Re: FYI - re Health IT and Usability

The comment process for federal regulations predates the Internet and  
was not designed to be interactive.  The commenters respond to the  
proposal, not to each other.

Back in the days of paper, the government would collect the comments,  
and then publish them in print at the end of the comment period.  The  
regulators and the public get the same printed copy.

To the folks at regulations.gov, publishing batches of comments seems  
like a great step forward, though obviously it doesn't compare with  
instantly updated comments like you'd find on a blog.

I hope this doesn't discourage anybody from participating.

--Brian

On Feb 8, 2010, at 4:52 AM, Greg Austin wrote:

> Galileo demonstrated: Throughout history science has been stifled by
> politics.
>
> Similarly, these HHS people don't want the truthand will fight to
> suppress it; too much money is involved in propagating lies. Not so
> different from other other corporatist organizations.
>
> Thanks anyway.
>
> Greg
> On Feb 7, 2010, at 1:44 PM, [email protected] wrote:
>
>> Ugh. Suggesting to all, though, this is maybe not a reason to
>> discontinue commenting... including making note of just what
>> happened here. I think it's precisely why the HHS needs to hear from
>> usability people (often and loudly). Thank you for making an effort,
>> though.
>>
>> ljr
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Feb 2, 2010, at 7:35 PM, Greg Austin wrote:
>>
>>> I left multiple comments on that site--however, they have been
>>> censored, or otherwise not approved by the admin.
>>>
>>> Real classy.
>>>
>>> Greg
>>> On Jan 30, 2010, at 10:51 PM, [email protected] wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello all.
>>>> You may find the following on the US government's Health IT site of
>>>> particular interest. I hope that folks here will consider
>>>> contributing. Unless we in the usability field are take the time to
>>>> contribute, we may well see yet more unusable versions of
>>>> everybody's
>>>> idea of the 'best' electronic medical record.
>>>>
>>>>
> http://healthit.hhs.gov/blog/onc/index.php/2010/01/15/public-comments-period-
> open/comment-page-1/#comment-495
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> ljr
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>>>
>>>
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>>
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