Oliver Frank wrote: > David More wrote: > >> 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!.
Only indirectly from Bush. It was ONCHIT (Office of National Co-rod of Health IT) within the US Dept of Human Services and Health that called for an accreditation body and put up funds for its creation. Thus, the US equivalent of NEHTA, but located withing the US equivalent of AGDoHA, which caused and funded the formation of CCHIT. >> 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 > > Tim Churches is gloomy about our federal government doing the same for > us. Our *current* Federal govt... > However, what are the chances of some action if all of the medical > organisations got together on this and put a united front to the > Minister, making it clear that referring it to NEHTA will not do, unless > he specifically directs NEHTA to devote $Xmillion (or manages to > persuade Cabinet to agree to give NEHTA $Xmillion) to make it happen. Include health care consumer and other patient groups in this too - they are also stakeholders in a push for software accreditation. Maybe even medical defence unions. Tim C _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
