Oleh, First of all, I think this should probably be on the implementors or the technical list. Both of which I have CC'd.
Second, please be aware that many of the recommendations that you may get regarding *specific* applications will suffer from the same problems you are describing. The short answer to your question is that only an openEHR information model based implementation is designed to allow cross platform and cross implementation data exchange of clinical data stored as an electronic health record. Granted, currently your application choices are limited (ok, really almost non-existent). However, the reality is that if you have the vision to see the light then you will realize that an openEHR implementation is closer to reality than any other offerings being presented. So, you should encourage your developers to study and understand the core concepts of openEHR and work towards compatibility. For a better perspective on my position on openEHR, look (in the next 2-3 days) for my forth coming comments regarding the discussions on the openehr-clinical list about HL7 and openEHR. *DISCLOSURE* I am a member of the openEHR ARB. BUT, I do not currently receive and have no expectation of receiving any financial gain from this position. My position on supporting the openEHR approach is based completely on my belief in the technical architecture and that it will ultimately benefit a global effort towards health care information interchange. Regards, Tim On Tue, 2005-09-20 at 15:28 +0300, Oleh Kachmar InformCenter wrote: > Dear Sirs > > I am new in the filed of EHR. > > I am head of the medical information department of the large clinic in > Ukraine. (www.cerebralpalsyukraine.com) > > We are treating patients with cerebral palsy and children from many > countries of the worlds are coming to us. > > In our work we are using the hospital information system with the > electronic medical records, developed for us by local software > company. This software is rather powerful but it is not possible to > share our information with other medical institutions. > > In our country the electronic health record software is only taking > its first steps. > > In the future we are planing to improve our software to make it > possible to share the medical information with other clinics. > > Please could you suggest us what steps are most important and should > be done first. What are the most common mistakes. > > Thank you in advance for the advice. > > Oleh Kachmar, MD, PhD > -- Tim Cook, Consultant CHASE Health Informatics, Inc. GnuPG Key is available at http://www.chasehealthinformatics.com/Members/twcook -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.openehr.org/mailman/private/openehr-technical_lists.openehr.org/attachments/20050922/41a19890/attachment.asc>
