Re: [openhealth] Re: OSHCA Membership question

2006-04-23 Thread Tim Churches
David Forslund wrote: I don't see that your answer has much to do with my question. It isn't about where we have been but where we are going and why. I don't doubt the need for an international forum but what will be the constraints on participation? If you are a member of OSHCA, you can

Re: [openhealth] OSHCA inaugural meeting - important announcement

2006-04-23 Thread Molly Cheah
Will Ross wrote: Molly, I'm sorry for failing to review the OSHCA 2.0 release document sooner in the quickly moving process that is underway. Let's just replace all of my suggestions with the single observation that the Protem Committee has assigned itself tremendous authority and is

[openhealth] Re: OSHCA Membership question

2006-04-23 Thread o372primarykey
--- In openhealth@yahoogroups.com, David Forslund [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This would be worthwhile. Interoperability is far broader than open source, but FOSS could set the kind of example that is required. This may (must?) involve working with those not involved in open source but who

Re: [openhealth] Re: OSHCA Membership question

2006-04-23 Thread Thomas Beale
I have to agree with Dave here - I see it as problematic if OSHCA doesn't see interoperability as a key issue. FOSS just gets you applications and components. Interoperable FOSS gets you integrated, componentised systems and environments. This is where the cost advantage of FOSS will be

Re: [openhealth] Re: OSHCA Membership question

2006-04-23 Thread Joseph Dal Molin
I do too. so let's all work to make it a key area of focus for OSHCA. Joseph Thomas Beale wrote: I have to agree with Dave here - I see it as problematic if OSHCA doesn't see interoperability as a key issue. FOSS just gets you applications and components. Interoperable FOSS gets you

Re: [openhealth] Areas for cooperation and collaboration for OpenHealth

2006-04-23 Thread Thomas Beale
Tim.Churches wrote: Sure, no argument there - the abstractions are potentially useful. However, for a project like, say, CHITS (which is where this thread started), considerable extra work involving considerable expertise is required to convert the OMG HDTF specs from IDL form into

Re: [openhealth] Re: OSHCA Membership question

2006-04-23 Thread Joseph Dal Molin
James, Good ideaas far as VistA-Office is concerned we will be shortly be working through the CCHIT/ONCHIT EHR criteria which includes interoperabilityonce we have done that we will gladly contribute/link to a common reference page. Joseph James Busser wrote: On Apr 23, 2006,

Re: [openhealth] Re: OSHCA Membership question

2006-04-23 Thread Tim Churches
Thomas Beale wrote: Tim Churches wrote: Thomas Beale wrote: I have to agree with Dave here - I see it as problematic if OSHCA doesn't see interoperability as a key issue. FOSS just gets you applications and components. Interoperable FOSS gets you integrated, componentised systems

Re: [openhealth] Re: OSHCA Membership question

2006-04-23 Thread Karsten Hilbert
On Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 07:35:47AM +1000, Tim Churches wrote: I can't think of a single health-related FOSS project that has written its own operating system, or its own database management system TkFP scores on the latter or its own programming language and associated libraries The

[openhealth] New file uploaded to openhealth

2006-04-23 Thread openhealth
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the openhealth group. File : /oshca_inaugural-meeting_notice.sxw Uploaded by : drcheah2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Description : Notice of OSHCA Inaugural Meeting on 25th April 2006

Re: [openhealth] OSHCA inaugural meeting - important announcement

2006-04-23 Thread John L. Forman
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