At 2:43 pm +1000 22/9/06, Horst Herb wrote:
[...]Different in the corporate world - they love lock-in contracts
because they are predictable, costs can be budgeted long term etc. But
doctors are not coprporates. We are *efficient* in most things we do.
Horst
But corporates must also perceive value which must be justifiable.
Your last statement is crucial.
If we can reap greater efficiencies, it becomes worthwhile to pay -
but we are fairly efficient already.
IT failures cost money in terms of poor efficiency. Complexity
costs money in terms of usability/productivity and technical support.
I think we are moving towards having complete electronic redundant
systems, as opposed to electronic systems with paper backups.
A major item we are dependent on is our network switch. It's not
likely to fail but if it does, the whole place goes down. Can we
justify having a spare for several hundred dollars even though we
don't really need it?
Ian.
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