I take the view if the Pharmacy Guild was getting in the Government's way on this...they would get squashed legally...take it from me if they disagree with you, you get to know about it big time!
David, It is true that the guild would be unlikely to take on the government in a patent fight. From memory, at the time they insisted that they were not interested in asserting the rights against any government program. But I'd be more concerned about the negative effects it might have on independant software companies - for instance, what about if Medical Objects wanted to extend their program to allow shared medical records (say some limited shared info for Team Care arrangments with messages going back and forth between the providers).. might they fall within the sights of the guilds crappy patent? Is it fair on them to have to put the money up to show how invalid the patent is? I still think the way forward with electronic health stuff is going to come from small companies doing innovative things ala Argus, MO etc (rather than any blessed government program like HealthConnect) and its they who have the most to fear from a fight with the guild. It would be nice for the guild to state what their intentions are with the patent. Andrew _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
