Andrew N. Shrosbree wrote: > Apparently 8 PHDs = 10000 GPs, and 1 Masters = 100 practice managers. > Therefore, Dr Practical Experience need not apply. I think it depends on what you are building. Eight IT PhDs! Wouldn't that be a hoot?
As GPs we see ourselves as the foremost consumers and producers of electronic medical information. We're so busy we can barely scratch ourselves. We are trying to organise data to come pouring into our computers to optimally manage an increasing load of increasingly complex patients. Viewing the medical IT scene from the far horizon of Goonellabah, it seems to me that the HealthConnect model of a large centralised database of medical data has been abandoned. Leaving data in large but local repositories which will allow for remote querying and retrieval of data is the preferred (webservices) model. This will suit hospitals and larger medical conglomerates. It may be challenging for smaller GP practices but like computerisation itself they will have to embrace it to remain competitive. None of this helps us now. For the moment we'll keep plugging away at getting "better data in" and "easier data out". (Hmph. Try googling that for a sense of déjà vue.) David
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