> -----Original Message----- > I doubt that Google is interested in providing EHR/EMR > systems targeted at doctors. Google is interested in > consumers, the 1.1 billion people worldwide (a sixth of the > world's population, and rising) with Internet connections. > They'll provide an API so that physician-oriented information > systems can exchange data with Google Health, but their aim > won't be to replace clinical information systems - such > systems are far too specialised and niche and Google isn't > interested in specialised niches, I think. > > On a related subject, Google recently released, as > open-source, a first version of their "Google Gears" > framework, which makes it easier to develop Web-based > applications which work online *and* offline, quite > transparently. The applications don't have to use any Google > infrastructure, though - they have just provided a software > toolkit for application construction. > > <snip/> > > So how about CARDIAB data managed online and offline via a > Google Gears application? Anyone interested in applying for a > collaborative ARC grant to undertake such a project should > contact me to discuss. > > Tim C > --------------------
Seems like everyone is releasing tools to compete alongside the new paradigm of on- and offline apps. Note that Adobe has recently released a new version of Flex (Flex 3 Beta) for the development of Flash applications within a proper IDE (not Flash 8) and very much addressing previous constraints of Actionscript and its OO model. On top of this is the ability to now use their AIR/Apollo runtime to enable the distribution of Flex applications onto the desktop. The space is certainly heating up with each competing with RoR, Google API and other incantations of AJAX/Rich Internet Applications. Good times! Interesting proposition Tim re CARDIAB, wonder about the model that would be used in respect to the EHR extract? Andre. PLEASE NOTE: The information contained in this e-mail may be confidential. It is intended solely for the addressee. If you receive this e-mail by mistake please notify us ASAP, and then delete this email (and any attachments). We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. Any views expressed in this message are solely those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of the Adelaide Western General Practice Network. _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
