My thought is that it might be done, but I work on open source projects whenever possible and if there is another way to do this that is open source, that is what I would like to see done.
What Kevin is working on might ultimately be of value to the VA so when the VA updates the National Drug File, it could attempt to keep it in line with the FDA and make everything easier for everyone. The VA National Drug file has been chosen as a standard already, so I suspect the releases of it will come more frequently and more openly so that all of this will get easier. If someone wants to make a business out of using First Databank, more power to them. I talked to someone who used that for development and had a one year price tag of $30,000 for that privilege. I do not know how many developers were on the project, so that probably is not generalizable. On Monday 27 March 2006 09:10, Marc Krawitz wrote: Would the following be feasible - wipe the VA product file clean and start from scratch. Then use a 3rd party database like First Databank or Thomson micromedex to populate everything including interactions. This would avoid the matching problem that Kevin is running into. The same data source could be used to provide updates as well. I have no idea how difficult this would be or the cost of these databases. Thoughts on this? --Marc -- Nancy Anthracite ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
