Posted on behalf of David Chan...
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> Subject: Re: state of family practice EMRs {was ranting]
> Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 13:54:57 +0000
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> > > > OSCAR (http://67.69.12.117/)
> > ...
> > > Lets say it is suitable for 50%, and could cross the border with
> > some hard
> > > work to adapt it, taking the HIPAA and claim elements from another
> > project
> > > which is in mid-develoipment and coming along, and from TKFP, in a
> > year or
> > > so and end up suitable for say 25%...
> >
> > I would say currently 60%, and in a year, 85%. Maybe David could
> > comment?
> >
> > > The support arrangements of either or both system would need
> > constructing,
> >
> > Strange you say that. Have you looked over OSCAR's extensive support
> > and
> > training offerings?
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Andrew
> I am not sure how to arrive at a % - what's the numerator and
> denominator? We are learning along the way (in our own low profile
> Canadian sort of way) of promoting OSCAR - for Open Source software
> sake since we don't really have a business (for profit) objective. Our
> current effort has been in promoting OSCAR as a viable alternative in
> the Primary Care Reform happening in British Columbia. We are making
> good progress. We have a presence at the vendor show (one of seven
> chosen by the provincial government) and attracted quite a bit of
> interest. We had previously done some ground work there by working
> along side a rural practice and training a small new-start company. We
> obtained funding from different projects to taylor our software for
> that province (e.g. billing). I will have more to report in maybe 3-4
> months as to how many of the practices have in fact chosen OSCAR. I
> expect at least two. Out of this effort we have at least promise of
> money to modify our prescription module (oscarRx) to use drugref
> (http://drugref.org) instead of First Data Bank and make it totally
> Open Source. As a matter of fact, we have the honor of having Horst
> staying with us this week to whip us into shape!! We are also running
> our first OSCAR Workshop in Vancouver (http://oscarhome.org) in
> November and have room for a 100! Anyone interested in coming to
> beautiful Vancouver?
>
> We do get a lot of email expressing interests in OSCAR from around the
> world - including US. Nothing concrete has come out of any of these
> except we now have 8 Brazillian programmmers on our CVS team! I don't
> think we are capable of extending our reach beyond the Canadian border
> for the time being. Our help to the US folks are mostly moral support.
> Unless we start seeing specific practices willing to take the plunge,
> there will be no US billing module. We'll need US businesses to do the
> driving...
>
> I hope my little commentary doesn't sound too braggy. All the best to
> you all,
> David
>
> David H Chan, MD, CCFP, MSc, FCFP
> Associate Professor
> Department of Family Medicine
> McMaster University
> http://oscarhome.org
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