In a message dated 11/17/00 9:06:12 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
> Possible alliance?
>
> http://www.linuxmednews.com/linuxmednews/974512781/index_html
>
> Maybe the big boys would like to play in this sandbox?
On the stroy at this URL about the LeapFrog Group, spearheaded by GE, I have
this to offer:
General Electric displayed a huge banner over their booth proclaiming
themselves "the world leader in Radiology Informatics" at the 1999
Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) conference in Chicago.
Unfortunately, nobody present, including sales, management, and engineering
representatives, could explain to me what that term meant. They actually said
they did not know. I had only identified myself as a physician at that point,
not as a medical informatics professional, and expressed incredulity on
nobody being able to explain the banner to me. Under pressure, one GE
engineer offered the statement "I think it has something to do with computers
attached to our x-ray machines."
These industry players are going to motivate hospitals to challenge the
politics and backwaters-thinking in their IS deparments. When the
organization depends upon quick, efficient IT implementation, there's not
much time for the usual fiascos
(http://members.aol.com/medinformaticsmd/failure.htm).
I wish them luck. They'll need it.
-- S.
-- S.
