Hi Tim, Do you actually think the spec exists as other than a Word document that has been converted to a .pdf?
Remember there are all these other Clinical Information Documents we have yet to see in any source form..I wonder? Thanks for raising the issue. Cheers David ---- Dr David G More MB, PhD, FACHI Phone +61-2-9438-2851 Fax +61-2-9906-7038 Skype Username : davidgmore E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] HealthIT Blog - www.aushealthit.blogspot.com On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 12:02:46 +1100, Tim Churches wrote: > David More wrote: >> All, >> >> NEHTA have just released the General Practitioner and Specialist/Critical >> Care Referral Data Content Specifications v1.0. Its a small document of some >> almost 500 pages. >> >> You can find it here. >> >> https://www.nehta.gov.au/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=176&Itemid=139 >> >> I am curious to know from the technical experts among this group. >> >> 1. Just how practical, implementable and workable is this specification? >> >> 2. How likely is it that any system developer will implement it in the >> forseeable future? >> >> 3. Do people think this project is adding anything that will make a >> difference to health service quality and safety anytime soon? >> > > Dear Dr Eric Browne at NEHTA, > > Please provide the substantive contents of your document (that is, the > list of data items and all their attributes, relationships etc) in a > machine-parsable format (eg a comma-separated value file or files) so > that we may slice, dice and manipulate the information in a way that > allows us to digest it and otherwise get some handle on it. You will > appreciate that the number of people who are able to get their head > around a 500 page text document, without the use of other tools, is very > small. We are not dummies, but nevertheless the rest of us need to use > computerised tools to help us understand the contents of your document, and > for that we need computer-parsable data files, not just a PDF > designed to be printed and then read by (some very unusual kind of) a human. > > Tim Churches > > __________ NOD32 2085 (20070228) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com
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