Comments on: HIStalk 2010 Reader Survey Results

By: anon

anon — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 21:48:48 +0000

“Readers Write seem like PR pieces.

Sometimes they do indeed. Please feel free to post comments saying so since that’s the best method I know to discourage self-puffery under the guise of sharing information. Someone had a good idea – require them to contain at least one negative point about whatever topic they are about. ”

The best method of discouraging self-puffery is to not publish it. It’s your blog; be an editor.

By: Mark Moffitt

Mark Moffitt — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 23:29:49 +0000

lostincali:

I think it due to the unique nature of HCIT. What sets it apart is:
1) Very large market = $$$$$$$
2) Ability of large vendors to dominate with single v. best-of-breed products that limit competition – HL7 is the gift to big vendors that keeps on giving
3) Long time frame from concept to development to beta to revenue generator = Big role of marketing, pressure to surpress bad news. See: whistleblower lawsuit against Siemens related to Soarian and efforts to surpress problems with imbedded software
4) Big role of marketing = need for truth-teller

My 2 cents.

By: lostincali

lostincali — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:22:50 +0000

Yes, yes, yes … you and Inga are as wonderful as everyone here proclaims. But I think the interesting question that emerges from all this adoration is this: Is something a bit messed up with this industry that it seems to so desperately need a lone truth-teller such as yourself? Is prevarication simply the norm in health IT? Is it IT in general? Healthcare?

Just asking the question …

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:34:14 +0000

One comment I forgot to add, when using the search box it would be very helpful if the results came back in chronological order.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:18:04 +0000

can you share how many respondents you had to the survey?

[From Mr. HIStalk] 224.