Hi Sam, > > BW: This is a really interesting problem space to me. I've been studying > > HIPAA (the Health care Information Portability and Accountability Act) and > > have become fascinated with the discussion over how best to balance the > > needs of the various parties involved in the provision and payment of > > healthcare services so as to improve the quality and decrease the cost of > > health care here in the U.S.. Talk about a non-trivial problem! > > Interestingly, it looks to me like all the nonsense can be traced back to > > the health record and some fundamental questions about who owns it, who > > controls access to it, etc. Thanks again for sharing. Hope to hear from > > you soon. > > SH: I agree - it is fascinating. Can I point you to our (original work on > > this - quite philosophical) which I wrote with Len Doyal - a professor of > > medical ethics in London. http://www.chime.ucl.ac.uk/work-areas/ehrs/GEHR/Deliverables.htm#D8 I hate to ask this, but is there one deliverable you could point me to that contains the philosophical stuff? I'm up to my eyeballs right now and I can see there's a whole bunch of good stuff at the Chime site on GEHR that I'll have to get to asap.
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