Hi,
Just thought I'd pipe in here as I met these guys in Toronto a couple
months ago for a job interview.
From what I gathered ...
- they seem very much tied with Sun on their efforts -- new research
centre co-funded by Sun
- OACIS runs on Unix platform, includes Clinical Data Repository (CDR)
with Identify Manager (i.e. Regional system) plus HL7 integration
- they have a couple of "departmental" applications too -- care
management -- or something like that
- I asked about open source ... they said definitely not ... maybe they
use open source internally in some ways though???
- seems like a very professional organization that is expanding quickly
with their new deals in Ontario
- the South Australia connection that was mentioned below all sounds
about right
FYI, I didn't get that job.
Regards,
Mike Donnelly
Tim Churches wrote:
Tim Churches wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Do any of you know anything about Oacis (Open Architecture Clinical
Information System) by DINMAR, a Sun Microsystems technology partner?
Do you mean OACIS in South Australia? See
http://www.health.sa.gov.au/oacisprogramme/DesktopDefault.aspx
If so, I been to a few talks given by the people who run it. It seems to
be one of the more successful population-based clinical data warehousing
initiatives, mainly because they didn't have too much money for the
implementation and thus the entire thing by necessity is relatively
simple in its design and execution, and hence it actually works. It also
helps that South Australia has only about 1 million population, mostly
in one large population centre (Adelaide), with the rest in the southern
eastern corner of the state.
Seems that you do mean that OACIS. I was under the (false) impression
that Oacis in South Australia was home-grown technology, but it seems
that it is not. Or did teh South Australian govt pay for DIMAR to
development of the technology but tehn allowed them to reatin copyright
on it? Anyway, its not open source.
Tim C
