Thanks Will. The MS-word comment was meant to be tongue in cheek. -----Original Message----- From: will ross [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 5:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: CCR and open source
On 14 Dec 2004, at 6:08 PM, David Derauf wrote: > It seems�likely that the Continuity of Care Standards will soon be > adopted and promulgated by a wide array of organizations > (http://www.astm.org/COMMIT/E31_CCRJuly04.ppt) > I am wondering if anyone is aware of open source applications that > could easily�take advantage of these standards for the creation of CCR > documents, particularly for clinics that do not have access to full > blown EHR's? Of course it could be as simple as using an MS-�WORD > template....<: [1] I did not attend TEPR, but I read in the trade press afterwards that 20 or so vendors participated in the CCR demonstration. I don't know if any of them were FOSS efforts. Perhaps someone on this list knows? [2] Since CCR uses XML as a native format, it will be relatively painless formost FOSS solutions to parse. [3] Why use MSWord to open a svelte XML doc like CCR? It can be browser friendly so there's no need to pipe it into such a deep silo. [wr] - - - - - - - - will ross technology project management suite 206 216 west perkins street ukiah, california 95482 [voice] 707.272.7255 [fax] 707.462.5015 - - - - - - - -
