Greg Twyford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Tim Churches wrote: > > Yes, yes, fine, OK, whatever, but the political point that I am trying > to make is that building a capable and very sound open-source primary > care EMR for Australia is *not* a few afternoons work, not even for > Horst, but *nor* is it a $100 million exercise. It is, instead, about 8 > to 10 person-years effort by half a dozen smart people working full-time > on the project over the course of 12-18 months of calendar time, at a > total cost of $1.5 to $2 million. I can think of no more cost-effective > investment to improve of our nation's health than that, because it would > save hundreds of millions by simplifying the creation of shared EHRs and > other initiatives, and it would provide an open platform for a whole > range of decision-support, quality assurance and public health program > plug-ins. And much more. > > > > Tim C > > Tim, > > Maybe you should suggest this to Ian Reinecke. > > All their lovely standards could be incorporated as the development goes > on. > > Greg
Yes, standards tend to be a lot better if you try them out in practice first. Tim C _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
