Ed, I agree with you. Today I had an discussion with Diane Ashman on this topic. She is very willing to think along those lines. But we all must move with caution, think of the many consequences and find the proper balance.
Gerard -- <private> -- Gerard Freriks, arts Huigsloterdijk 378 2158 LR Buitenkaag The Netherlands +31 252 544896 +31 654 792800 > From: William E Hammond <hammo001 at mc.duke.edu> > Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 09:03:42 -0400 > To: Gerard Freriks <gfrer at luna.nl> > Cc: Mark Shafarman <mark.shafarman at oracle.com>, Gunnar Klein > <gunnar at klein.se>, Nan Besseler <Nan.besseler at nen.nl>, Magnus Fogelberg > <magnus.fogelberg at vgregion.se>, P Zanstra <p.zanstra at mi.umcn.nl>, > <openehr-technical at openehr.org>, "Shah, Hemant" <HShah at coh.org>, Eline > Loomans > <Eline.loomans at nen.nl> > Subject: Re: Open Source EHR at the Americal Academy of Family Physicians ... > > > I agree with Gerard that we need to be careful. However, that does not > mean that we go to the lowest denominator. IF we think SNOMED is the best > solution, then we need to spend our time and energy on finding how to make > SNOMED available to the rest of the world. We have a debate in our school > system in Durham. The poorer kids do not have access to the Internet and > to laptops. The debate is whether to prohibit the use of computers and > Internet for school work or to try to find methods that will provider > laptops and Internet access to the poorer kids. I think the answer is > simple. > > However, I do think it is important to make sure that SNOMED is the answer > and will be acceptable before we move aggressively. > > Ed Hammond - If you have any questions about using this list, please send a message to d.lloyd at openehr.org
