> Your argument would support us all still using Vax VMS or Wang or > Solaris/Sparc, except that Intel architecture was far, far > cheaper, and we could all afford it.
Hi Greg, The point I am trying to make is the correct application of resources to the areas where it will benefit the most. I am not advocating standing still, I am advocating change in the areas where there is the most to gain. Do most of the GPs in this country already get pathology/radiology electronically? Yes, albeit via different providers and in slightly different flavours of HL7, but the end result is that they receive timely electronic results that integrate with most PIMs. Do we want to throw this out and redo it again? If we did I think that vendors would benefit, the taxpayers would suffer, and GPs will have to wait as the wheel is re-invented in a different way and lessons are learnt all over again. Surely putting those efforts and resources towards discharge summaries, prescriptions, and other components of EHRs in the area of non-electronic projects would be better? Regards, Gavan --------- Gavan Lim-Joon Chief Technology Officer, eClinic Pty Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] / www.eclinic.com.au (03) 9381 4567 x106 / 040 234 8186 _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
