tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-733074358901582680.post1527988172464639679..comments2024-03-23T05:28:35.472-04:00Comments on Healthcare Standards: On Principles for Federal Engagement in Standards Activities to Address National PrioritiesKeith W. Boonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16883038460949909300noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-733074358901582680.post-53679184935525834872012-01-24T12:28:14.042-05:002012-01-24T12:28:14.042-05:00I also agree, Keith. Involvement of Government in...I also agree, Keith. Involvement of Government in the process of creating/adopting domestic standards is, in my view, a necessary ingredient of LEADERSHIP. As we all know, it is incredibly difficult to cohese private sector initiatives towards a harmonized objective, and I'm pretty sure that government provides the most effective and expedient method of doing that. However, sustainability remains the elephant in the room... government involvement will ebb and flow based on political imperatives... that's a fact of life. Sustaining the creation and adoption of domestic standards is a long-term prospect, and essential to success in ensuring the semantic interoperability of healthcare information across the patient-provider-time-continuum.<br /><br />As you know, we've been struggling with the same issue in Canada. Government is certainly providing leadership (through Infoway), but the funding honeymoon is almost over, leaving the solutions to ongoing sustainability up to the "industry". Time will tell how well your northern neighbor will succeed in this endeavor.Mike Nusbaumhttp://www.mhnusbaum.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-733074358901582680.post-7546639378637104702012-01-24T09:58:38.455-05:002012-01-24T09:58:38.455-05:00Absolutely right Keith. We have federal elections ...Absolutely right Keith. We have federal elections every two years, but even if all incumbents were not re-elected, we'd still have the continuity of the laws previously passed. That provides for stability and order and avoids going backward. Even though new laws and amendments are always being created, existing work is not orphaned. I really hope that "succession planning" occurs so that we don't have a repeat of the discontinuity that you mentioned. Fortunately, it has not been as bad as it could have been since some volunteers and contractors have remained engaged across administrations and have evolved some of the previous body of work.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13251393010554964308noreply@blogger.com