Patrick Lefebvre wrote: > Hi all, > > About certification mechanisms... a few remarks. > > (1) openEHR (eventually CEN) has to publish a list of "standard > tests". I think of conformant messages in different syntaxes (XML, > Corba, etc). These messages may be part of the openEHR &/or EHRcom > specification.
agree > (1bis) Anyone could do so. People will adopt the good work ;-)) agree > (2) National organisations, Universities, CEN, openEHR, other... > independent or not, profit and non-profit organisations may > certificate "openEHR compliant". Compliant with what ? Only the > public, published specs should be a serious test. correct. But any certification has to be managed by openEHR - other there is no point of trust for the whole process. > (2bis) As for benchmarks, anyone should be able to verify that the > certification results were serious. So anyone has to get the tests. well, they're needed anyway, for any vendor or developer who wants to get certified - obviously they need the "exam questions" to know how to practice;-) > (3) People (Hospitals, Health Care Organisations, etc ) will pay for a > product, but will not accept paying an undefinite fee. Product may be > "certified by Veritas" or "Certified by TNO": the stamp value is/will > be the certifier's reputation. no doubt. Clearly openEHR has to make sure these certification processes are not uneconomic for those getting certified. On the other hand, commercial vendors should expect to pay something - openEHR saves them millions by giving away free specifications... > (4) Such schemes are widely in use in Quality Insurance (ISO 9000 for > example). The test is published and well-known; The tester/certifier > is independent from the vendor/buyer; yep. - thomas - If you have any questions about using this list, please send a message to d.lloyd at openehr.org
