What would be interesting to see is a demonstration of standards being implemented by FOSS health applications to be showcased at KL.
Proprietary systems (not all), by their nature, will always try to one-up a standard (that is, implementing it but offering a value-added feature that is proprietary -- a technique to keep the clients in). FOSS health applications (perhaps through OSHCA) can demonstrate that by sticking to the standard (and nothing more), they can actually inter-operate with other FOSS health applications. Immediately, by adhering to the standard, FOSS health applications demontrate the benefits of openness even if it is just at the interface level... alvin --- Christian Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Klaus, > > > I would do an overview of the the available interoperability standards (HL7 > > V2.x, V3, CDA, etc.) and outline their proliferation in healthcare systems > > around the world. > > > > I will also look for speakers for terminology and other standards used. > > thanks for this. > > To All Readers, > > I'd like to reiterate my call for presentations for the OSHCA conference. > I also ask those developers who are not able to carry the travel costs. > We cannot promise any funding, but will try whatever is possible. > I especially would like to see representatives of: > - Debian-Med (Andreas Tille?) > - GNUmed (Karsten? or somebody from Australia = closer to Malaysia) > - OSCAR (David Chan?) > - VistA (Bhaskar?) > ... and of course any other projects which I forgot here. > > You may post your presentation offers to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > or discuss any open issues, doubts or problems you may have > here on this list. > > Thanks, > Christian >
