Re: Re: Censorship

I could only try to recreate the messages that were censored, since  
the blog itself does not carbon copy the uploads. However, the main  
points were this:

-) That the 1000+ page PDF document released to the public as  
usability guidelines is itself not usable.
-) That the research conducted as a basis for the guidelines is absent.
-) That the method employed in this document appears to be heuristic.
-) That the Top-Down, hierarchical system is endemic to HHS.
-) That the revenue generated from inefficiency is suspect.
-) That this Top-down method reflects on the money-first, hit-and-run  
healthcare applications that real healthcare workers are forced to  
use, lest lose their jobs.
-) That these Top-down systems serve as very poor data mines.
-) That the newest, latest, greatest, engineer-conceived healthcare  
applications, such as Kaiser's multibillion dollar HealthConnect,  
CHW's CareConnect, GE's newest project, The entire UMLS, SnoMed, and  
HL7--are all sucky projects, akin to 8-track tape-players that no one  
but CEOs like.
-) That healthcare reform is synonymous with software reform (odd, but  
true), specifically usability science.
-) That corporatism cannot coexist with the truth and willing  
participation that is required for accuracy in a data mine.

The replies uploaded have made these aforementioned points.

Furthermore, healthcare informatics is my personal area of research  
(over twenty years), and I have attained two patents on user-forward  
alternatives to Top-Down hierarchical software lifecycles. However, I  
have had much personal difficulty being heard--leading me to the  
conclusion that not only are suggestions for betterment of healthcare  
informatics perceived by authorities as not needed--it has lead to me  
to the understanding that my personal research is the topic of  
censorship; the proof is in the putting.

Lots of ill-gotten money is thrown at the inefficiency of today's  
healthcare; however, lots of well-earned money could be generated by  
adopting a new system that employs a new paradigm. I have learned some  
amazing facts regarding this new paradigm shift; my life's work is to  
provide this method to humanity.

Therefore, my mission is clear--I must find a forum to instruct a team  
on this new concept--while battling the censorship that extorts ill- 
gotten money out of sick patients. Nevertheless, as corporatism  
tightens its grip--I must place all on hold.

Greg
On Feb 19, 2010, at 10:08 AM, Meghan Ede wrote:

> Hi Greg,
>
> I think it would be interesting to me and the BayCHI discussion  
> group to know what was not published. If your critiques are short -  
> could you post to the group?
>
> Thanks,
> Meghan
>
> --- On Fri, 2/19/10, Greg Austin <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> From: Greg Austin <[email protected]>
>> Subject: Re: [BayCHI Discussions] Re: Censorship
>> To: "Meghan Ede" <[email protected]>, "Discussion Board at  
>> BayChi" <[email protected]>
>> Date: Friday, February 19, 2010, 9:53 AM
>> No profanities, sexism, racism, ad
>> hominem, or foul language--only on-
>> topic criticism of HHS.
>>
>> On Feb 19, 2010, at 9:43 AM, Meghan Ede wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Greg,
>>>
>>> did you publish to this list the actual comments made
>> to the HITECH
>>> blog?
>>> Is the comment policy published anywhere?
>>>
>>> I can imagine not wanting to see really outrageous
>> comments on a
>>> public feedback board - such as racist, sexist or lewd
>> replies. So,
>>> I imagine most places have a policy of some kind.
>>>
>>> The question is - is the policy reasonable and public?
>> Or biased.
>>> And, if biased, how so.
>>>
>>> Very interesting.
>>>
>>> Meghan
>>>
>>> --- On Fri, 2/19/10, Greg Austin <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> From: Greg Austin <[email protected]>
>>>> Subject: [BayCHI Discussions] Re: Censorship
>>>> To: "Choi, Christy (HHS/ONC)" <[email protected]>,
>> "Discussion
>>>> Board  at BayChi" <[email protected]>
>>>> Date: Friday, February 19, 2010, 9:30 AM
>>>> Thank you for your unconstitutional,
>>>> anti-First Amendment corporatist
>>>> censorship.
>>>>
>>>> My tax dollars are proven to be used against me.
>>>>
>>>> Greg
>>>> On Feb 19, 2010, at 6:32 AM, Choi, Christy
>> (HHS/ONC)
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Dear Mr. Austin,
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you for contacting the Office of the
>> National
>>>> Coordinator for
>>>>> Health Information Technology (ONC) and your
>> interest
>>>> in the Health
>>>>> IT Buzz blog.  We appreciate your
>> feedback. Our
>>>> goals are to
>>>>> establish a system of transparency, public
>>>> participation, and
>>>>> collaboration and to raise awareness about
>> Health IT
>>>> and programs
>>>>> and initiatives of the HITECH Act.
>> However, the
>>>> Health IT Buzz blog
>>>>> is a moderated blog, and any comments that do
>> not meet
>>>> our comment
>>>>> policy will not be published.
>>>>>
>>>>> We do apologize for the delay in reviewing
>> and
>>>> publishing some of
>>>>> your comments.  Please be assured we do
>> encourage
>>>> the public to
>>>>> share their experience and ideas.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you,
>>>>>
>>>>> Christy
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Christy Choi
>>>>> Web Manger
>>>>> Office of the National Coordinator
>>>>>             for
>>>> Health Information Technology
>>>>> U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
>>>>> 200 Independence Avenue, S.W.
>>>>> Suite 729-D
>>>>> Washington, DC 20201
>>>>> (o) 202-690-6341
>>>>> [email protected]
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> From: Greg Austin [mailto:[email protected]]
>>>>> Sent: Fri 2/12/2010 10:58 AM
>>>>> To: ONC Request (HHS/OS); Discussion Board at
>> BayChi
>>>>> Subject: Re: Censorship
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi:
>>>>>
>>>>> I must object to the clear censorship of
>> uploaded
>>>> comments onto the
>>>>> Health IT Buzz Blog. This blog does not behave
>> like a
>>>> blog at all--
>>>>> executive control over submissions to be
>> published has
>>>> been
>>>>> installed into this site's functionality. The
>> end
>>>> result is that the
>>>>> comments submitted by its users (namely, me)
>> into the
>>>> field labeled
>>>>> Leave a Reply that were intended to be
>> immediately
>>>> viewed by the
>>>>> public, are not immediately published; these
>> comments
>>>> are then
>>>>> selectively published a week or more later.
>>>>>
>>>>> The proof of this behavior is the fact that on
>> the
>>>> evening of
>>>>> January 30 I personally submitted multiple
>> accounts of
>>>> critique and
>>>>> criticism onto this site; however, on February
>> 4 these
>>>> comments had
>>>>> still not been published. However, on February
>> 8, two
>>>> of the lesser
>>>>> critical comments that I submitted had been
>>>> published.
>>>>>
>>>>> Currently, the more scathing and
>> antiauthoritarian
>>>> replies to the
>>>>> Health IT Buzz Blog have still not been
>> published.
>>>> Therefore, this
>>>>> practice of selective publishing cannot be
>> attributed
>>>> to random
>>>>> mistake. The functionality of the Health IT
>> Buzz Blog
>>>> clearly
>>>>> indicates the intentional utility coded into
>> its
>>>> behavior: The
>>>>> ability to selectively publish by the admin.
>> This
>>>> behavior cannot
>>>>> accurately be labeled in any way other than
>>>> "censorship".
>>>>>
>>>>> Greg Austin
>>>>> [email protected]
>>>>>
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