tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post6258924346303438543..comments2024-03-29T09:18:22.495+11:00Comments on Australian Health Information Technology: Magical Thinking Is Given A Whole New Meaning By This Release And Report.Dr David G More MB PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06902724829795199526noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-35491907671949577292018-06-24T14:54:56.908+10:002018-06-24T14:54:56.908+10:00Sensationalism, tacky, insensitive, - take your pi...Sensationalism, tacky, insensitive, - take your pick.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-64018407508363774722018-06-24T13:39:30.930+10:002018-06-24T13:39:30.930+10:00June 22 8:32 PM, one wonder why the use these exam...June 22 8:32 PM, one wonder why the use these examples as reasoning behind digital health. https://www.digitalhealth.gov.au/news-and-events/news/media-release-industry-collaborates-to-end-the-era-of-the-fax-machine<br /><br />We all know that the MyHR posts to the wrong record at times, surely a similar event could happen when rely and presuming if it has been posted to the MyHR then is has been Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-91959699371397367502018-06-22T20:32:40.957+10:002018-06-22T20:32:40.957+10:00The only thing myhr proves is that governments are...The only thing myhr proves is that governments are very bad at true innovation. In fact, they should not involve themselves in radical commercial/business risk taking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-7113671854225987082018-06-22T16:34:48.708+10:002018-06-22T16:34:48.708+10:00The My Health Record or whatever name it goes unde...The My Health Record or whatever name it goes under after conscription has ended is pretty much the modern version of the miasma theory.<br /><br />Miasma theory held that disease was spread by bad smell and as such had utility while being wrong. It got people to clear up decomposing mounds of food and such like. Florence Nightingale was a proponent of the theory and it didn’t really die out Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-60857902464106313032018-06-22T12:03:46.004+10:002018-06-22T12:03:46.004+10:00I don't think it will "fade away". T...I don't think it will "fade away". There is so much political capital invested they will change the story, pour in another $400+ million, find some ribbons to cut and pats on the back all roundAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-36844773462348012612018-06-21T21:55:57.423+10:002018-06-21T21:55:57.423+10:00myhr will fade away because it is critically depen...myhr will fade away because it is critically dependent on health providers, specifically GPs, and using it is not in their best interests.<br /><br />No amount of Behavioural Economics will work if the aim is to nudge GPs into doing something that has an enormous downside for them - which myhr does, in spades. Apart from costing GPs time and effort to manage, putting data into myhr will give theBernard Robertson-Dunnhttp://www.problemsfirst.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-6813039716273340872018-06-21T17:54:09.530+10:002018-06-21T17:54:09.530+10:00The MyHR will simply fade away no matter how they ...The MyHR will simply fade away no matter how they try and force it on people. Why, because like secure messaging it is a based on technology from the 80’s. The world of technology will and is surpassing it. It is not built on convenience, human behaviour is drawn to convenience. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-85626656781942336462018-06-21T15:33:54.722+10:002018-06-21T15:33:54.722+10:00"There is value in discussing how a system co..."There is value in discussing how a system could/should work and what it could/should enable before the system is capable of doing it."<br /><br />Indeed there might be if all the solutions were not predicated on use of the myHR as the enabler. If you take a clean sheet of paper the myHR would not get a mention IMVHO!<br /><br />No one asks just what is the ideal approach rather than Dr David G More MB PhDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902724829795199526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-67810306751213232302018-06-21T14:20:09.937+10:002018-06-21T14:20:09.937+10:00Observations and lessons from history;
If you are...Observations and lessons from history;<br /><br />If you are going to use computers to help automate processes to deliver an outcome, there are two options:<br /><br />Automate existing processes or implement new processes.<br /><br />The first is fraught with potential problems. What tends to happen is that things that used to go wrong but were picked up by people using common sense, go wrong Bernard Robertson-Dunnhttp://www.problemsfirst.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-49212269367962720582018-06-21T12:22:16.700+10:002018-06-21T12:22:16.700+10:00"Nope, my point is that these are peripheral ..."Nope, my point is that these are peripheral issues to be addressed after the more core issues are addressed and right now we are no where near that."<br /><br />Of course you're right but I don't think the report really disagrees with you - some of the more marketing speak does yes, but that's not really the grist of it. There is value in discussing how a system could/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-82401665868881273092018-06-21T11:25:24.399+10:002018-06-21T11:25:24.399+10:00"I think your criticisms are a bit more based..."I think your criticisms are a bit more based in reflex than actually reading the (agree poorly formatted) pdf... "<br /><br />Nope, my point is that these are peripheral issues to be addressed after the more core issues are addressed and right now we are no where near that.<br /><br />Look at the claim recently that Secure Messaging is all done - but actually talking about futures overDr David G More MB PhDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902724829795199526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-33645837326129943702018-06-21T11:04:08.361+10:002018-06-21T11:04:08.361+10:00The report does go into 'what we have' und...The report does go into 'what we have' under each section of recommendations to point out limits and restrictions - and it deals in general explicitly at what might be possible in the future. I think your criticisms are a bit more based in reflex than actually reading the (agree poorly formatted) pdf...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-30985806719410072432018-06-21T10:07:14.079+10:002018-06-21T10:07:14.079+10:00cargo cult thinking by people who have no understa...cargo cult thinking by people who have no understanding of the real problems or why their solutions are so totally wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-37825698877378463432018-06-20T17:12:32.970+10:002018-06-20T17:12:32.970+10:00No opposing view David, just a plea, can they all ...No opposing view David, just a plea, can they all just stop the utopia sales and marketing pitches please. Apart from that fact they are not top sales and marketing people, it’s all rather tiresome.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com