tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post8127153836938748835..comments2024-03-28T17:49:03.998+11:00Comments on Australian Health Information Technology: Now This Is Really Interesting. Health IT Costs A Lot And Benefits Are Scarce Says One Report.Dr David G More MB PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06902724829795199526noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-45572704418822644102013-03-07T23:28:32.309+11:002013-03-07T23:28:32.309+11:00"I think we should not jump to conclusions th...<i>"I think we should not jump to conclusions that it is the software product that failed .It may have been the network or the server...that is not in control of the vendor."</i><br /><br />Maybe the "vendor" would like to state for the record exactly what did occur in the ACT with the EDIS application and not indulge in further obfuscation or veiled defensiveness?<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-20890269722244181872013-03-07T17:55:29.393+11:002013-03-07T17:55:29.393+11:00I think we should not jump to conclusions that it ...I think we should not jump to conclusions that it is the software product that failed .It may have been the network or the server...that is not in control of the vendor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-22291267709543682432013-03-07T11:32:31.010+11:002013-03-07T11:32:31.010+11:00EDIS. That would be a CSC application (formerly a...EDIS. That would be a CSC application (formerly an iSOFT app, prior to the 2011 acquisition).<br /><br />Formally part of the expensive Big End of town!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-6281208499640393682013-03-07T09:28:58.918+11:002013-03-07T09:28:58.918+11:00Other projects may have difficulty demonstrating a...Other projects may have difficulty demonstrating a positive ROI, but the PCEHR/NEHRS will show a magnificent return, don't you worry about that! The esteemed firm of Deloittes have calculated that there will be a net benefit of $11,545M over 15 years. How they get a result with 5-digit precision when the inputs are not known to better than one or two digits is impressive, but the result must Keithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-65940760030076491372013-03-07T09:01:21.399+11:002013-03-07T09:01:21.399+11:00So who was the Vendor of the ED system in Canberra...So who was the Vendor of the ED system in Canberra that went down this week. Does anybody know?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-71177911131510604192013-03-06T23:22:32.571+11:002013-03-06T23:22:32.571+11:00Edward Tenner has been writing about this stuff fo...Edward Tenner has been writing about this stuff for years.<br /><br />He wrote Why Things Bite Back: Technology and the Revenge of Unintended Consequences in 1996.<br /><br />More recently (2011) he gave an interview on Unintended Consequences in Medicine, published on the website of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, part of the US Department of Health and Human Services.<br />http:Bernard Robertson-Dunnhttp://www.problemsfirst.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-11430585957054138262013-03-06T23:16:29.895+11:002013-03-06T23:16:29.895+11:00"Big Vendors - Failure, Failure, Failure, Fai..."Big Vendors - Failure, Failure, Failure, Failure, Failure, oops something may be not right."<br /><br />That depends on what your measures of success are. It is not a failure to the government, because their measures of success are not what you would expect. - Success!!! it was delivered on-time (never mind the quality or scope)<br /> -Success!!!! there are registrations (never mind Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-76716230860635311452013-03-06T21:13:54.027+11:002013-03-06T21:13:54.027+11:00Thus may be the problems with radical Solutionism....Thus may be the problems with radical <a href="http://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/2013/03/solutionism-are-all-healthcare-issues.html" rel="nofollow">Solutionism</a>...InformaticsMDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994321680366572701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-37659762347702622972013-03-06T20:48:54.628+11:002013-03-06T20:48:54.628+11:00Big Vendors - Failure, Failure, Failure, Failure, ...Big Vendors - Failure, Failure, Failure, Failure, Failure, oops something may be not right.<br /><br />When do people that make these decisions as Paul F stated realise there may be other solutions in the market that can be deployed at a fraction of the price, meet the business case requirements and not be all things to all men... get a look in??<br /><br />But I think that this is how it plays Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-75278063774228891912013-03-06T19:04:57.842+11:002013-03-06T19:04:57.842+11:00@Bernard...I agree entirely, for the TRADITIONAL v...@Bernard...I agree entirely, for the TRADITIONAL vendors. They charge like wounded bulls, seem to insist on using dubiously qualified System Integrators (read large accounting firms)and show consistently that they can't deliver what is promised. Is there any wonder that the ROI is not present? Smaller vendors with modern, cloud based technologies who offer good value for money, real Paul Fitzgeraldnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-25318428900679868892013-03-06T17:40:56.411+11:002013-03-06T17:40:56.411+11:00"the vendor-funded report"
says it all r..."the vendor-funded report"<br />says it all really.<br /><br />As I blogged in January:<br />Be careful listening to vendors, they do not have your best interests at heart<br />http://www.problemsfirst.com/blog/?p=42<br /><br />My apologies for some blatant self promotion, but at least it's relevant.Bernard Robertson-Dunnhttp://www.problemsfirst.com/blognoreply@blogger.com