Aug 22, 2010 | EHR, HL7, MESSAGING, SNOMED, STANDARDS
Well we have had the election and there is no clear winner but it appears that the Rudd/Gillard government is the loser. eHealth is up for some reassessment and it certainly needs some. From all reports $5 Billion of taxpayers money has been spent over the last 10...
Aug 1, 2010 | EHR, HL7, MESSAGING, STANDARDS
It is interesting that so many people are keen to rubbish the encoding of HL7 V2 data. “It old and outdated” is a common comment. After a serious amount of time playing with it and experimenting with many encodings I am now convinced its brilliant. The “xml will solve...
May 24, 2010 | EHR, HL7, STANDARDS, Uncategorized
Its clear that I am not a fan of Australia’s attempts to progress eHealth. Its probably time to look at some details. The devil is in the details after all. The first basic error of HealthConnect and NEHTA Mark 1 & 2 is a violation of a principle that I think is...
Apr 27, 2010 | EHR, STANDARDS
After watching the failure of the Government Home Insulation Scheme and the Payroll issues with Queensland Health unfold its clear that the eHealth issues in Australia are part of a much bigger problem. There is enormous potential for eHealth to cause damage and there...
Mar 30, 2010 | DECISION SUPPORT, EHR, HL7, MESSAGING, STANDARDS
National Health IT programs do not have a good record of success in general, and Australia has been a good example of that to date. I don’t think anything is about to change. The reasons for this will no doubt be well understood in time, as history looks back and...