Hi Oliver, The role came from the top..Bush says he want every person to have an EHR by 2014.. and there is a US effort to have GPs better automated for that reason - they realise GP computing is part of the whole picture!.
The US Federal Government funded the startup in about 2004/5 - with the outcome of having GP, Specialist, Hospital and Comms in the sector being sorted out over 4-5 years It is happening - we had a lead in all this - and have let it slip I reckon. I know there are all sorts of ways of doing this stuff.. but the first thing is to insist it be done - the US has said yes we will - where are we? 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, 25 Feb 2007 21:31:49 +1030, Oliver Frank wrote: > Tim Churches wrote: > >>> The fact everyone is so worried about $28K shows we don't have a very >>> serious, broad or deep indigenous Health IT industry - I am sure the price would >>> not worry IBA, HCN and a few others. In fact I believe (and this may not be >>> popular) that we would do much better with 4 or 5 large well resouced >>> providers than the status quo. May be the service levels that people are >>> complaining about could be improved. >>> >> > The RACGP Computer Committee (as it was then known) was told back in > about 1987 that the market for software in Australian general practice > was big enough to support only three vendors each of whom could have > enough users and therefore income and resources to develop, maintain and > support a good product well. We we told that this was the case in the > retail phamarcy software market, and that the pharmacists were > benefiting from this. > >> Don't look to the software vendors or the MSIA to push this along - there is >> nothing in it for them. >> > > David More, whose motivation and initiative was it that led to the > formation of CCHIT or to its being used to test software for American > GPs?
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