> Declan wrote:
>
> [Snip loads of good stuff]
>
>
> > But the biggest drawback----and I speak from personal experience
> > here friends----to efficient and cost-effective use of computers in
> > practice is simply this; the inability of GPs to agree on anything.
>
Can I urge all of you to note very carefully that there is a sharp
distinction between the following two clauses:
"the inability of GPs to agree on anything"
and
"the inability of GPs to agree on everything"
Now, while I can believe that the second of these two might well be
true (after all it is true of almost any other group you care to
name) I really doubt that the first is true. There are almost
certainly some things (by implication, things that GPs would like
their computer systems to do) on which GPs can agree. So, agree on
things, one at a time, and then try to get them done; it is called
the "wooden bridge" approach (based on the idea that you don't go
building the Humber Bridge if what you need is a plank resting across
two barrels), and relies on the fact that modern prgramming systems
are specifically intended to facilitate incremental implementations,
with prototyping.
The advantage is that you (the technically aware) get something which
you can show to your less aware colleagues, and on this you can erect
progressively larger bridges.
And a Happy New Year to all on GP-UK
Mike Wells
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