tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post5902365021036960707..comments2024-03-29T09:18:22.495+11:00Comments on Australian Health Information Technology: The Bottom Line According to The European Union is that Shared Electronic Health Records Are a Very Dubious Project.Dr David G More MB PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06902724829795199526noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-70627855251362461752011-04-14T21:10:29.924+10:002011-04-14T21:10:29.924+10:00Even better, write off the $67 million wasted so f...Even better, write off the $67 million wasted so far and give $400 million back to medical research so that the absurd proposed slash-and-burn to the NHMRC budget can be avoided.<br /><br />Oh and throw NEHTA into the dustbin along the way. It will be no loss and it's abolition might actually enable some real progress in eHealth for AustraliaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-82745930377307329852011-04-14T15:41:06.098+10:002011-04-14T15:41:06.098+10:00The government has a perfect opportunity to both s...The government has a perfect opportunity to both save some money and save some face. In the coming budget they need to announce that the PCEHR delivery will be deferred a year because of the floods, cyclone and other budget constraints. Let the existing projects work through to completion, but defer the national infrastructure and other tenders.<br /><br />It will save money because the national Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-7395396926314036542011-04-14T09:44:01.690+10:002011-04-14T09:44:01.690+10:00The business case for the national EHR/EMR/PCEHR o...The business case for the national EHR/EMR/PCEHR or whatever, and more importantly the roadmap that describes the "cascade of benefits" that give professionals, investors and other contributors a reason to play in the technology sandpit, simply don't exist - and never have. It has been based on an investment assumption.<br /><br />However you may wish to interpret this new EU reportAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-42940834658582835272011-04-13T22:49:38.629+10:002011-04-13T22:49:38.629+10:00Hello,
1. Given the authors - recency matters.
2...Hello,<br /><br />1. Given the authors - recency matters.<br /><br />2. Semantics on what you call stuff is a major issue and the US even spent money to try and sort it out.<br /><br />My view of the literature is pretty simple. Shared very limited summaries (Wales, Scotland) can work - more complex stuff fails badly and costs a lot and gets scaled back - the UK.<br /><br />Doing complex parallelDr David G More MB PhDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902724829795199526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-57610348283380825072011-04-13T21:55:52.183+10:002011-04-13T21:55:52.183+10:001. since when is recency a indicator of accuracy?
...1. since when is recency a indicator of accuracy?<br />2. in Europe, EHRs generally refer to Shared EHRs. a organizational/provider centric EHR is called and EMR or EPR in Europe.<br />Many of the case studies on that site are about shared EHRs (provider or patient centric - or hybrid).Mr. HITnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-21211100410976866812011-04-13T21:47:41.158+10:002011-04-13T21:47:41.158+10:002 things:
1. This is a newer report.
2. EHRs are...2 things:<br /><br />1. This is a newer report.<br /><br />2. EHRs are different from Shared EHRs.<br /><br />Core provider EHRs work without question!<br /><br />David.Dr David G More MB PhDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902724829795199526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-6288217695987140522011-04-13T21:31:56.352+10:002011-04-13T21:31:56.352+10:00See http://www.ehr-impact.eu/ for heaps of researc...See http://www.ehr-impact.eu/ for heaps of research by the European Commission on EHR, much of which actually points to success. I guess that this is the kind of thing that you'll allways be able to find "evidence" to either support of disqualify.Mr. HITnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-80856409582848174552011-04-13T17:40:34.179+10:002011-04-13T17:40:34.179+10:00And all the hidden costs for DoHA and NEHTA no one...And all the hidden costs for DoHA and NEHTA no one actually knows about!<br /><br />Remember that they are still planning to spend the whole $450M on the project before July 2012!<br /><br />David.Dr David G More MB PhDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902724829795199526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-87772538465284330472011-04-13T17:07:46.502+10:002011-04-13T17:07:46.502+10:00The 9 "ill-conceived" projects are only ...The 9 "ill-conceived" projects are only receiving around 50 million dollars. This is less than it cost to create the HI Service!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-47001066723329998242011-04-13T15:59:49.498+10:002011-04-13T15:59:49.498+10:00This is positively the most disgraceful state of a...This is positively the most disgraceful state of affairs imaginable. A commitment to spend 456 million dollars at this time on 9 ill-conceived e-health projects in exchange for chopping 400 million dollars out of the medical health and research funding bucket beggars belief absolutely.<br /><br />Hopefully this appalling state of affairs will be brought by someone in the medical research Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com