Comments on Dr Rant: NPfIT (again)

This stupid, stupid, ridiculously expensive NPunfI...

2008-05-16T18:26:00.000+01:00

This stupid, stupid, ridiculously expensive NPunfIT programme is second only to the Iraq war for an action of this govt making me really angry.

They may have wasted 3.5bn of our money already (how??? if they'd asked me, I could have programmed it for a few dozen K), but better ditched now than another 10+ bn later.

Yes, plz add 93C3 code to all records. No-one outside the medical/IT world has a clue about NPunfIT.

i'm considering batch adding the 93C3 code to al...

2008-05-16T18:14:00.000+01:00

i'm considering batch adding the 93C3 code to all my patient records so that anyone who is daft enough to want their clinical info on the system will have to specifically opt in- anyone else doing the same?

Perhaps you should investigate further ....."Last ...

2008-05-16T11:36:00.000+01:00

Perhaps you should investigate further .....

"Last night The Department of Health said the "hardware fault" was fixed and had caused "no breach of patient confidentiality"

Q1. What sort of "hardware fault" allows you to log into a system without using the card reader ? This is IMO a fib. Neither a fault at the DoH end, or a fault at the user end should allow that unless the securitys sh1te.

Q2. How do they know it caused no loss of patient confidentiality ?

The "go-live" date for the new computer system at ...

2008-05-16T09:36:00.000+01:00

The "go-live" date for the new computer system at our place has been put back (again) - during training I was struck at how detailed data capture is for BILLING.

It is possible to itemize every single investigation (ECG, x/rays, blood test, etc) - no doubt in order to send the PCT a chunky bill as soon as the patient leaves hospital, or, in the longer term, to pass these costs directly onto customers (once the NHS is finally privatised).

It goes without saying that security is a laughing stock - does anybody honestly believe that such a huge amount of data that can be accessed by so many people is ever going to be truly safe, absolute rubbish.

Sorry I found the story the next time I tried -- t...

2008-05-14T17:17:00.000+01:00

Sorry I found the story the next time I tried -- the first time, pulse asked me who I was then sent me to the home page.

rahere, interesting. Certainly, he needs to recoup some of the 2.7bn.

There is some rumour-mill activity suggesting that...

2008-05-14T14:48:00.000+01:00

There is some rumour-mill activity suggesting that El Gordo will drop NPunfIT just as the House rises for the summer recess. Wouldn't it be nice if this story was actually HMG spin softening us up for this? Given his latest U-turn will cost 2.7bn, perhaps he could seek to recoup some of this by cancelling another piss-poorly thought out idea....

I think they're hiding that story from me (because...

2008-05-13T22:48:00.000+01:00

I think they're hiding that story from me (because IANAHP), but SEE HERE!

http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=35&storycode=4119037&c=2