Alvin B. Marcelo writes:
> >Joseph said:
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> >I'm wondering if there are folks that are interested in exploring the
> >strategic implications of OSS to healthcare? If there is enough interest, I
> >would be happy help facilitate and stimulate discussion.
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> To Joseph: please count me in.
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> To all: I had this nagging idea that kept me up all night this weekend...
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> The idea was a CDROM Linux distribution (much like Redhat, Suse, etc) with
> ready-to-run OSHA apps....so that all the practitioner has to do is plug
> the CD (boot Linux from CD? -- is that possible?), and click on the
> specific OSHA app icon on the desktop, and that's it. Dummy databases will
> be provided for each app so they can immediately see how each app works (no
> need to populate the dbases)...
This is what we have for TeleMed now. A single server accessed by
multiple apps should be possible, since that is what the CORBAmed
interface standards are for. We have demonstrated that with PIDS for
the past two years.
Dave
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> (Aside: What would be most impressive though would be a single database
> being accessed by all the apps...now that's interoperability!).
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> We can come up with versions of the CD every so often and give out copies
> everytime there is a major medinfo event.
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> But I think the plug-and-test capability will be the most important
> component of this thing...(and if it can work as a virtual machine on a Win
> 98/2000 like Vmware...then I think we should seriously consider working
> together to come up with this CDROM)...
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> alvin
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> alvin
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