Comments on: “Complex health care requires modern IT support”

By: Diabetes Blog

Diabetes Blog — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:05:43 +0000

This is ablosute B.S. It doesn;t require centralization of medical records, what it requires is willing and efficient medical stuffs. Lot of time it has come to my attention that hospital admins are lazy and not willing to do their job properly. They even try to push patients to different hospitals saying no seats available if called ahead. My wife was pregnant and her OBGN specially instructed us not to call the hospital ahead of time and just go in once she has the pain. And you know the reason why! If called ahead, they would say “no seat, go to another nearest hospital.” But we are in canada and have public medicare.

By: Nigel Crawford

Nigel Crawford — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:00:41 +0000

What a horrific response from the Minister. Here is a way to save some £30Bn on this personal patient record project, and implement it tomorrow not at an unknown date in the future.
Put up a simple, single web page with a form that enables anyone to print a 10×15 card with a red background that gives a few key medical and contact details for use in an emergency. I’ve had copies of this card in all my coats for years. Cost? 6p. KISS.
Nigel Crawford

By: Glyn

Glyn — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 02:06:43 +0000

William do write back to your MP because if you do not your MP will think that you are happy with the response. Remember that Nine out of ten doctors have no confidence in the government's ability to safeguard patient data online, a poll conducted by BMA News has revealed. More than 90 per cent of respondents (93 per cent) to the survey said they were not confident patient data on the proposed NHS centralised database would be secure. Also check out more news on the NHS. P.S. Drop me an email William, we should meet up some time.