On Wed, 30 Dec 1998 13:03:35 -0000
[log in to unmask] (Adrian Midgley) wrote:
> 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.
Sorry Midge, but am I missing a vital point here? When you say put in
the hardware layer, are you assuming that there is going to be a
software layer that is national, uniform and system independent? If such
a system is in the offing, I agree with your premise.
> 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.
Indeed. So if the software layer is not developed, does it make sense
trying to train people to use a system with which they are not familiar,
and which with past experience they think will probably change, and thus
will not be conducive to motivation?
>
> However, doctors and nurses finding themselves in front of a device
> which will do certain things for them will use it.
Like what, exactly?
>
> 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.
Sounds good, but pardon my ignorance, as I said before, Am I missing
something here?
Cheerio,
Graham
'Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at
which one can die.'
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