tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post183685420725074319..comments2024-03-28T01:27:23.408-04:00Comments on Health Care Renewal: Medical Informatics still round peg in square hole?Roy M. Poses MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00497209843184497847noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-20012961520474414412007-10-05T14:33:00.000-04:002007-10-05T14:33:00.000-04:00They will not stay around to clean up the mess the...<I>They will not stay around to clean up the mess they made, instead, they will be making an even bigger mess at another institution, for a bigger salary.</I><BR/><BR/>Yes, they leave that for people like myself. And clean up I did ... e.g., dirt-infested, pathogen-colonized PC's <A HREF="http://www.ischool.drexel.edu/faculty/ssilverstein/failurecases/?loc=cases&sloc=clinical%20computing%InformaticsMDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994321680366572701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-1600241312088746742007-10-05T10:44:00.000-04:002007-10-05T10:44:00.000-04:00The problem is you guys are smart. This is not wha...The problem is you guys are smart. This is not what people want.<BR/><BR/>CIO’s do not want someone who will be able to take over his or her job in six months.<BR/><BR/>CIO’s do not want someone who knows the system better than they do.<BR/><BR/>CIO’s do want power.<BR/><BR/>They want to control access to their system. They want to control who gets what functionality, regardless of need.<BR/><BR/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-52867050725233331712007-10-04T15:23:00.000-04:002007-10-04T15:23:00.000-04:00Your story is, unfortunately, not surprising to me...Your story is, unfortunately, not surprising to me at all. Similar events occurred during my 21 years at a faith-based hospital system in the Mid Atlantic. For some reason, hospital administrations have some kind of almost willful blind spot when it comes to IT. They consistently fail to consult the right people, fail to listen to advice or warnings coming from their own rank and file while a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com