Government meddling in 'murky' IT scene stifling innovation - Healthlink CEO

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Government meddling in 'murky' IT scene stifling innovation - Healthlink CEO

10 October 2018

Simon

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Wednesday 10 October 2018, 09:24 AM

Health IT technology enables greater communication between primary carers, but, according to industry leader Tom Bowden, there are calls for more attention to be paid to the rules governing how IT systems communicate to dispel growing confusion among users and vendors

Basically, any government agency has been allowed to jump in and build their own system; it’s not particularly helpful because, frankly, they’re not v, Tom Bowden, HealthLink is doing well but the Government’s finger-in-every-pie health IT approach is discouraging innovation, the company’s chief executive Tom Bow

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