Some Lessons We All Need To Keep in Mind. Some Good Thoughts Here!

The following long article appeared a little while ago. The 12 Elements of a Successful Health IT Project June 23, 2011 Editor’s Note: Kim Lamb is the executive director of the Oregon Health Network, a membership-based nonprofit organization building the first statewide broadband telehealth network in Oregon. Part of the FCC’s Rural Health Care Pilot Program, the network’s mission is to provide all Oregonians, regardless of location, with access...

Why Is NEHTA Wasting Money Sponsoring Rather Poorly Used Blogs and Other Such Sites?

As a bit of a stir after a pretty dismal financial year, I was wondering the other day just how the blog was comparing in visitor traffic with others in the Australian Health IT space - especially the NEHTA sponsored ones - listed as the top two in this list. It seems the two they are sponsoring are the least used and least popular. Alexa provides a way to get an independent assessment. The Australian E-Health Blog space has a range of contributors....

I Wonder Where This Sort of Approach Fits In? It’s Not Easy To Work Out Where It is Heading But It Looks Interesting.

The following press release appeared a few days ago. Flexiant Providing Cloud Platform for E-Health Pilot to Give Patients Control Over Data NHS patients could soon have complete control over their medical records and the power to decide who has access to their data. The E-Health Cloud, using Flexiant's pioneering cloud platform Extility, will be the first large scale deployment of the cloud in e-health. Scotland, UK (PRWEB) June 20, 2011 ...

What An Amazing Gift For Those Who Want to Teach and Learn About Health IT!

This fantastic bit of news came out a day or so ago. ONC offers health IT teaching materials By Joseph Conn Posted: June 24, 2011 - 10:15 am ET A trove of free health information technology teaching materials for higher education has been opened to the public by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. The $10 million, ONC-funded Curriculum Development Centers Program produced the materials, which have been in...

Weekly Australian Health IT Links – 27 June, 2011.

Here are a few I have come across this week. Note: Each link is followed by a title and a paragraph or two. For the full article click on the link above title of the article. Note also that full access to some links may require site registration or subscription payment. General Comment There have been a few big things happen this week. We have has an agreement between the NBN Co, Government and Telstra announced which may, or may not, be a good...