Andrew, Will Argus have to become a web services server as well then? That would keep both e-mail and web services using the same backend into the practice and provide a GPL'ed web services system.
Nigel > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew N. Shrosbree [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, 7 March 2006 9:46 AM > To: General Practice Computing Group Talk > Cc: Peter MacIsaac > Subject: Re: [GPCG_TALK] Australia Web Services > > > David, Peter > > This is one of my primary concerns regarding a shift to webservices. > When ArgusConnect put your question to NEHTA, the response > was that both > GPs and specialists would be expected to host webservices in their > practice. > In other words, deployment and maintenance of a web server > will have to > be done for every single practice that wants to embrace electronic > messaging under this model. > > The precise timeframe was somewhere between 'sometime' and > 'eventually'. > > Let me make it clear: we support webservices. The > implementation details > just need a a reality check. > > > > David Guest wrote: > > >I am trying to get my head around all this webservices stuff and I > >guess all will be revealed at the workshop. However, I am still not > >clear how webservices will allow specialist A to get his > letter to GP B > >using it. It seems to me that GP B needs a webservices > interface that > >will accept data based on certain criteria. Since GPs are not a very > >technologically advanced group they are unlikely to be running their > >own interface. If others run a proxy interface for them, is > there much > >advantage in this over plain old email? > > > >Also who is charged with creating the medical webservices interface > >standard? Is that NEHTA? Is there a timeframe? > > > >David > > > > > -- > Andrew N. Shrosbree B.Sc, B.Ec > Technical Director > ArgusConnect Pty Ltd > http://www.argusconnect.com.au > Suite 4, Greenhill Centre, Mt Helen > Victoria, Australia > Tel: +61 (0)3 5335 2214 > Mob: +61 (0)415 645 291 > Skype: andrewshroz > > > _______________________________________________ > Gpcg_talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk > _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
