tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post8766258901906923426..comments2024-03-29T09:18:22.495+11:00Comments on Australian Health Information Technology: Is This An Workable Approach To Thinking About the PCEHR? Different National Approaches Are All Over the Place!Dr David G More MB PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06902724829795199526noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-71536516011757453902011-10-21T08:47:22.927+11:002011-10-21T08:47:22.927+11:00Dr. More,
Thanks for your interest in my editorial...Dr. More,<br />Thanks for your interest in my editorial. Australia’s move toward patient-controlled EHRs is certainly getting attention here in the U.S., where our efforts to provide comprehensive electronic medical records when and where needed are, as I indicated, not progressing well.<br />I wanted to respond to the comments about addressing the health problem vs. the health IT problem. While Dr David G More MB PhDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902724829795199526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-36566190214795727382011-09-30T07:46:30.770+10:002011-09-30T07:46:30.770+10:00Some big players will be at http://afr.com/p/finan...Some big players will be at http://afr.com/p/financial_review_national_health_SAqnXropLkuaGGz1GJyGiI where $1265 entrance fee would allow one to have a face-to-face debate with Jane Halton about "taking all the right steps towards delivering the national health reform by injecting funds into ... modernising county's e-health solutions". (Some careless proof-reading by AFR.)<br />EAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00304540936197101508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-77934404758118061172011-09-29T10:35:22.310+10:002011-09-29T10:35:22.310+10:00Anonymous said...
"B, do you have an outline...Anonymous said...<br /><br />"B, do you have an outline what "Australia's health problem" is?"<br /><br />Yes.<br /><br />a) it is a social problem<br /><br />b) it is a wicked problem<br /><br />c) it is a changing problem as new sicknesses/diseases emerge and new health technologies are invented<br /><br />d) there are many stakeholders with competing and contradicting Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-11617873037920570722011-09-29T10:35:16.141+10:002011-09-29T10:35:16.141+10:00Accenture have recognised it is a little different...Accenture have recognised it is a little different and have said they will tweak it a bit. See the interview with Brad Cable in The Australian a few weeks back.<br /><br />I agree with the other point - but when you just buy what is available you get what you get!<br /><br />DavidDr David G More MB PhDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902724829795199526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-40720443814337897392011-09-29T10:14:44.330+10:002011-09-29T10:14:44.330+10:00"David: Is it reasonable to think that the sa..."David: Is it reasonable to think that the same people that came up with a solution to the Singapore EHR are creating the solution to the PCEHR, but are considering how we are different from Singapore?" <br /><br />a) The PCEHR is a solution, so a solution to a solution make no sense. <br /><br />b) The only way there is any chance to get anything up and working by 1 July next year is Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-24639152016798416882011-09-29T09:59:18.211+10:002011-09-29T09:59:18.211+10:00B, do you have an outline what "Australia'...B, do you have an outline what "Australia's health problem" is?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-2031865521984348892011-09-29T09:05:55.918+10:002011-09-29T09:05:55.918+10:00B said...
"One might hope that the PCEHR sol...B said...<br /><br />"One might hope that the PCEHR solution accidently matches the problem to some extent, but, as the wise man said, hope is not a good strategy"<br /><br />David: Is it reasonable to think that the same people that came up with a solution to the Singapore EHR are creating the solution to the PCEHR, but are considering how we are different from Singapore?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-38891584096522826962011-09-28T16:44:15.875+10:002011-09-28T16:44:15.875+10:00Would it not be better to solve the right health p...Would it not be better to solve the right health problem, rather than the right health IT problem? <br /><br />Australia has a particular health care system and can chose between two fundamental strategic directions for new IT systems:<br /><br />1) Australia could further automate its existing health systems to increase effectiveness and reduce costs.<br /><br />2) Australia could take the Bnoreply@blogger.com