tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post7252224797878073744..comments2024-03-28T01:27:23.408-04:00Comments on Health Care Renewal: Canada: Province-wide electronic medical record computer system 'glitch' causing patients to be turned away from careRoy M. Poses MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00497209843184497847noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-68969451449608030762014-06-12T22:19:25.787-04:002014-06-12T22:19:25.787-04:00It seems from the comments above that some IT defe...It seems from the comments above that some IT defenders are chirping in reaction to indefensible life threatening HIT failure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-80386339787251726592014-06-12T13:38:16.957-04:002014-06-12T13:38:16.957-04:00Dumb paper.
Through the years I have know, and be...Dumb paper.<br /><br />Through the years I have know, and been married to an attorney, and there is one thing they all have said; if it is not written down, it does not exist.<br /><br />My wife had to explain to the German government that first she did not have an assistant and that second she had no way to produce a typed mailing label for the original paper documents they demand when dealing Steve Lucashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02457363632413213801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-71663509121158412362014-06-12T06:54:23.876-04:002014-06-12T06:54:23.876-04:00Re: Comments from "Profile unavailable" ...Re: Comments from "Profile unavailable" at June 11, 2014 at 9:31:00 PM EDT:<br /><br />Another sign of muddled and narrow-minded thinking is when one parrots a party line uncritically.<br /><br />Re: <i>"Another thing to note is that these systems are much better than the stupid paper systems they replace."</i><br /><br />Really?<br /><br />And reports such as the ECRI Deep InformaticsMDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994321680366572701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-64098005818867281442014-06-12T06:44:44.742-04:002014-06-12T06:44:44.742-04:00This study shows no efficiency improvements for EM...This study shows no efficiency improvements for EMR’s:<br /><br />http://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2014/06/10/how-does-the-vas-technology-rate-against-other-emr-vendors/<br /><br />In terms of a single payer system I think the problems in Ontario where politicians have control of the medical system speaks for itself. Contracts have gone to political friends for such things as medical Steve Lucashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02457363632413213801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-91038683699916439182014-06-12T06:36:02.828-04:002014-06-12T06:36:02.828-04:00Anonymous at June 11, 2014 at 2:52:00 PM EDT wrote...Anonymous at June 11, 2014 at 2:52:00 PM EDT wrote:<br /><br /><i>Just because the support for a system is inadequate is not a reason for having a single common data model and infrastructure within the province</i><br /><br />I am going to presume you meant to write "is not a reason for NOT having a single common data model and infrastructure within the province"<br /><br />Did you everInformaticsMDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994321680366572701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-42443876339543878982014-06-11T21:31:40.204-04:002014-06-11T21:31:40.204-04:00Another thing to note is that these systems are mu...Another thing to note is that these systems are much better than the stupid paper systems they replace. It is the loss of service that is intolerable not the EHR itself.<br /><br />Canada is late to the table in uptake of EHR systems because Canadians are more risk averse than Americans. The one payer system is better than the US system but it adapts at a glacial pace. The old US system employs John Austinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13414717037647209724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-64242590251189555352014-06-11T14:52:18.493-04:002014-06-11T14:52:18.493-04:00One of the significant problems with hiring a tele...One of the significant problems with hiring a telecom provider to provide HIT solutions is that their business sense overrides the clinical solution. The realities of Telus's operations in the HIT field provide a stark reality to even Epic or Cerner's game.<br />Just because the support for a system is inadequate is not a reason for having a single common data model and infrastructure Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com