Quoting Les Ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I know several of you strongly desire open standards and data > import/export capabilities, but does anybody actually know of a standard > for sharing patient records between PMS systems? > > My preference is for an XML schema, rather than HL7. I also need > something modern that other vendors may incorporate, or already use. > > Any recommendations for a EHR standard, local or otherwise, that is > likely to be implemented by Australasian PMS vendors? It appears there is none, other than HL7. I'd encourage you to consider defining one yourselves, this would become the standard.
In the short term the commerical benefit is zero (as it would be even if there were a standard): the main use of the feature would be to make it easier for practices to move from MedTech to another product. However in the long term, as the market matures, it's a plus: users and potential users of MedTech can feel more confident knowing they can preserve their data. Think hard about XML, please try to look beyond buzzword value. There are alternatives which could be programmatically easier, such as YAML (www.yaml.org). Consider relasing the basic (i.e non-MedTech-specific) parts of code under a liberal licence (such as the BSD licence, http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php) for the purely pragmatic reason that it will make it easier (and so more likely) for other vendors to implement. Ian Haywood _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
