Hi Greg,
Could not agree more...see my message from yesterday..this all looks very "half assed", and not thought through. I am told there may have been some pressure from the Health Minister to the bureaucrats to "do something".
Cheers
David
---- Dr David G More MB, PhD, FACHI Phone +61-2-9438-2851 Fax +61-2-9906-7038 Skype Username : davidgmore E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] HealthIT Blog - www.aushealthit.blogspot.com On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 15:17:44 +1000, Greg Twyford wrote:
> Tim Churches wrote:
>> Greg Twyford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>> Pharmacy rep thought it had to maintain the patients' freedom of choice, not to direct the script to a particular pharmacy. The health department rep
>>> referred to "some kind of electronic holding point, or mailbox" and that the "security measures still had to be completed". Sounds like a centralised
>>> system is envisaged, which was where they'd gotten to with "HealthConnect' before they scrapped it, and God knows what technology will be involved.
>>>
>>
>> Or MediConnect. Which reminds me, did the patent which the Pharmacy Guild applied for on e-script business process ever issue (i.e. was it granted)? I know
>> that I looked into lodging an opposition to the patent application until I found out how much it costs to oppose a patent and the additional financial
>> jeopardy which lodging a patent opposition can put one into (all costs can be awarded against you...).
>>
>> Tim C
>>
> Tim,
>
> Good point. Another addition to the can of worms.
>
> The whole tone of the press report sounds like the decision was arrived at very quickly, dare I say impulsively? All of which is pretty amazing after the
> years of work on HealthConnect/MediConnect, and the government's recent drum-beating about NEHTA and the importance of standards.
>
> Greg
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