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Very frustrating, I agree. I have another medical computer system horror story - Did you know that the UK National Health Service spent 12 Billion pounds (18 Bi
by SeanDav 11y ago
Very frustrating, I agree. I have another medical computer system horror story - Did you know that the UK National Health Service spent 12 Billion pounds (18 Billion USD) on a computer system and ended up with....nothing to show for it!!!
- sampo 11y agoThe Guardian in 2013: "Abandoned NHS IT system has cost £10bn so far" http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/sep/18/nhs-records-system-10bn http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/sep/18/nhs-records-s...
- taberiand 11y agoOn the other hand, sweet consulting gig if you can get it.
- grrowl 11y agoThis is the problem. The "if you can get it" translates to "if your company has a huge request-for-tender team dedicated to shmoozing your way into these kinds of contracts". Add to it the whole tech-health ecosystem is scorched earth after countless clueless contractors have blown their way through it (earning the tens of millions of pounds and so on in the process), it's not a great environment for trust, innovation, or making your way through everything to a real-world-usable result.