On Sun, 14 Sep 2003, Thomas Beale wrote: ... > there are projects already happening - one under consideration is an > Australian government funded one which could lead to a national EHR > infrastructure
Thomas, Would you tell us more about this Australian government-funded project? In particular, is it going to be free? When is it expected to go to production? > - so I don't think nothing at all will happen, but overall I agree - the > OS community is very important. The timetable (see > http://www.openehr.org/active.htm) is this: we want to get a 0.9 release > out the door in the next 8 weeks. Is the 0.9 version of openEHR adequate for ensuring portable medical records? Is the Australian government-funded implementation (that you mentioned above) based on openEHR 0.9? > I am presently in Europe to push this along. The 0.9 release will be > solid enough for widespread implementation What do you mean by "solid enough"? I think the most important feature is whether 0.9 is sufficient to ensure portability. Whether or not it is sufficiently descriptive is another question - which is not as critical - as long as you can help us understand what the limitations are. ... > Another thing which has to be done is that the DSTC will (I hope!) > contribute an XML implementation spec to help people use openEHR in XML, > schema etc. DSTC makes proprietary, Windows-based, buggy :-) versions of openEHR archetype editor etc. Why should we count on them to give us a stable, XML-based openEHR interface? Has DSTC changed their business model recently? ... > >>to prevent corporations from using the vendor-lock-in strategy to > >>segment the market. > > > >Yes, that is sure to happen. Even before any standard is finalized, > >proprietary "enhancements" are typically planned or even ready-to-ship. > > > the way to do this is with pay-for compliance - you pay a bit and some > testing is done on the product, then you get the right to use the > "openEHR 1.0-compliant" sticker... Do you plan to offer free testing and certification for free software products? ... > writing code right now. If you are interested in doing this, I suggest > the openEHR demographic model is a god place to start experimenting. ok, thanks! Best regards, Andrew --- Andrew P. Ho, M.D. OIO: Open Infrastructure for Outcomes www.TxOutcome.Org
