Jody: Same story in BC.
Nova Scotia is curious. 3 years ago, they decided that the radiologists should submit claims electronically instead of on paper. You had the capital region (all around Halifax), and the community based groups related to specific hospitals. There are 8 such groups. All the data comes from the radiology information system, so I helped them format the export files. We ended up picking up 7 of the groups. Plus two other groups that are not radiologists. We also have a couple of ophthalmologists. And, yes, the province would prefer one vendor. One ophthalmologist was on the provincial doctor’s computer committee. He asked one of the big vendors about modifications for the health record to accommodate eye exams - every test is paired - right eye, left eye. The response was, if you bring us ALL of the ophthalmologists, THEN we will talk about changes. That approach didn’t work. And, now, with all of the radiologists we serve, the government sees us as a major player - they have screwed up twice updating there security certificates. Now they call me about it ahead of time. And, the radiologists all run PC’s in the hospital. But they can’t install our software on the hospital computers as that would be a benefit to one doctor versus someone else to bills differently. So, I find that many are Mac users at home. And, with 4D, no problem. > On Mar 14, 2018, at 12:54 PM, Jody Bevan via 4D_Tech <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Tim: > > The story is long, but the steps for them are: > > 1. Set up an RFP that is targeted such that their cronies are the only ones > that can deliver (ISP - Telco), thus every current vendor must partner with > the telco. > 2. Refuse to give out important interface information to various public > services like electronic Lab Tests. > 3. Refuse to respond to phone calls, e-mails, snail mail letters for > technical information on changing specifications. > 4. Pay billions to doctors to switch from you to their cronies (70% on going > costs, full purchase price, training costs) + 10 - 50k / doctor in clinic. > Thus no new clients. > > Fight this for seven years and though our current clients were very happy to > continue, I was exhausted fighting those battles instead of writing code and > providing solutions. A thriving industry in Canada was essentially handed > over to a couple of companies. > > Jody > > >> On Mar 14, 2018, at 1:45 PM, Tim Nevels via 4D_Tech <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> On Mar 14, 2018, at 2:00 PM, Jody Bevan wrote: >> >>>> On Mar 14, 2018, at 12:36 PM, Tim Nevels via 4D_Tech <[email protected] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I guess that explains why you “retired” and moved to that “tropical" >>>> place. You sold your company and got rich. Congratulations! >>> >>> There is a much different ending than you have given. I like your ending >>> better than mine though. Universal Health Care gives government the license >>> to put any number of businesses out of business (and hand it to their >>> cronies) no matter the cost to tax payers, patients, and the workers in the >>> system. Lets just say I saw it coming and saved for some years to get >>> enough to live in a third world country. I handed the keys over and walked >>> away. >> >> >> OMG! The Canadian government put you out of business? They forced you to >> sell, or did they just take it away? >> >> They have something in America called “eminent domain” — "the right of a >> government or its agent to expropriate private property for public use, with >> payment of compensation.” But this is only for “public use”. But that’s >> normally used for land and property. I’ve not heard of eminent domain being >> used to take a business away. Did they consider “health care services” to be >> “public use”? >> >> In any case this is terrible! To be stepped on by the government is the >> worst form of abuse any business can have. And I always thought the Canadian >> government was superior to the American government. This drastically changes >> my opinion now. >> >> Tim > > ********************************************************************** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > Unsub: mailto:[email protected] > ********************************************************************** _________________________________________ Bob McKeever http://www.mswl.com <http://www.mswl.com/> McKeever's Software Wizardry Port Coquitlam, B.C. [email protected] ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
