Tom Bowden wrote:
Ø There is wide variation between countries as to whether public and/or private sectors are best placed to implement e.g. Denmark uses a non-profit organisation while much of New Zealand's primary care IT integration occurs via a through a private company (HealthLink Limited).
Tom,
I think all you're telling us is that different governmental and health
system structures facilitate this sort of infrastructure easier than
others. In Australia we have had the spectre of a now state premier
offering to hand NSW Health over to Canberra, only to be rebuffed.
Never forget that both NZ and Denmark are both much smaller, less
complicated political and governmental entities.
I'm not sure we are any further advanced in thinking about what will
work for us with States, Territories and Federal government involvement.
The Eastern Goldfields site shows government can do anything it wants on
a small scale if it is prepared to pump in enough money, but that isn't
going to happen on a big scale anytime soon. They don't believe in
public infrastructure, and won't either fund the states or do it themselves.
Greg
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Canterbury Division of General Practice
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