[LINK] Electronic medical records: why we should seek a second

[Bernard Robertson-Dunn]

On 20/12/2011 5:16 PM, Roger Clarke wrote:
> For clarity, my personal position, and, separately, the APF's, are
> strongly in favour of the appropriate use of IT in support of patient
> health care:
> http://www.privacy.org.au/Papers/eHealth-Policy-090828.pdf

The key words here are "health care" and  "appropriate".

IMHO, eHealth (not health care) is a social problem which has not been 
adequately resolved. The current initiatives are seen as IT problems.

The mismatch between the problem of eHealth and the IT solutions 
currently being pursued is such that I can't see any likelihood of 
significant success.

For anyone seriously following this debate 
<http://aushealthit.blogspot.com/> is a good place to watch.

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Regards
brd

Bernard Robertson-Dunn
Canberra Australia
email:   brd at iimetro.com.au
website: www.drbrd.com



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