Well there is a proliferation of "standards" in this arena and the WebServices effort is adding to this proliferation. I think the one positive note I see is that at least a portion of IBM is working on standards at a higher level. It would be nice to see the technical underpinnings of the IHII and the nature of its open source.
Dave ivhalpc wrote: > Good point. Where IBM and all other efforts fail is these little > feifdoms controlled by shrew proprietary companies and skittish locals > who are afraid of 'voiding the support contract' with said companies > to get data out of local systems. The inevitable answer becomes: $15K > and minimum 90 days for data feed for one site. > > The whole proprietary system sucks because it crushes most > interoperability efforts by creating local mini-monopolies in which > local technical support, local legal, local leadership, proprietary > company technical support, proprietary company legal, proprietary > company sales, proprietary company leadership can either delay or > cripple any and all interoperability efforts by just saying no. In > effect, it takes a local Act of Congress to get these things done for > just one medical setting regardless of the technical feasibility or > not. I don't see how IBM or anyone else can deal with this. > > I wonder how this is all going to end and I fear it will end badly as > in Nationalized medicine in the US when costs continue to climb out of > control because of this kind of insanity. > > -- Ignacio H. Valdes, MD, MS > -- Editor: Linux Medical News > -- http://www.linuxmednews.com > > --- In [email protected], David Forslund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > IBM is part of one of the ONCHIT "winners". Also IBM is > participating in > > the HSSP effort. Sounds like normal operations for IBM. > > I've not found a technical reference to the IHII yet, although the > > ONCHIT required at least some of the response to be open source. > > > > Dave Forslund > > Nandalal Gunaratne wrote: > > > This is another interesting paragraph > > > > > > "A statement from IBM said the company will engage with industry > > > leaders. But it did not mention whether it will coordinate efforts > > > with the so-called Interoperability Consortium—a group of large IT > > > vendors including IBM, Cisco Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Oracle > > > Corp.—who banded together to call for open standards to be used in > any > > > national health information network." > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get to your groups with one click. Know instantly when new email arrives http://us.click.yahoo.com/.7bhrC/MGxNAA/yQLSAA/W4wwlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openhealth/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
