this, of course, raises the issue of the certification of the certifiers... i.e., where does the meta-certification-buck stop? In my opinion, certification (that an application, record structure, message, data elements, archetypes, etc. conform to a particular version of "registered" standard) should be undertaken ONLY by the SDO who maintains the standard, or by an agent that is directly certified by the SDO to perform this function in its place.
What certification business models have been contemplated by this group? Incidentally, I see "certification services" being a principle revenue stream for the SDO or "maintenance authority", along with license fees to use and advertise conformance to the standard. Has the group considered specific business plans for the development and maintenance of these EHR standards products? 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: <[email protected]> To: "Patrick Lefebvre" <patrick.lefebvre at psl.ap-hop-paris.fr> Cc: <openehr-technical at openehr.org> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 11:14 AM Subject: Re: certification and verification of OpenEHR > Patrick Lefebvre wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > > --- (...) > > > Been off looking at some operational considerations associated > > > with supporting, maintaining and updating global EHRs. > > > The following types of users were considered: > > > 1)CREATORS > > > 2)REVIEWERS > > > 3)ADMINISTRATORS > > > 4)CERTIFIERS > > > > This idea of certification is not only good for EHRs. > > > > Self-proclaimed openEHR-conformant software sould also be tested by > > general, > > public certification tests, including EHRs & archetypes examples. > > > > Independent organisms should also deliver their stamps, in a scheme like: > > "Veritas has controlled this software to be openEHR-compliant with the > > specifications issued by... (openEHR, CEN, ISO, HL7 ?) ". > > > > > > -- Patrick Lefebvre > > "Ce que j'?cris n'engage que moi, et ce jusqu'? ma prochaine id?e." > > > > - > > If you have any questions about using this list, > > please send a message to d.lloyd at openehr.org > > > Hi All, > > Certification should be identified as well. This should include > information such as: > station, date, time, source, results, requestor. With this information > tracking > can be performed so that actual/potential problems can be isolated. > > -Thomas Clark > > > > > > - > If you have any questions about using this list, > please send a message to d.lloyd at openehr.org - If you have any questions about using this list, please send a message to d.lloyd at openehr.org
