RE: [OT] HealthSMART problems

2010-06-23 Thread Ken Schaefer
) and it’s immensely complex. Cheers Ken From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of David Connors Sent: Wednesday, 23 June 2010 7:38 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] HealthSMART problems On 23 June 2010 09:00, Greg Keogh g...@mira.netmailto:g

Re: [OT] HealthSMART problems

2010-06-23 Thread David Connors
On 23 June 2010 16:14, Ken Schaefer k...@adopenstatic.com wrote: And sometimes a, b and c end up being so bad you have a huge IT debacle. The problems in health payroll were pretty much inexcusable irrespective of project complexity. The current issue of not being able to pay anyone could have

Re: [OT] HealthSMART problems

2010-06-22 Thread Craig van Nieuwkerk
It looks like a big project probably with a lot of platforms. Seems there is a bit of Intersystems who do a lot of healthcare development. http://www.zdnet.com.au/intersystems-hits-healthsmart-goal-339298733.htm And hardware issues as well. with surgeons forced to compete with nursing staff

Re: [OT] HealthSMART problems

2010-06-22 Thread Grant Maw
$360M makes QLD Health Payroll system debacle (which is based on SAP/Workbrain) a baby at a mere $40M, and I echo Greg's sentiments about doing it for half that price. It'll never happen but I'd love to see a post-mortem (pun intended) detailing what made this project such a catastrophe. Amongst