Comments on: News 9/18/09

By: On Target

On Target — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:07:45 +0000

Response to the Misys option.

Why oh why would anyone want to stick to an antiquated, unstable product. Its funny how they mums the number of users *1800, yet fail to mention Allscripts (the original) before the merge, has well tripled the amount.

Bury it already!

By: Programmer

Programmer — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:05:38 +0000

If I decide to become a medical informatproctolicist, I’m going to specialize in sardonicology.

By: S Silverstein

S Silverstein — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:34:14 +0000

As I stated above, my final contribution to this discussion is here:

http://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/2009/09/physicians-even-those-educated-in-it.html

By: Sardonicologist

Sardonicologist — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:58:42 +0000

Silverstein: “We won’t reform healthcare until the culture that produces IT itself is reformed, and considering the failure rates of IT endeavors across all fields…”

Across all fields? Wow, I never actally knew that. And don’t you just hate all this pesky focus on the need for healthcare reform, and so much negativity about medical errors and such – when they really ought to be looking at the real barriers to good medical practice – those computer guys?

By the way, if you can describe who exactly is that “culture that produces IT itself”… well, I may just start a campaign to get this national dialogue where it really belongs – on those IT bastards.

By: Programmer

Programmer — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:43:35 +0000

Your “last word” looks like an attack of the stawmen. I was not aware that “consulting with our users” is considered “the control-seeking culture of IT personnel” in your world.

In any case, I have no problem with you marketing yourself as a “medical informacist”, or whatever you call yourself. If you can make money at that gig, all the power to you. Just don’t try to pretend that the hospital IT system is going to fail if you’re not hired. That simply is not true.