> >> http://www.acponline.org/journals/ecp/octnov98/success.htm
> >>
> >> I came across this ariicle on the successful
> implementation of an EPR for an American HMO that records 5000
outpatient consultations a day,
> huge snip
>
Trefor asked
> and how much did it cost. How much training did they receive, how
many
> terminals. How long were appointment times and how many days
> off did they get to learn the system. Who did their work while
they
> learnt
I read into it that they felt it cost them less than _not_ doing it.
I feel the need for a fact-finding visit, I think IT representatives
of several PCGs should be funded to cross the pond and have a look
at it.
It does seem to show some of the features I have come to regard as
desirable, or indicative of a system than can be made to work rather
than stalled waiting for arguably achievable ideals - simple
displays, RAD client interface, capacity to show a lot of stuff from
existing servers, records portable within the area served by the
org.
I also read into it, although I think it is not actually mentioned,
I read it rather fast and will revisit it, that the system and its
source code are owned by the org using it. In our context, the time
for open source code (copyright by all means) and file formats
constrained to converge is here.
It is scandalous that RFA 5 does not contain anything on
portability - this is more important than any of the other stuff
listed by the admirable Jon Rogers, and not least because once the
record is portable we can as Trefor says, chop and change
interfaces.
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