The Medical Software Industry Association (MSIA) Recommends Major Changes To NEHTA and the PCEHR Program.

The MSIA Submission to the Senate Enquiry on the PCEHR Bills was released yesterday.It would be fair to say they are pretty “unhappy campers”Press coverage appeared today.MSIA doubts e-health record delivery deadlineThe industry body argued the project lacks accountability, transparency and timely delivery.Chloe Herrick (Computerworld)01 February, 2012 11:24The Medical Software Industry Association (MSIA), whose members include Cerner, Cisco,...

There Is A Very Important Point Contained In This Article. There Is A Need To Sort Fact From Fiction and Hope!

The following commentary appeared a little while ago.Research data everywhere and not a drop to drinkBy gshawCreated Jan 25 2012 - 1:48pmPhysicians like numbers. Data, double-blind studies, peer-reviewed journal articles, evidence. And they clamor for scientific proof whether the issue is prescribing statins [1] to patients at risk for heart disease or whether the debate at hand is the value of e [2]lectronic health records systems [2], the pros...

There Are Some Interesting Rumours Regarding NEHTA Doing The Rounds Tonight!

I don't have any details at this point - other than to say that apparently 'urgent reports' are being sought and assessments of the impact of the NEHTA 'product recall' on the PCEHR program are being requested.Hardly a surprise - in fact I am surprised action did not come sooner!It will be fun to keep an eye on www.health.gov.au and www.nehta.gov.au for any announcements / releases.Please note this is all unconfirmed but I need readers to keep an...

Weekly Australian Health IT Links – 30th January, 2012.

Here are a few I have come across the last week or so.Note: Each link is followed by a title and a few paragraphs. 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 CommentThere was really only one bit of news this week that had been the source of rumours late last week and which then broke with the first article in the round up...

AusHealthIT Poll Number 106 – Results – 30th January, 2012.

The question was:Do You Believe The Various Wave Sites Will Eventually Coalesce To Form A Coherent National PCEHR System?For Sure-  8 (16%)Probably-  6 (12%)Probably Not-  8 (16%)No Way-  27 (55%)I Have No Idea-  0 (0%)Votes 49That seems pretty clear - around 70% of readers are not confident we will actually see a real working national system.Again, many thanks to those that voted! Dav...

What Does The Next Year or So Hold For E-Health in Australia? It Might Be Quite A Ride!

(The follow is a draft article for a magazine I do a column for - comments welcome)I first have to point out that this short article is being written in late January and while, as we slipped off into the ‘silly season’ last year, we might have been forgiven for thinking the e-Health path for 2012 has been clearly marked, it seems, somehow that six short weeks have changed everything.To go back to 2011 we had all watched the announcement of the Personally...

Weekly Overseas Health IT Links - 28th January, 2012.

Here are a few I have come across last week. Note: Each link is followed by a title and few paragraphs. 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.-----http://www.ehi.co.uk/news/acute-care/7450/medicine-jim-but-not-as-we-know-itMedicine Jim, but not as we know it12 January 2012   Shanna Crispin Developers worldwide have...