tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post8060068461014672597..comments2024-03-28T17:49:03.998+11:00Comments on Australian Health Information Technology: The Death Of the PCEHR Is Now Going To Be Drawn Out Forever. What Nonsense!Dr David G More MB PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06902724829795199526noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-43205652784625852202015-06-16T14:38:52.768+10:002015-06-16T14:38:52.768+10:00As a Health Information Manager I am very concerne...As a Health Information Manager I am very concerned about the privacy implications with data mining of records. Also I am curious as to why a 130 year retention policy is proposed. According to the Electronic Records Retention Policy (NSW State Records) electronic records are held for the same timeframe as paper based medical records. "1.11.3 Original data where the electronic record is the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-8013635803917554302015-05-06T18:29:50.483+10:002015-05-06T18:29:50.483+10:00I have finally got to this theme after nights on c...I have finally got to this theme after nights on call and I love the Anonymous "theme" which reminds me of the rather sick joke. "we invented the word incest and we like to keep it in the 'family'". David, I am not sure if thsi si publishable.Terry Hannanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04068727812313410493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-48929713379943969552015-05-04T23:59:47.855+10:002015-05-04T23:59:47.855+10:00Truthiness: I had to look that up -
"the q...Truthiness: I had to look that up - <br /><br />"the quality of seeming to be true according to one's intuition, opinion, or perception without regard to logic, factual evidence, or the like.."<br /><br />Ah yes - very apt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-41782689169216635542015-05-04T16:29:28.556+10:002015-05-04T16:29:28.556+10:00I suspect that many of the vested interests are th...I suspect that many of the vested interests are those people who work on the PCEHR. It is quite possible that having the PCEHR on your CV makes it difficult to get a new job.<br /><br />So the easy thing to do is keep the old cash cow going as long as possible.<br /><br />And at the political level this lot is not well known for it's logical analysis and evidence based decision making. Just Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-526583391826502402015-05-04T13:48:45.159+10:002015-05-04T13:48:45.159+10:00Surely it would be cheaper to compensate those who...Surely it would be cheaper to compensate those who are genuinely affected by the system not holding records for 130 years than to keep it going.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-1868450300534710382015-05-04T10:23:20.994+10:002015-05-04T10:23:20.994+10:00Makes me think back to Kerry Packer who said that ...Makes me think back to Kerry Packer who said that you would be mad not to minimize tax as the government doesn't spend it that wisely.<br /><br />What we need is a path to ignore NEHTA and DOHA and just get on with the real work. After being a shameful waste of money the next biggest problem is the attention that white elephants attract, denying real advancements any Oxygen. If we could just Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-33930363654376545522015-05-04T08:33:06.810+10:002015-05-04T08:33:06.810+10:00Indeed - this article praises Ms Ley for common se...Indeed - this article praises Ms Ley for common sense:<br /><br />http://www.theage.com.au/business/comment-and-analysis/no-more-shortcuts-to-budget-surplus-20150503-1myets.html<br /><br /><b>No more shortcuts to budget surplus</b><br /><br />Date May 4, 2015 - 6:27AM <br /><br />And then she goes and does this!<br /><br />Walks away, scratching head!<br /><br />David.<br />Dr David G More MB PhDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902724829795199526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-27371812511200999712015-05-04T08:25:12.208+10:002015-05-04T08:25:12.208+10:00Good to know the health budget is so flush with ca...Good to know the health budget is so flush with cash that they can spend further hundreds of millions on something that will never deliver the needed capability. <br /><br />Didn't know the vested interests had the clout of the mining industryKaren Dearnenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-77093618245861142692015-05-04T05:18:59.755+10:002015-05-04T05:18:59.755+10:00In my view, the sad thing is that there is no soun...In my view, the sad thing is that there is no sound research going on- that any of us are aware of. It sounds to me as if yet another health Minister is saying "Right-oh chaps and chappesses; who around the table votes to keep this going? - all in favour say "aye" " Somewhat reminiscent of what was probably being said in the British officers' tent at the rear of the Tom Bowdennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-15086020147672449302015-05-03T20:50:27.034+10:002015-05-03T20:50:27.034+10:00I note that on 9 April 2015 the Crown lodged an ap...I note that on 9 April 2015 the Crown lodged an application for a trade mark - MY HEALTH RECORD - No 1686524 relating to an earlier application lodged on 29 May 2014.<br /><br />One could reasonably deduce the Department is hoping to rebrand the PCEHR as MY HEALTH RECORD. The name may change but the technology base will remain the same.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-82206504641102461992015-05-03T18:07:04.126+10:002015-05-03T18:07:04.126+10:00Let's hope the minister is going to accommodat...Let's hope the minister is going to accommodate the patient, rather than the; 'vested interests', many of which know little about patient care.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-61807151261847211782015-05-03T17:58:14.525+10:002015-05-03T17:58:14.525+10:00...... too politically inconvenient to do anythin......... too politically inconvenient to do anything about it other than to let those in charge keep doing what they have been doing.<br /><br />Oh so true, so true. If you keep doing things the way you always have you keep getting the same result.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-72296340184458675752015-05-03T16:26:27.026+10:002015-05-03T16:26:27.026+10:00Sadly one of the vested interests to which Ian Col...Sadly one of the vested interests to which Ian Colclough refers is Steve Hambleton, NEHTA's Chair and one of the authors of the PCEHR Review.<br /><br />He says "The foundations are in the ground. We're ready to go, we just need to raise the building and then tell people it's there and how it can benefit them,".<br /><br />When someone in that position promulgates that kind Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-5419308868665427542015-05-03T16:18:42.784+10:002015-05-03T16:18:42.784+10:00The so-called benefits of the PCEHR (7 B over many...The so-called benefits of the PCEHR (7 B over many years) were based on some systems dynamic modelling of aspects of clinical functionality that the PCEHR does not have. (Clinical Decision Support, Medication Management, Admin Efficiencies etc.)<br /><br />It is recognised by anyone who has looked closely as total fantasy with respect to what the PCEHR presently is or could be made into.<br /><brDr David G More MB PhDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902724829795199526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-38801514338945291032015-05-03T16:13:08.673+10:002015-05-03T16:13:08.673+10:00I agree with Ian's comments about vested inter...I agree with Ian's comments about vested interests being behind this, although some may think they are doing the "Right Thing"<br /><br />This is from the report:<br /><br />"[Labor's health spokeswoman, Catherine King] stands by the e-health scheme, saying it could save the health system $7 billion a year by cutting the diagnosis, treatment and prescription errors that Bernard Robertson-Dunnhttp://www.problemsfirst.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-34261229361993642362015-05-03T15:00:08.668+10:002015-05-03T15:00:08.668+10:00To my expert eye it looks as though Sussan Ley has...To my expert eye it looks as though Sussan Ley has, not surprisingly, been listening to a cross-section of vested interests who, for one reason or another, see value in perpetuating the status quo.<br /><br />The vested interests are wide ranging from Department bureaucrats, Peak professional bodies, large consulting firms, NeHTA perhaps even Telstra to name but a few. <br /><br />If she could Dr Ian Colcloughnoreply@blogger.com