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Yes, but if you trust and believe in the
politicians then you are a fool. I happened to be at the MSIA meeting, the
outcome was MSIA was treated like shit, the arrogance
of the nehta was appalling and it seems to be progressing. They sacked the only
person I know who had any nouse. It is a conglomeration of public servants
moving from pillar to post, shuffling papers, getting frequent flyers etc etc. Grand waste of public monies. It ain’t going to change either.
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hi From an organisation we are all paying for...why not? Cheers
On Thu, 2 Nov 2006 13:02:05 +0530, > Did you REALLY expect full and frank disclosure? > > > > www.v-practice.com > ________________________________ > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Aus > Sent: Thursday, > To: > Subject: [GPCG_ > > > The Australian National E-Health Transition Authority
(NEHTA) (The peak government e-health entity) released its 2005-06 Annual
Report a couple of days ago. > It is an impressive 24 page document that is clearly
designed to let us know as little as possible about what is going on. A good
two pages are wasted, at > least, on the smiling faces of the directors and > just different sizes!). > > The document contains riveting information on the
organisational structure of NEHTA, two puff pieces (from the chairperson and > has been so far, two and a half pages outlining all the
stakeholders who have been engaged with, and a two page 2006 6
update of all the projects they > are undertaking. > > The rest of the document gives is a graph of the
exponential recruitment process (to now about sixty people) and two pages of
guff on directorial movements > and changes. > > It then concludes with the usual statements of audit
independence and a concise financial report the real report
seems to be secret and an auditors > statement that the accounts are unqualified and
accurate. (This takes seven pages with only two pages of figures provided). > > The 24 page report thus provides a totally inadequate
two page report on what NEHTA has achieved with the almost $10 million it has
spent this financial year. > > Those interested can access the report at the following
URL. > > > As with all such documents it is not what is in the
document, but what is left out that really matters. > > Left out is enunciation of any real e-Health Vision or
Strategy for > > Left out is any indication of how the interoperation
between the Private (read the GP, investigative and Specialist sectors), and
the Public Health System is > going to or could be made to work. > > Left out are any performance measures and any
statements as to how NEHTA is performing against these benchmarks. > > Left out is any analysis of the business risks faced by
NEHTA especially those around not being able to get funding for the
Shared Electronic Health Record > and what would then be done with all this work. > > Left out is any clear forward plan as to just what is
to be delivered and when with a staff of 38 then and 60 now most
having project management skills > one wonders why? (All there are a statements that some
things have to be done by mid 2008 and others by mid 2009 all a long way
off compared with the pace > we see in the > > Left out is any explanation of just what a little over
$1.7 million spent on administration has achieved. Given that the total
operational expenses were a > little over $9 million it would seem a lot was spent
administering. > > Left out is any listing of, or rationale for the
selection of, the clinicians and consumer representatives who have been
consulted with a small number of > time. > > Left out is any evidence of a single improved clinical
outcome or improved information flow to result from NEHTAs two years of
work so far. > > Left out is why $7 million plus of member contributions
were not spent this financial year. Work in this are is urgent and the
opportunity cost of inactivity > is high. Why so slow to get moving when the funds are
available? > > Left out is an explanation of the $4.5 million in
receivables at the end of the year which is mostly members contributions owing.
Seems some States are not > paying promptly? > > Among the interesting tit-bits to be found in the
report are the following quotes: > > The company operates predominantly in one business
and geographical segment being the development of methods to electronically
collect and securely exchange > health information throughout > > The full financial report is available to Members
free of charge upon request. (p20). That means we want to keep the public
away I would suggest the > members being the jurisdictional CEOs are to be the
only ones who know what is going on!. > > NEHTA believes it is exempt from income tax as a
public authority for the purposes of s.50-25 of the Income Tax Assessment Act
1997. This assessment will be > confirmed by an application for a private ruling from
the Australian Taxation Office during the 2006 - 07 financial year. (p20).
One is amazed this has not > been sorted out by this but delay is consistent
with the apparent slowness of the organisation getting ramped up in general. > > The companys major liability of trade and
other payables ($3,086,023) comprises goods and services tax payable on member
contributions and general trade > payables. I really wonder why NEHTA would pay GST
on its member contributions they are grants from State to Federal
Governments are they not? > > I know bureaucrats thrive on letting nothing out that
could result and any controversy or criticism but this so called
Annual Report has set a new bar > for obfuscation and concealment. > > NEHTA is a publicly funded entity which has now
expended well over $20 million in its initial and now corporate manifestations.
The public is entitled to a > much clearer statement of just what has been achieved
and what is planned in my view. > > The total lack of any sense of the need to provide more
than the scantiest accountability or openly discuss and consult on future plans
and directions is > amazingly arrogant and borders on a scandal. > > > > -- > Posted by Aus > > __________ NOD32 1.1848 (20061101) Information
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