tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post740566076061037069..comments2024-03-28T17:49:03.998+11:00Comments on Australian Health Information Technology: The National Health and Hospitals Commission Reboots Australian E-Health.Dr David G More MB PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06902724829795199526noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-12312082353232916442009-07-28T15:12:11.297+10:002009-07-28T15:12:11.297+10:00I read your comment on the NHHRC report with inter...I read your comment on the NHHRC report with interest. However, it strikes me that even in the brief extract you quoted there is a fundamental contradiction.<br /> <br />On the one hand, the Commission recommends that e-health implementation, "... should not require government involvement with designing, buying or operating IT systems."<br /> <br />On the other hand, the Commission Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-38112157736358989272009-07-28T09:59:28.273+10:002009-07-28T09:59:28.273+10:00Certainly, the possibility that someone else will ...Certainly, the possibility that someone else will provide the infrastructure/mechanisms for an electronic health record while government defines standards, etc, is an interesting idea.<br /><br />I am now more convinced than ever that the current crop of EHR vendors marketing in Australia are quite incapable of providing what we need, and we need to look to other, more innovative and imaginative Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com