On Tue, 29 May 2001, Wayne Wilson wrote:
> One issue is providing the software to support collaborative
> development, I have little advice to offer here except to
> try it out and see what works. Evolve or change the
> software if it seems to be a problem
Exactly! We need to put "it" online and then invite the "lumps"
(criticisms) so that we can make it better.
> Another issue is *WHO* exactly is going to be doing the
> collaboration.
Another empirical question, IMHO. If you build it, maybe nobody will come
:-). There is always some risk involved - but minimum since Philippe
already has an ontology and the current OIO Library already provides most
of the infrastructure.
> From which follows how widely accepted the
> results will be. This in not a technology issue and can
> make a shambles of even the slickest technology....
I agree. If at least 2-3 among TkFp, GnuMed?, Odyssee, FreeMed, GEHR,
FreePM, OIO, OpenEMed can agree to give it a try, then others may become
interested. So far, I know Odyssee, FreeMed, TkFp, and OIO have indicated
interest in establishing data interchange/interoperability through Jeff's
EMRi initiative (www.Sourceforge.net). Even if only half of that group
agree to participate in the ontology project, we will still have a good
start.
> My 2 cents are to try involve the professional societies, at
> least here in the US, I don't know about elsewhere. One
> very encouraging sign that health care oriented professional
> societies might have the infra-structure to support such an
> activity is the Hopkin's announcement of Medbiquitous.org.
>
> http://www.medbiq.org/index.html
A good one. Thanks Wayne!
Looks like they are taking the "Standards/Working Groups/Committes"
approach. I think our effort will be very much synergistic with theirs.
They come up with standards, we build and use them.
> This group intends to be the infrastructure collabortive in
> back of the community efforts of the societies themselves.
Sounds good. They don't have code yet so we can help them with that piece.
By the time they decide on a set of standards, we will be ready to support
them. :-)
Comments?
Best regards,
Andrew
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Andrew P. Ho, M.D.
OIO: Open Infrastructure for Outcomes
TxOutcome.Org (hosting OIO Library #1)
Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Psychiatry, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
University of California, Los Angeles
