Hi,
Let me tell you some good news. I am in a hallelujah mode, so beware ....
No, but really
I hear from some people that there was a lot of interest in OpenEHR on
IHE Amsterdam. I was not there myself, although it is very close to my
home, the exhibition-floor-only tickets were sold out.
Many people know what OpenEHR is or have heard of it and are interested.
Many people discussing it. There are companies competing or preparing to
compete on the Dutch market in different and in similar health-related
segments.
There is often a tipping point in business. One struggles for years and
suddenly there is a moment that things go easier, the market,
competitors and customers, are taking over part of the marketing effort.
More people have some idea about what OpenEHR is, and that it is a
positive innovative approach.
Not everywhere this brings immediately change, Chipsoft, Epics are still
going very strong and will be a quite few years more with long lasting
contracts.
But on the larger edges of the market, the OpenEHR concept is getting
well known and valued, because, in my experience, of its low cost
flexibility, software development and maintenance and still keeping the
internal semantics in detail well understood (because of the self
documenting archetypes). And now also, because others are using it and
that gives a comfortable feeling.
Bert Verhees
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