Dr Zoran Milosevic is obviously a smart man. With the job of managing the NEHTA Interoperability Framework you would need to be!
Further evidence of his talent is revealed in a recent e-mail which was published in the Australian College of Health Informatics (ACHI) e-mail list. Among a range of comments came the following:
“5. Regarding your comment on the lack of national vision, I believe that this is now prime time for us all (NEHTA, jurisdictions, clinical experts, clinical informatics people, and many other stakeholders) to work on such a national vision while leveraging the past efforts, including HealthConnect.”
Implicit in this comment is the acknowledgement that such a vision, and associated plans does not exist at present. One must wonder if Dr Milosevic had cleared this comment with his CEO or is it just possible that Dr Reinecke agrees?
I certainly hope so, as while there were many aspects of the Interoperability Framework I was not happy with (See the Blog entry of April 4 for details) the key deficiency that concerned me was that the document did not provide details of the strategic context and environment for which it was intended.
Clearly I wish all power to Dr Milosevic’s arm! If he can persuade NEHTA to undertake the consultative and open process he seems to foresee to develop a National e-health Vision (and subsequent Strategy and Implementation Plan) he will be the friend of many.
While he is at it he might also like to suggest the other components of NEHTA’s work are also opened up to similar discussion and review. Were that to be achieved we would all be encouraged progress was really possible.
David.
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