Re: [openhealth] Resurrecting OSHCA - updates so far....

2006-01-20 Thread Dr Molly Cheah
Hi Nandalal, Thanks for your suggestions for the Vision Mission statements. Let me put the 2 vision statements together here and discuss the change in focus in the vision: Free and Open Source Health Care Software will provide a better worldwide collaborative environment for developing a

Re: [openhealth] Resurrecting OSHCA - updates so far....

2006-01-19 Thread Nandalal Gunaratne
Dr Molly Cheah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Molly, I have made some changes/suggestions to your excellent draft. But is the mission statement too long? I think about 5-7 points would suffice. Nandalal Hi everyone, I've tried to put together views expresed so far, but runs into

Re: [openhealth] Resurrecting OSHCA - updates so far....

2006-01-18 Thread Mark Spohr
Thank you, Molly for putting this together. I think we should also add support for open data standards. Proprietary data standards are a barrier to FOSS and to information sharing. Massachusetts has recently mandated open document standards for state documents and this will boost FOSS. I