In establishing an information economy in the NHS should we put in a
hardware layer first, or is there no point in putting in the
hardware until a training programme has made the putative users able
to use it?
THis is a recurring discussion and I think that one must go ahead
and put in the hardware layer.
Why, the other side of the coin goes, should a doctor or nurse study
how to use a system which they will not be able to use because it is
not in fact extant yet.
However, doctors and nurses finding themselves in front of a device
which will do certain things for them will use it.
So my view is that first we put in the hardware, then we train
people in its use, while allowing those who wish to play before the
training is done to do so.
Of the people I find myself dealing with in IM&T matters, I wish to
devote the most time to those who are seeking information, or
attempting to conceal it from me.
Others who treasure their ignorance, or whose approach to the whole
chicken and egg is to bury their head in the sand and hope it will go
away, are best left.
--- OffRoad 1.9r registered to Adrian Midgley
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|