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On Dec 9, 2011, the Chief Information Officer of the US released a 25 point plan to reform Government IT:

http://www.cio.gov/documents/25-point-implementation-plan-to-reform-federal%20it.pdf

Here are some highlights of the document:

• Turnaround or terminate at least one-third of underperforming projects in IT portfolio within the next 18 months
• Shift to “Cloud First” policy . Each agency will identify three “must move” services within three months, and move one of those services to the cloud within 12 month and the remaining two within 18 months .
• Reduce number of Federal data centers by at least 800 by 2015
• Only approve funding of major IT programs that:
  • Have a dedicated program manager and a fully staffed integrated program team − Use a modular approach with usable functionality delivered every six months − Use specialized IT acquisition professionals

My Opinion

After briefly reviewing the document, I read modular development as Agile Development Practices. If this is the case I applaud the CIO of the US in acknowledging that Waterfall does not work!

Information technology should enable government to better serve the American people . But despite spending more than $600 billion on information technology over the past decade, the Federal Government has achieved little of the productivity improvements that private industry has realized from IT . Too often, Federal IT projects run over budget, behind schedule, or fail to deliver promised functionality . Many projects use “grand design” approaches that aim to deliver functionality every few years, rather than breaking projects into more manageable chunks and demanding new functionality every few quarters . In addition, the Federal Government too often relies on large, custom, proprietary systems when “light technologies” or shared services exist .

— 25 Point Implementation Plan to Reform Federal IT - Vivek Kundra - CIO USA

The iPad will be released tomorrow and it is going to be a huge success.  I truly think it will change the way the mobile knowledge worker does business.  

I also feel that it will be the right time for Healthcare Clinician’s to make a huge leap towards electronic records, with well designed software running on a well designed mobile hardware solution like the iPad, we will start to see some real digital adoption.

Why?

• Light, 1.5 lbs
• Long Battery Life
• Built for the Consumer, not Technical Geek
• Readability
• Easy to support

At Jack Russell Software Company, we are quickly gaining knowledge in to develop and release several healthcare centric applications for this platform.  We have been developing #EMR and #Healthcare cloud based solutions since 2007, and are looking forward to adding this new technology with our robust and agile cloud backend technology.  Through this adaptation we will be able to take a huge leap in our mobile healthcare solutions.

What do you think?  

Do you think the iPad will have a big impact on healthcare technology?