Archive for 'Technofantasies'
U.K. NHS computer system on verge of collapse & implications for the U.S investment in CHIT
News from yesterday indicates that the project to build an integrated healthcare information system for the U.K. is close to collapse. Reaction to a report from the Public Accounts Committee of the House of Commons indicate that key elements of the £13 billion system are not working now, unlikely to work by the projected end […]
Posted: January 27th, 2009 under Technofantasies.
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Techno-fantasies & electronic medical/health records (EMR/EHR)
A colleague sent me a pointer to an article on drbicuspid.com (Electronic health records: Part I — Boon or boondoggle?) and asked for my view. The article reports — generally positively — on how a a proponent of EMR/EHR is trying to influence the Obama administration to make faster progress on a combined medical/dental EMR/EHR.
The […]
Posted: January 8th, 2009 under Technofantasies.
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