Tim, Data mining and ad hoc queries does not sound out of scope to me. Sounds like a primary use for the EHR-data.
Christopher J. Feahr, O.D. Optiserv Consulting (Vision Industry) Office: (707) 579-4984 Cell: (707) 529-2268 http://Optiserv.com http://VisionDataStandard.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Churches" <tc...@optushome.com.au> To: "Thomas Beale" <thomas at deepthought.com.au> Cc: <openehr-technical at openehr.org> Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 3:23 PM Subject: Re: versioned parties (was Re: certification and verification ofOpenEHR) Alas, the nature of discovery dictates that that one does not always (in fact, rarely) know what questions need to be answered (which statistica) in advance. But making ad hoc queries against massive data warehouses efficient is outside the scope of this list (but of considerable interest to future epidemiologists). Tim C - If you have any questions about using this list, please send a message to d.lloyd at openehr.org