tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post5664739622757757391..comments2024-03-29T09:18:22.495+11:00Comments on Australian Health Information Technology: Useful and Interesting Health IT News from the Last Week – 15/03/2009.Dr David G More MB PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06902724829795199526noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-73330159108530215322009-03-17T18:27:00.000+11:002009-03-17T18:27:00.000+11:00It is why the blog exists - to have quality input ...It is why the blog exists - to have quality input etc! Please all keep it up!<BR/><BR/>David.Dr David G More MB PhDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902724829795199526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-91460873674580711992009-03-17T18:08:00.000+11:002009-03-17T18:08:00.000+11:00It is good to see some informed discussion on this...It is good to see some informed discussion on this topic.<BR/><BR/>As another Anonymous said earlier Web Services is not SOA. SOA is an architecture this is transport agnostic. The various web services recommendations (WS-*) are all about transport. REST is an alternative transport that addresses different problems.<BR/><BR/>NeHTA publishes implementation guides for their web services profile forAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-20545969314635722122009-03-17T17:31:00.000+11:002009-03-17T17:31:00.000+11:00"It's not lack of trying, its lack of leadership....."It's not lack of trying, its lack of leadership..."<BR/><BR/>10/10 - Spot on!<BR/><BR/>David.Dr David G More MB PhDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902724829795199526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-57902504609138150232009-03-17T17:24:00.000+11:002009-03-17T17:24:00.000+11:00That's the point - worthwhile things are rarely "e...That's the point - worthwhile things are rarely "easy", and it certainly will NOT happen if every self-interest has to be preserved.<BR/><BR/>It's not lack of trying, its lack of leadership...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-27781598070679818422009-03-17T16:48:00.000+11:002009-03-17T16:48:00.000+11:00As Einstein said "Everything should be as simple a...As Einstein said "Everything should be as simple as possible, and no simpler"<BR/><BR/>I love it. <BR/><BR/>There is however the point that you seem to make that Health does seem to have some intrinsic complexity and that that needs to be addressed - in that I agree. <BR/><BR/>My favourite quote in this arena is that 'perfection is the enemy of the good' and I believe we also need to keep that inDr David G More MB PhDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902724829795199526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-27924019429219975502009-03-17T16:15:00.000+11:002009-03-17T16:15:00.000+11:00As Einstein said "Everything should be as simple a...As Einstein said "Everything should be as simple as possible, and no simpler"<BR/><BR/>You might argue the reason Australia is where it is today in the eHealth space is a misguided belief that the solution to a truly complex set of problems has to be totally simple...<BR/><BR/>I think the biggest challenge for NEHTA is that there is not (and probably has never been) agreement on what problems it Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-48276011938898299362009-03-17T10:40:00.000+11:002009-03-17T10:40:00.000+11:00Thanks for the comments. I think what I was saying...Thanks for the comments. I think what I was saying was that there was a question - not that I know / knew the answer. All I have read suggests the WS stack has pretty substantial complexity in implementation and by nature I into simplicity!<BR/><BR/>David.Dr David G More MB PhDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902724829795199526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-49708424695610044392009-03-17T10:32:00.000+11:002009-03-17T10:32:00.000+11:00DavidIt is important that your link to a pretty av...David<BR/><BR/>It is important that your link to a pretty average article about the latest round in the ongoing software engineering religious wars (Round 13. REST vs. SOAP) is not taken out of context - particularly when you then seem to imply that NEHTA has probably backed the wrong horse.<BR/><BR/>First, SOA is not Web services - SOA is a perfectly valid design pattern and definitely Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com