Horst Herb a écrit :
>
> > I meant that Doctors - and Doctoresses ;-) - program many little tools
> > (drawing curves, giving risk evaluation using Framingham equations, and so
> > on). In France, a contest was recently organised to elect the best of it !
> >
> > But as these tools are autonomous, and then launched outside patient
> record
> > software, they need re-enterering lots of datas to work. The straitforward
> > effect of that is that they remain gadgets.
> >
> > If people took time to developp it, it is because they needed that
> function.
> > That is the reason why I think a good medical record must be able to act
> as
> > a Middleware ; it is a genuine *plus* for open source approach.
>
> I am a strong believer in small autonomous *pipeable* tools - that is what
> makes UNIXes rock. With XML etc. we have the possibility of formalizing a
> piping protocol. That way, all the language discussion is futile, software
> becomes more robust (it is much easier to test & debug small tools than
> large monolithic applications).
>
> However, this is difficult to achieve in a GUI world.
>
> Horst
Have a look at the DocScope vision statement
http://openhealth.com/docscope/
Many of the ideas discussed recently on this list are also contained in
that document from one year ago. Standardized XML records,
Document/arch types, scripting to make it so that a broader group can
"program" the application. The technical approach is to adapt web
browsers (either HTML controls or Mozilla itself) to be the front end,
thus solving the "GUI world" problem that Horst Identifies.
We have been invited by a funding agency to submit a specific proposal
to evaluate it's clinical effectiveness.
We are currently looking for partners with the following
characteristics:
1) Research organizations in primary care informatics preferably with an
attached care delivery (ie: practice) organization.
2) Research organizations in evidence based medecine and informatics
evaluation.
3) Regional care networks with a primary care mission component.
4) Wireless / handheld and portable medical device manufacturers and/or
service providers
5) Home care organizations
6) Individuals and companies with ENV13606 standards experience.
Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] if
you are interested.
-Brian
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Brian Bray
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