tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post996501290277684806..comments2024-03-29T09:18:22.495+11:00Comments on Australian Health Information Technology: Parliamentarians Reveal Just How Little They Really Understand About E-Health. Magical Thinking In Spades!Dr David G More MB PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06902724829795199526noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-23010960383891728322016-05-09T19:03:44.608+10:002016-05-09T19:03:44.608+10:00In fact, before the started spending $2 Billion me...In fact, before the started spending $2 Billion medicare would have the best data around about what healthcare providers had seen the patient via billing data.<br /><br />Being able to get this list would enable a provider to request relevant data from all other providers involved and this could be dealt with on a peer to peer basis with only appropriate data being sent depending on who created Andrew McIntyrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17821423221138467536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-63710214894471874192016-05-09T16:11:49.211+10:002016-05-09T16:11:49.211+10:00re: "To my mind the myHR would best operate a...re: "To my mind the myHR would best operate as an MDM (master Data management) system. That is - it holds little information itself, perhaps just a summary, but mostly consists of links and connections to the primary sources. Hence it provides an access point for the data, not a storage location. Anyone needing a patient's history calls the central broker which reaches out to all the Bernard Robertson-Dunnhttp://www.problemsfirst.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-73799668394400890882016-05-09T13:22:02.430+10:002016-05-09T13:22:02.430+10:00As an IT professional I am amazed at how little th...As an IT professional I am amazed at how little the health industry seems willing to learn and adopt from other sectors. Massive centralised stores are counter to the general trend in IT and the networked nature of the internet. The exception is the specific case of business intelligence - in health that would equate to population statistics and epidemiology - and that is normally done using Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10263198902717324650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-68904547499333778292016-05-09T12:08:28.177+10:002016-05-09T12:08:28.177+10:00David,
I agree with your assessment:
"1. Th...David,<br /><br />I agree with your assessment:<br /><br />"1. There seems to be a total failure to recognise the myHR is a secondary system and not a primary data source. The GP, Specialist and Diagnostic systems are where the trustworthy information is."<br /><br />2. The myHR is not well designed to support co-ordinated care as opposed to other much better designed private sector Bernard Robertson-Dunnhttp://www.problemsfirst.com/blognoreply@blogger.com