Hi Tim, On the second paragraph..
> For me, all this health IT stuff is just a means to an end - the > improvement and/or protection of the health of the public. Although many of > the technical aspects of the means to that end I find fascinating, > the task of actual deployment of health IT in the real world is a deary, > tedious and dispiriting business indeed. > > Tim C I agree Health IT is a means to an end - absolutely - the end being to enable and facilitate better and safer care as I would express it. As far as deployment I would suggest the only way we get better at that is to learn the lessons and hopefully give people with some "war wounds" a second chance to get it right (And I am NOT volunteering). Sadly bureaucracies are often far from the leaning and supportive organisations they should be. Right now your description "deployment of health IT in the real world is a deary, tedious and dispiriting business indeed." is horribly accurate - and depressingly well put. What are we all going to do to fix it? The opportunity cost in terms of suffering and lives is too high to do nothing I believe. 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 Sun, 17 Dec 2006 10:00:42 +1100, Tim Churches wrote: > David More wrote: >> By 2005 a review of Tim's bureaucrats determined this was not a good idea - >> was complex, would cost a bundle etc - so a change management strategy >> "replaced" Healthconnect. >> > > Hey, they're not my bureaucrats. Wrong level of government to start > with, and besides, I am a public health bureaucrat (I'd prefer > "technocrat"), not a senior health IT bureaucrat in charge of 7 and 8 > figure budget health IT projects, like you were, David. > > For me, all this health IT stuff is just a means to an end - the > improvement and/or protection of the health of the public. Although many of > the technical aspects of the means to that end I find fascinating, > the task of actual deployment of health IT in the real world is a deary, > tedious and dispiriting business indeed. > > Tim C > > __________ NOD32 1924 (20061215) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com
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