Dear All,
The rod of Asclepius, a snake-entwined
staff, remains a symbol of medicine today in Greek Mythology. He
was always carrying his rod with him and even he was trying to raise
people from the dead. Differently from mythological hero; Asclepius, in
the period of Hippocrates whose father was also a physician, the
whole physicians was taking oath in the name of Asclepius. But in our day,
the doctors start service after taking the “Hippocratic Oath” in
the name of Hippocrates who is well accepted as father of modern medicine.
With the principle of Hippocrates “Primum non nocere”, all the
doctors provide convenience for a healthier and happier life for human
being.
The information and communication which provide convenience for
human being, have become one of the essential key for life like medicine.
The Information Technologies which develop the field of information and
communication and enhance the quality of life, have become an
indispensable element. Medicine has benefited from lots of scientific
information in spite of other technological branches. With a better
express; Health Informatics revealed the common features of
medicine and informatics. Thus; the field that we are providing service is
very sensitive, important and is based upon intellectual norms. As it is
known; produced value or valuelessness directly affect both the producer
(Software Companies) and the consumer (Hospital and health care
institutions).
According to “2009 Malpractice Report” of Department of
Police Office for Anti Smuggling and Organized Crime, unfortunately; the
grafters occur generally in the field of health care. The mistakes that we
witness in that field don't accord with this privileged sector. According
to report; health spendings are 30 Billions of Lira in
In our country; attempts and struggles of Ministry of Health in
health care sector notably since 2007 has played a crucial role. We trust
that it will progress in a better way by means of new arrangements.
As Health care Informatics Producers; we need to put the articles
which we stated, into practice. This situation will both prevent crimes
and force software companies to be more privileged. And also it
enables to have the best product at an affordable price for health care
institutions. Thus; the whole partners and the society will benefit from
it.
Basically, we should create an Accreditation Council for
registration in that field and engage members from various institutions
such as Health Informatics Association, Universities and Non
Governmental Organizations under the presidency of Ministry of Health.
A relating structure, previously published and called “Framework
Principles” for software producing companies, should be created within
the scope of Ministry of Health. Especially for HIS software
companies, after bidding period, the process turn out to be tragicomic so
the institution and the companies lose time. Sometimes the companies could
be eliminated after a bidding period of 5 or 10 days of demonstration by
finding ridiculous pretexts so the public administration loses of money.
All those reasons are very comprehensive to discuss but one of the crucial
reasons is non-talented demonstration council members. If the companies
were previously accredited and qualified as sufficient; there would be no
need for demonstration and the time losses would be prevented. Thus, the
bar and the standards would be raised by software companies so as to be
sufficient and adequate in a bidding process. The second title is realizing service procurement and software purchasing at the same time. In my opinion; it is an injustice for software companies. The name of software nearly disappears in a bidding process. Such a case that the prices suddenly rises in a bidding with 150 or 200 staffs. The company becomes obliged to calculate the cost in addition to its software. If software and staff service providing companies realizes just their own jobs, it will enhance the quality of service and reduce the prices so software company will realize its fundamental duty. See you soon. |
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