tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post7823689898968614634..comments2024-03-28T17:49:03.998+11:00Comments on Australian Health Information Technology: Professor Patrick Releases a New Version of His Review of the Implementation of Cerner FirstNet.Dr David G More MB PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06902724829795199526noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-27365763498272204122009-11-14T13:44:53.022+11:002009-11-14T13:44:53.022+11:00A second quick comment occurred to me - is there a...A second quick comment occurred to me - is there any reliable information on software used in the private hospital sector in Australia?Jim Cocksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-61350221069867063932009-11-14T13:22:00.958+11:002009-11-14T13:22:00.958+11:00Ahhh....memories, memories!! Dear old HOSPAS indee...Ahhh....memories, memories!! Dear old HOSPAS indeed, along with GA and Cerner. I actually came across a large regional Base Hospital in rural NSW two years ago still using HOSREP!! <br /><br />Did we miss the Queensland offering of Burroughs BTOS (I'm not joking) along with McDonnell Douglas systems on which large amounts of additional money were spent on a fully staffed unit who had the job Jim Cocksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-29555686864809286132009-11-12T11:42:38.088+11:002009-11-12T11:42:38.088+11:00I was employed with a small, viable, technically a...I was employed with a small, viable, technically advanced health s/w company at when Cerner and Gerber Alley were selected by 'tender'. Our company was not the only Australian health s/w developer excluded from consideration. No matter how good we were, how satisfied our customers, how viable our business we were carte blanche excluded up front. We were not the only Australian company to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-8207753006291642022009-11-12T09:27:09.843+11:002009-11-12T09:27:09.843+11:00Oh yes there are a lot of us out there who remembe...Oh yes there are a lot of us out there who remember it well - 'the old days' no less. Let me say this - Gerber Ally (First Data Corporation) piloted at Royal North Shore. Like all US s/w vendors they were going to have a very rough time of it - and they did. They actually saw the light and politics at the time allowed them to 'extract' themselves from their NSW contract Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-82506095237366463662009-11-12T00:09:06.930+11:002009-11-12T00:09:06.930+11:00OMG eerie deja vu! Is there anyone else out there ...OMG eerie deja vu! Is there anyone else out there who remembers the Gerber Ally/FDC implementations in NSW Health back in the ?80s/90s - same problems - US based vendor not listening and the reports were not able to be produced, etc. (That will be extra!) I can't remember how it ended - either NSW Health pulled out, or the vendor went broke. Anyway the dear old legacy system (HOSPAS) had toAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com