If it weren't for effective central leadership in the past, however, VA would not be the stellar organization it is. Remember, it wasn't very long ago that VA was a place where patient care was marked by some really horrific episodes. Thanks to Dr. Keizer, those days are over.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bain Henderson Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 3:07 PM To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] VA project funding hits hurdle in House - St. Pete TImes CONCUR! Health care, like politics, is best delivered locally. - Bain At 05:21 PM 4/18/2005, you wrote: >The quote in the article from Steve Buyer must be distressing to anyone >who remembers >anything about the origins and development of VistA: > > "Information technology at (the) VA is not centrally managed, and the > results are poor >service to veterans, inefficiency and wasted tax dollars," Indiana >Republican Steve Buyer, >the committee chairman, said in a written statement. > >My understanding is that overly centralized management of IT in the VA has >(almost?) >always been the biggest source of "poor service to veterans, inefficiency >and wasted tax >dollars". Has that changed or is this more of the same? > > >http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/822736131.html?MAC=995cfe7284bceb318e > 9a5098a997569e&did=822736131&FMT=FT&FMTS=FT&date=Apr+15%2C+2005&author=STEPH EN+NOHLGREN&printformat=&desc=VA+project+funding+hits+hurdle+in+House > >-- > >Nancy Anthracite > >--------------------------------------- >Jim Self >Systems Architect, Lead Developer >VMTH Computer Services, UC Davis >(http://www.vmth.ucdavis.edu/us/jaself) > > >------------------------------------------------------- >This SF.Net email is sponsored by: New Crystal Reports XI. >Version 11 adds new functionality designed to reduce time involved in >creating, integrating, and deploying reporting solutions. Free runtime info, >new features, or free trial, at: http://www.businessobjects.com/devxi/728 >_______________________________________________ >Hardhats-members mailing list >Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: New Crystal Reports XI. Version 11 adds new functionality designed to reduce time involved in creating, integrating, and deploying reporting solutions. Free runtime info, new features, or free trial, at: http://www.businessobjects.com/devxi/728 _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: New Crystal Reports XI. Version 11 adds new functionality designed to reduce time involved in creating, integrating, and deploying reporting solutions. Free runtime info, new features, or free trial, at: http://www.businessobjects.com/devxi/728 _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
