Andrew wrote:
Maybe accreditation could be useful after all. Bit of a leap but could accreditation guidelines become a big stick to bash software vendors over the head with. Mabye insist on a common format to export data from SQL as a standard part of every new clinical package ? Verified for compliance by some third party like higher reason ?
I have said it before and I'll say it again: a very simple way to encourage use of computer systems that perform specified desired functions would be to make the information management component of the PIP payments payable to practices which are using computer software packages that are able to export all data to a specified common format.
I still don't understand why this simple step has not been taken. -- Oliver Frank, general practitioner 255 North East Road, Hampstead Gardens, South Australia 5086 Phone 08 8261 1355 Fax 08 8266 5149 Mobile 0407 181 683 _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
