tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post4967658180998938319..comments2024-03-29T09:18:22.495+11:00Comments on Australian Health Information Technology: The Commonwealth Department of Health Really Messes Up E-Health in Australia.Dr David G More MB PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06902724829795199526noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-30210517057962764072009-03-23T10:11:00.000+11:002009-03-23T10:11:00.000+11:00Even vaguer and more Orwellian in my view!DavidEven vaguer and more Orwellian in my view!<BR/><BR/>DavidDr David G More MB PhDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902724829795199526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-10601807530875068362009-03-23T09:33:00.000+11:002009-03-23T09:33:00.000+11:00"Statement of Commitment" not “Statement of Compli..."Statement of Commitment" not “Statement of Compliance”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-46306764989429218482009-03-20T12:44:00.000+11:002009-03-20T12:44:00.000+11:00Comment Friday, March 20, 2009 8:35:00 AM sums it ...Comment Friday, March 20, 2009 8:35:00 AM sums it up very nicely - software vendors just need to get off their butts and get on with developing ehealth solutions and to stop waiting for government handouts and for NEHTA to tell them what standards to use.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-80956808057178538412009-03-20T12:39:00.000+11:002009-03-20T12:39:00.000+11:00They won't collectively pull out at all.Some will ...They won't collectively pull out at all.<BR/><BR/>Some will pull out and their place will be filled by others who remain behind and their base will grow and those who pulled out will wither away to nothing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-79364911571468668392009-03-20T12:22:00.000+11:002009-03-20T12:22:00.000+11:00Once again the government asks vendors to implemen...Once again the government asks vendors to implement functionality that is already there (secure messaging) and expects vendors to do this for free. This is a ticking time bomb as once it gets too expensive for vendors to refit their product line, they'll collectively pull out and the government will have angry doctors to deal with as they can't get their voting bribe, oops, PIP.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-50251038673634002782009-03-20T08:35:00.000+11:002009-03-20T08:35:00.000+11:00This PIP stuff is so beyond belief. Doesn’t anyon...This PIP stuff is so beyond belief. Doesn’t anyone in DOHA or NEHTA or MEDICARE have any ideas other than “PIPs worked before so they will work again”. <BR/><BR/>PIPs are great to change the way a practice operates and delivers its services to its client base - the patient, on behalf of its paymaster, the government. Payments tied to SWPE’s (Standard Whole Patient Equivalents) are all very Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-5068867046945012162009-03-20T06:36:00.000+11:002009-03-20T06:36:00.000+11:00We don't need to have secure messaging in place to...We don't need to have secure messaging in place to provide access to the key electronic clinical resource information. So that bit should be pretty straightforward provided the licence fees to access the most up-to-date information avaialble. What are the annual subscription fees to do this?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-87874629597833447572009-03-20T06:29:00.000+11:002009-03-20T06:29:00.000+11:00Rob Cameron DOHAs eHealth Acting Assistant Secreta...Rob Cameron DOHAs eHealth Acting Assistant Secretary said in his letter dated 6 March "These arrangements will ensure NEHTA and industry work collaboratively over the next two years and represent a supported transition process towards collaborative development of secure messaging specification requirements."<BR/><BR/>Does that mean NEHTA and industry won't have their act together on secure Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-77752486081444502692009-03-20T06:23:00.000+11:002009-03-20T06:23:00.000+11:00It looks to me like its the messaging vendors (Hea...It looks to me like its the messaging vendors (HealthLinks, Argus Connect, Medical Objects and others) who are being told to get their act together and comply with NEHTA's standards.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-52277048152858257782009-03-20T06:17:00.000+11:002009-03-20T06:17:00.000+11:00If NEHTA's specifications haven't yet been agreed ...If NEHTA's specifications haven't yet been agreed to by industry it doesn't seem to matter as long as our software supplier signs a statement saying they will comply when they do become available. Have I got that right Alice?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-58931447635821151412009-03-20T06:07:00.000+11:002009-03-20T06:07:00.000+11:00Our practice uses a number of software vendors. Ar...Our practice uses a number of software vendors. Argus and Healthlink do our messaging mainly for pathology results. Most of our radiology reports come to us via ProMedicus. We also have a practice management software supplier and our prescription writing software is from another supplier. That’s 5 different software suppliers I can think of but there might be another one I would have to check Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-80972644638415509762009-03-20T06:05:00.000+11:002009-03-20T06:05:00.000+11:00At first glance this looks pretty simplistic. We d...At first glance this looks pretty simplistic. We doctors have to tell our software provider to get their act together and get a “statement of compliance”. Once done we get up to $12,500 every 3 months if all our doctors apply for a PKI certificate and we stick a few icons on the desktop so that we can access e-Therapeutic plus Australian Medicines Handbook plus the Red Book. Presumably each of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-43429011307397187132009-03-20T06:03:00.000+11:002009-03-20T06:03:00.000+11:00Up to $12,500 per quarter for large practices soun...Up to $12,500 per quarter for large practices sounds like a nice little earner for someone. Who gets to keep the money? The doctors? Or are they just the interim banker? Is it intended that the practice should pass, some or all, of the money through to the software vendor?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com