> -----Original Message----- > From: Jon Patrick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, 13 February 2006 8:55 AM > To: General Practice Computing Group Talk > Subject: [GPCG_TALK] Putting SNOMED to work > > > I think there may be some misconceptions about the difficulty > of making a > terminology readily available for routine work. Some comments > interspersed > below. ... > Automatic and semi-automatic methods of data capture at the > point of care > should add little if any time cost if the systems are well > designed.
John, This is the proposition that so far has not been demonstrated as economically do-able. No one puts up the money to develop an automatic system and semi-automatic ones have not met the 'little if any time cost' criterion. I look forward to being proved overly negative. I agree with you later statement: "> There is a big opportunity for the development of > home-grown technologies to do this which don't cost a > bomb, and which > can be incorporated in next-generation clinical > information systems or > retro-fitted to existing ones." Go for it! Nigel _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
