tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post7022661271293000186..comments2024-03-28T01:27:23.408-04:00Comments on Health Care Renewal: UK's National Programme for IT in the NHS Known Doomed at Outset?Roy M. Poses MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00497209843184497847noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-21724277218256107572009-07-13T20:06:40.549-04:002009-07-13T20:06:40.549-04:00I note that one of the two agencies to have the re...I note that one of the two agencies to have the remaining copies of the "Gateway Reports" is the Treasury’s Office of Government Commerce (OGC), a Government procurement agancy.<br /><br />This rang a bell. Back in April 2008, the OGC spent a lot of money commissiong a new logo. See (amongst many) the Daily Telegraph's report at:<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/5f8f23<br /><br />(NoteUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01933683245777149171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-71001728057139698962009-07-01T19:08:20.580-04:002009-07-01T19:08:20.580-04:00Steve or any one else reading this,
If you or col...Steve or any one else reading this,<br /><br />If you or colleagues want to help protect the safety of patients and have specific cases in which patients have been injured vis-a-vis adverse outcomes associated with HIT, please describe. Get them to SS (the informatics guy who writes to eloquently on this blog) in private with (I presume his) assurance they will not be published without expressedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-29610051515190943632009-07-01T08:37:09.736-04:002009-07-01T08:37:09.736-04:00Anon,
Re: CPOE
My wife and I both have dealt wit...Anon,<br /><br />Re: CPOE<br /><br />My wife and I both have dealt with this obsession. Her OB/GYN of 20 years recently made a point of seeing her, after many years of dealing with her PA/NP. My wife and the PA/NP had a good relationship that always included a talk about work, stress, and a health issue discussion.<br /><br />Not so with the doctor. Sitting at the computer and never looking up Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-50175156018774728602009-06-30T11:10:47.344-04:002009-06-30T11:10:47.344-04:00Paul Taylor is the CEO and general counsel for Oza...Paul Taylor is the CEO and general counsel for Ozarks Community Hospital. Ozarks Community Hospital is a small health system headquartered in Springfield, MO. He has written the OCH White Paper on Healthcare Reform which is being distributed nationwide. Copies of his position paper can be downloaded at http://www.ochonline.com/pdf/OCHReformWhitepaper2009.pdf. Discussion of healthcare issues OCHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-8949729188815941952009-06-29T20:35:07.337-04:002009-06-29T20:35:07.337-04:00Steve,
The mind set is that of HIT religion worsh...Steve,<br /><br />The mind set is that of HIT religion worshipping the goddess of CPOEtia.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-38277982819740136422009-06-29T11:38:24.513-04:002009-06-29T11:38:24.513-04:00Geoorge Will in a recent Washington Post piece Spa...Geoorge Will in a recent Washington Post piece Spanish lesson on tilting at wind power highlights the work of Gabriel Calzada an economist. The short version of the story is that after careful study, wind power and renewable energy, is not cost effective and in fact takes money away from more profitable ventures. We have to ask if staffing is suffering with funds being diverted to EMR's over Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-52332312728067684622009-06-29T11:34:05.168-04:002009-06-29T11:34:05.168-04:00The problems are real and to acknowledge them will...The problems are real and to acknowledge them will be to everyone's benefit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com