Ok I'm a technologist that is also human, spend 25 years in sales and marketing before crossing over to the code side,which I don't do anymore as I wanted a life back. Don't give up on getting enrolled and give a nice hats off to the technologists working their asses off to make it all come together as it will eventually get there. Send them some kind thoughts as they can't help the glitches.
Purpose of this is to bring this awareness around and it's a cold hard lesson for government and the public but please take notice...it's not like the old days in creating software solutions...it's thousands of times harder, more code. In the days I wrote I controlled it all but today it's tiered in what is called a platform, so you have many levels of developers with code that has to work with the other guys code and the guy before that and one before a so on and so on..
Calling the exchanges a "BETA" I said would go a long ways...and keep being persistent as we have many days to enroll...pick up the phone...in other words don't let the glitches stop you from enrolling, it's part of the IT process and the world we live in.
When do you see Apple or Microsoft put out an operating system without a beta? Like never...consider the exchanges in this category.."the short order computer code kitchen burned down years ago and there was no fire sale"...Good video too worth a look from a couple years ago..."world belongs to the geeks as nobody else wants it"..and not maybe what you think but rather talking about the future for the kids..
Where’s The Thanks for All the Technologists and IT Folks That Have Slaved Hours and Months Working on the “Insurance Exchange Betas”-World Belongs to Geeks As Nobody Else Wants It (Or Appreciates It)
I see a little of this but not enough in the news but rather more of a “witch” hunt if you will as that’s the paradigm that has lived and poisoned us for a long time, but with complex technologies, it just doesn’t work. It’s time that the government and consumers get a clue here on how much money, time and effort went into probably the biggest data aggregating project ever attempted. I kept saying that myself and yes it goes back to the lack digital literacy at the top at HHS with public blunders and perceptions there as well. I’m surprised we don’t have a “Facebook app” out there for all of this too (grin) as that’s where HHS is duped and duped again with numbers, reports and stats as Gov can’t or won’t model.
I'm in there with you guys on there's not an app to cure everything believe me, I used to write the stuff and there's a lot of junk out there and that's what I try to do is separate the junk as the layman can't always, it's hard.
The difficulty here with having various technologies talk to each other is extreme. I said myself “call it a Beta” and you will get a lot more sympathy out there and yet HHS for a long time kept touting how this was going to be a technological miracle. Congress doesn’t get it either as to the time and skills and pressure the technologist everywhere are working under to make this work. They need their own wellness portal so we can start doing some risk assessments on what we elected and tie in some pay for performance.
Why pay for performance for Congress? It’s the cat’s meow in healthcare with every doctor and support clinical person out there just tied to these numbers obliviously and so time to turn the tables here and see if the exaggerated numbers work in DC, you think?
I even went so far to do a bit of satire on the fact that we need to be able to do risk assessments on members of Congress and get those algorithms out there that are a bit over rated on fixing us to fix them:) As I call it,"A Congressional Wellness Portal"..
Congress Needs a “Wellness Portal” As Predictive Behavior Analytics And Behavior Modification Is Needed So Consumers Can Start Scoring Congressmen To Create Risk Assessments Along With Adding Pay for Performance Assessments Their Positions….
I’m waiting next for someone to come out with a “bright idea” to further dummy down consumers and make enrolling for insurance a game…(grin) you watch someone will think they can make some money with writing some code and draw folks in but consumers are getting wise and when you see gamification any more, a good rule of thumb here (and I’m not talking about games increasing your hand dexterity gamification) is to ask yourself, would you see someone like Ben Bernanke doing this? I am just following the news with a lot of this and the human brain can still function like an algorithm and see the same patterns (grin).
I do have to say Sebelius is coming around a bit now since the big public expo of ‘Hurry Up Health It” we heard a while back which pissed off tons of people in the tech business and all scratched their heads asking “doesn’t she get this”… other words the time and money and I still see a lack in what’s in the news for seeing value with Health IT folks in what they do and the complexities we have today, a gilded perception. I'll probably get my head chewed off some day but she doesn't stop or stay quiet when she should.
Speed Up Rate of Change in Health IT?–“Short Order Code Kitchen Burned Down a Few Years Ago and There Was No Fire Sale”..IT Infrastructure Chance and Revisions Takes a Lot of ”Code”, “Time” and “ Most Importantly Money”
The exchanges are “Betas” and I said that a while back but contingencies are in place. Look at the stock markets and their data issues..same stuff…complexities and who can write the “winning” code…when do you see Microsoft or Apple not put out a “Beta” before releasing an operating system. Again I am saying here be a little more up front and data knowledgeable as to what’s really happening.
So give the “witch hunt” and political stuff with exchanges a break and appreciate and say thanks for all of those who worked and will continue to work many long hours to get the entire process up to what we want. They deserve the appreciation that “nerds” and “geeks” are almost never given.
If you want some additional education on some of this, visit the Algo Duping page and watch some videos. People smarter than me explain to the layman and again the folks working on these exchanges many long hours and levels of frustration. I know because I had that years ago when I wrote a medical records system..many no sleep nights and little sleep nights as it's hard and complex...so bear with all of the folks working their fannies off in this somewhat thankless job at times.