Daydreaming......
A hard-to-please aussie GP is disillusioned with the available EHR
software choices.
He/she is not so worried about its cost, or even its functionality but
more about its closed architecture and the fact that half of the
programming effort seems to be dedicated to locking in users rather than
fixing bugs or creating creating an extensible platform.
The GP finds himself in a position to provide some seed funding for an
effort towards a more open alternative. Lets say $10,000 for arguments sake.
Concerned about the fate of such efforts in the past he seeks advice
about a suitable development pathway from his I.T. literate friends.
As a conversation starter our GP explains that he had the following in
mind when he conceived the idea:
(1) that before proceeding to step two he wanted pledges of an
additional $40,000 from others of similar vision
(2) that a legal entity be set up in a suitable way to protect the
interests of the donors, but that the entity be not for profit from the
outset.
(3) that the directorate of this entity will comprise at least one of
each of the following: a practicing GP with demonstrated IT knowledge,
an invited medical-IT consultant, a representative of ADGP , a
representative of ACRRM, a representative of RACGP.
(4) that 12 months should pass until Step 5, during which time extensive
consultation will occur Australia wide involving any GPs who wishes to
make a submissions, and invited input from a wide range of groups
including pharmacy, allied health and other professional organizations.
Further donations will be solicited from individuals and organizations
during this phase
(5) that a detailed specification list and a proposed roadmap be
developed and costed over the ensuing 6 months with the assistance of
suitably qualified professional software project leader (paid).
At this point we have a grand plan and hopefully the interest of some of
the target audience. Decisions to be made now include
Does the project proceed?
What licence model?
Target platform(s)?
Does the project develop an entire application or just the core
components with a suitable licence to encourage others to add pieces to it?
Core components, programming language and technologies.
Develop in Australia or India?
How to make the project sustainable?
Our GP does not anticipate that any actual coding will be done by
donors, the only acceptable donations will be dollars or time in
developing the social network around the project. As deliverables appear
there will be the opportunity for secondary use by those wishing to
develop, fork or otherwise use the available code.
All input welcome.
Tony Eviston
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