Further to the tele-health debate, some opinion that bandwidth isn't the cure-all FTTP-only-for-NBN proponents would have you believe.
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/19/telstras_future_of_medical_diagnosis_needs_just_5mbps/ S. On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 12:00 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send Link mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Link digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Digital Health (Bernard Robertson-Dunn) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2017 13:09:00 +1100 > From: Bernard Robertson-Dunn <[email protected]> > To: David <[email protected]>, [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LINK] Digital Health > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > On 19/01/2017 10:30 AM, David wrote: > > On Wednesday 18 January 2017 16:10:55 Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote: > >> Here's his definition of Digital Health > >> > >> "Digital Health is a disruptive and transformational approach to the > delivery of healthcare, with a focus on engaging and empowering patients, > activating caregiver networks and understanding that patients are > increasingly behaving as consumers of healthcare. Digital Health provides > us with a toolbox of technologies and techniques that support the > development of new, innovative patient and caregiver-centred models of > care, driving improved engagement, accessibility, quality, safety, > efficiency and sustainability into all corners of the health system." > > The article seems to me a fine example of its kind: so much > consultant-speak, so little meaning. > > > > What on earth is meant by "patients are increasingly behaving as > consumers of healthcare" > > Dr Henry Marsh, "one of Britain's leading brain surgeons", in an > interview with the BBC world service said a couple of interesting things: > > a) Patients are not consumers; It's not like going into a shop and > buying something. > > b) The important thing is decision making. > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03chc23 > > I'd add that good decision making means good, reliable data. the > government's My Health Record isn't. And the government tells us so: > > "Clinical information you find within your patient?s My Health Record > should be interpreted in much the same way as other sources of health > information. It is safest to assume the information in a patient?s My > Health Record is not a complete record of a patient?s clinical history, > so information should be verified from other sources and ideally, with > the patient." > > In other words it is unreliable and potentially unsafe. And if the > government thinks that the patient can verify things like diagnoses, > treatment plans etc, then they are even more naive than I thought. > > This admission is well hidden in the FAQ for Healthcare providers under > "How can I be sure information in My Health Record is up to date?" > https://myhealthrecord.gov.au/internet/mhr/publishing.nsf/ > Content/healthcare-providers-faqs > > Talk about transparency and trust: well this isn't it. > > > Stand-out omissions in the article are the lack of even a one-paragraph > estimate of cost-benefit, and a convincing example of the end-to-end > process from patient to doctor. > > I'd go further. > There is no justification/demonstration of how improved health outcomes > will be achieved. > There is no estimate of the full costs (not just the cost of the > technology but the cost of ownership) > There is no assessment of the risks either in healthcare or in loss of > privacy. > > An observation: > Health IT usually increases costs (think PET/CT/MRI scans). That may > increase effectiveness of healthcare but reduce costs? > > I've seen no evidence and I've asked people who should know. > > > It's all arm-waving, long-lunch stuff. > > Agree > > Bernard > > -- > > Regards > brd > > Bernard Robertson-Dunn > Sydney Australia > email: [email protected] > web: www.drbrd.com > web: www.problemsfirst.com > Blog: www.problemsfirst.com/blog > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Link mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Link Digest, Vol 290, Issue 13 > ************************************* > -- Simon Sharwood | JargonMaster Corporate Communications | M +61 (0)414 37 37 26 | E [email protected] | W www.jargonmaster.com 24 North Street Marrickville NSW 2204 AUSTRALIA ABN: 14743763968 Work blog: jargonmaster.wordpress.com Free/Busy details: http://www.jargonmaster.com/calendar/ I'm a member of DHBC.org.au and a vExpert _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
