A patent application covering EHRs

2004-11-24 Thread Tim Churches
Andrew Ho wrote: This means writing documentation to fully disclose innovative system features Agree. and filing some patents from time to time may become increasingly important for free software projects. Disagree. I, like many people, believe that Software, algorithmic and business

A patent application covering EHRs

2004-11-24 Thread Tim Churches
Gerard Freriks wrote: Hi, Lets be sensible. A template is nothing but a screen thta can be filled. As far as I know that has been described many times before 2001. Isn't it? Yes, but pointers to papers published prior to 2001 which specifically describe this would be appreciated. Formal

A patent application covering EHRs

2004-11-24 Thread Gerard Freriks
Hi, How serious is it really? Is there anybody with a legal opinion? I only have a laymans opinion about this ridiculous patent. Gerard ps: A few snippets from en CEN/TC251 standard published in 1999. CEN/TC251 ENV 13606: 1. Scope This European Prestandard specifies messages that enable

A patent application covering EHRs

2004-11-24 Thread Tim Churches
Gerard Freriks wrote: Hi, How serious is it really? If the patent is approved, it is potentially serious for anyone wishing to use or sell EHR ssytems which use the features in its claims. They hve only submitted applications in Australia, UK, US and Canada, so other countries would be

A patent application covering EHRs

2004-11-24 Thread Thomas Beale
Tim Churches wrote: Gerard Freriks wrote: Hi, Lets be sensible. A template is nothing but a screen thta can be filled. As far as I know that has been described many times before 2001. Isn't it? Yes, but pointers to papers published prior to 2001 which specifically describe this

A patent application covering EHRs

2004-11-23 Thread Tim Churches
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. These concerns are reported here: http://australianit.news.com.au/common/print/0,7208,11467621%5E15319%5E%5Enb%20v%5E15306,00.html or here: