tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post7286102022036511686..comments2024-03-29T09:18:22.495+11:00Comments on Australian Health Information Technology: Yet Again The Health Department Has Made Life Harder For GPs With Poor Technology!Dr David G More MB PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06902724829795199526noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-28649096492508191852015-09-13T10:00:05.668+10:002015-09-13T10:00:05.668+10:00@Dr Ian Colclough, those responsible are making th...@Dr Ian Colclough, those responsible are making these systems are to fit their own resumes, career paths and salaries, for the profits and publicity of their respective private sector and public sector/political Masters... One term some use to describe them is 'bottom feeders'. You can probably find many other appropriate synonyms... Even worse is that their Masters probably give Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-25423756548881349822015-09-11T19:15:06.985+10:002015-09-11T19:15:06.985+10:00Seems as though they didn't bother asking any ...Seems as though they didn't bother asking any doctors, aged care people or consumers....<br /><br />I often wonder whether those responsible for such healthIT fiascos (heaven knows there is no shortage of them) have any idea who they are developing such systems for. Is it possible they have no idea what and who comprise their target market and potential users. <br /><br />Or is it simply Dr Ian Colcloughnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-13401957988957058552015-09-11T13:02:14.537+10:002015-09-11T13:02:14.537+10:00Well this portal's lack of functionality is no...Well this portal's lack of functionality is not due to a lack of money ... a quick check of AusTender shows that around $24 million has been spent on it to date.<br /><br />The Department of Social Services, which inherited this project from DoHA, has recently increased the value of its contract with service provider APIS to $12.8m, for the period Jan 2014 to June 2016; this started out at $Karen Dearnenoreply@blogger.com