Responses are due by February 6th. The questionnaire was not sent to the Medical Center. Many gaps and disconnects are being identified. Kevin Brennan stated that we can observe what we spend, but it is harder to derive the value of what we spend. Mely Tynan stated that the initial idea was to give a context of where we are and then how we could set a strategic direction.
Trends are more important than the individual processes.
This document will serve as structure for future conversations. Dean Dow also pointed out the statement from the document that IT should be at the leading edge of mainstream deployment , not development . We may have to recognize that there is a higher authority who will make decisions, as long as the infrastructure is in place, then people can decide to subscribe or not. Mely Tynan asked if council members have received inquiries about the work of the council. He stated again that IT has no credibility in this area, that we should pick something that we do as well as anyone else in the country and go from there.