition. What odds now on Australia Card Mk III?<br /><br />And then there's NASH.<br /><br />Do other Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-85327340769095464272009-12-02T09:40:50.510+11:002009-12-02T09:40:50.510+11:00As the previous commentator said "Therein lie...As the previous commentator said "Therein lies the real problem. In a sense they (the software developers) are no different from the rest of the system - they are complicit in preserving the status quo.<br /><br />One has to assume they are content with current progress. Is there any evidence to suggest otherwise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-25789381712170926692009-12-02T08:45:44.138+11:002009-12-02T08:45:44.138+11:00It really doesn't matter very much. By that I ...It really doesn't matter very much. By that I mean the bureaucrats are trapped, the users are trapped and the system is trapped into moving forward with what they have got. Too much money has been spent to admit mistakes have been made, that NEHTA has failed, that anything is wrong. That is the way the system works - always has, always will and those who might be competent and capable of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-52746010753012472202009-12-01T19:15:59.689+11:002009-12-01T19:15:59.689+11:00GPs, Specialists and the others in the sector for ...GPs, Specialists and the others in the sector for starters who hardly even know NEHTA exists and all their software vendors who as we all know are spending all this money becoming NEHTA compliant - Not!. Just because one Government is on board there are a few more to go I believe.<br /><br />Note even you say Cerner / VIC are working through rather than have 'worked through'.<br /><br />Dr David G More MB PhDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902724829795199526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-59748625893802060042009-12-01T18:52:21.286+11:002009-12-01T18:52:21.286+11:00- if for no other reason that planning for how
- t...- if for no other reason that planning for how<br />- that NEHTA is developing will actually<br />- interface with the existing health system<br />- remains both vague and incompletely worked<br />- through. <br /><br />The HealthSmart folks in VIC (who probaly have what is amongst the most throughly architected eHealth compontry already in place in Australia) have been working through with NEHTAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com