>I refer you to the answer my Honourable Friend Ewan Davies gave earlier.
>I refer you to the answer my Honourable Friend Ewan Davies gave earlier.
>What about them? I refer you to the mantra above and the answer my
>Honourable Friend Ewan Davies gave earlier
You've obviously gone _Colonial_ Ahmed. Comes of being overinvolved in the
formation of a convoluted beurocratic organisation (DFI) and talking to too
many politicians. ;-)
Dr GM Trowell
Highbridge Medical Centre
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-----Original Message-----
From: Ahmad Risk <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 18 March 1998 10:52
Subject: Re: Engaging the public
>On 03/17/98 09:13:45, Ian Trimble <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>>Ahmad, who is going to pay for your GEHE system and how does it fit in
>>with your model of the healthcare system?
>
>Personal views:
>
>If it is of benefit to *me*, I will.
>
>How does it fit in with my model of health care?
>
>It fits in with all the other 'solutions' that I acquire to help me do
>the job, for example, accounting packages, other computer programs,
>plants for the surgery and holidays etc.
>
>On the wider picture, it fits in with regards better communications
>between prescriber and pharmacist, better control of fraud,
administrative
>savings, less paper-shovelling, to mention but a few examples.
>
>>Will it be privately or publicly funded?
>
>If it is 'A Good Thing' to realise the benefits I briefly outline above,
>then there is public interest in the investment.
>
>If it is not seen by the great and the good to be a good thing, then
>market forces will decide.
>
>For money, I would go for a partnership.
>
>We really need to move on from dogmatic and ideologic debates about
>private and public. We need to think in terms of what will work,
>notwithstanding human nature. After all, what is 'public money' if it
>is not 'private money' at origin?
>
>This comes from an old Keynesian!
>
>> If it is privately funded what will be the payback for the private
sector?
>
>The private investor will have to decide that for himself (what is the
>pay back for running the lottery or the trains, for example?)
>
>For my money, I'd say the biggest pay back would be access to the
>doctors' desk top. What you can do with that access, I leave to your
>imagination, but I have pretty solid ideas ;-)
>
>> Will it be a voluntary or compulsory system?
>
>Never one for compulsion. If it is good, it will prosper, if it is
>bad, it will die.
>
>>What coding and data standards will it use?
>
>I refer you to the answer my Honourable Friend Ewan Davies gave earlier.
>
>> What networking arrangementswill there be?
>
>I refer you to the answer my Honourable Friend Ewan Davies gave earlier.
>
>> Will it use NHSNet?
>
>Only if I want to. It should be able to exist under any network. Ewan
>puts beautifully as 'network agnostic'.
>
>Open systems, platform independence and industry standards. I am
>getting tired of repeating this mantra. Is IMG listening?
>
>> Do all your GP colleagues want it?
>
>Donno. Ask them.
>
>>What about existing systems / data?
>
>What about them? I refer you to the mantra above and the answer my
>Honourable Friend Ewan Davies gave earlier.
>
>>I'm not being critical, just interested. It might be exactly what
>>Frank Burns has in mind for all I know ;-)
>
>Nobody knows what Mr Burns has in mind. The 'New' Strategy is well over
>due. Worrying. At least to me. Guess he is having problems at the
>Mill.
>
>Hope I answered your questions fully.
>
>Ahmad
>
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