Thus the patent you describe would make the RAD OMG specification a violation of your patent, since it provides a mechanism to specifically what you say plus a lot more? Note that the RFP for this was issued in February, 1998: http://www.omg.org/cgi-bin/doc?corbamed/98-02-23. The result is a specific way to provide the capability you describe in your patent in a scalable, implementable way over a distributed network.
Dave > ------------Original Message------------ > From: Andrew Ho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "OpenHealth List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, Nov-23-2004 12:54 PM > Subject: Re: A patent application covering EHRs > > On Tue, 23 Nov 2004, Daniel L. Johnson wrote: > > > On Mon, 2004-11-22 at 20:29, Tim Churches wrote: > > > There is some concern here in Australia over a patent application > lodged > > > by the Pharmacy Guild of Australia over some rather generic > features of > > > EHRs. > > > > More prior art... > > > > Dr. Thomas Payne used WAN technology to distribute his own EHR > between > > his clinic, hospital, and local nursing home in 1990, using a > DOS-based > > system. > > > > And, of course, there's the Logician Internet software that > maintained a > > central data repository and served practices over the net, circa > > 1996-98. > > Dan, > But do these prior systems provide the follwing set of functions? > > "comprising the steps of : the consumer causing personal health data to > be > stored in a secure repository, said repository requiring authentication > of > the consumer's identity before the consumer is provided access to the > repository; the consumer selecting items of personal health data to > share > and identifying a health care provider, or class of health care > providers, > to whom access will be provided for those items of personal health > data; > a health care provider providing authentication of their identity to > the > consumer's secure repository and being provided access to those items > of > personal health data of the consumer for which the health care provider > has been identified for sharing; the health care provider using the > personal health data of the consumer to determine health care advice or > the provision of a health care service for the consumer; and the health > care provider recording details of the consultation and the advice or > service provided to the consumer in the secure repository of health > data > of the consumer." > Quoted from Claim 1 of > http://v3.espacenet.com/textclam?CY=ep&LG=en&F=4&IDX=WO02073456&DB=EPODOC&QPN=WO02073456 > > Prior art that do not "read on" the claims of the patent are not > relevant > to this discusssion. Specifically, subset implementation does not > infringe a patent. This means if we build software that does not do all > the steps spelled out above, it does not infringe. > > Best regards, > > Andrew > --- > Andrew P. Ho, M.D. > OIO: Open Infrastructure for Outcomes > www.TxOutcome.Org > >
