Hi vague folks, I feel bad not being available for the St.Patrick's day meeting. Paul said it right about my ADD. I seem to have jumped off my responsibilities, for this trading career. My SO is also unhappy with this, leaving her alone, like she says, this is some kind of post menopausal crisis ( mine, not hers !) , may be feb cabin fever,....... I have always been crazy like this, better than, drugs or drinking :-)
Any way, I do agree with Rion that came by a few minutes ago. It is not as depressing as it was some time back, with respect to FOSS for EMR, the big stimulus, etc. etc. There are some actions brewing with respect to CCHIT certification - see below, that came by on another list I am on. We need some political action in Vermont, needing to steer VITL in this direction. There are no technical hurdle that the FOSS community can't overcome. I leave you with that thought. Don't forget to wear green for the meeting. Happy St.Patrick's day from an Irishman from India :-) - balu raman ============================================== I agree, you have my full support on this effort. Perhaps a sourceforge project could be used to collect donations to help fund this initiative. If we can save the 25,000+ annual fees it would be a worthwhile investment. Greg -- Gregory Caulton Principal at PatientOS Inc. personal email: [email protected] http://www.patientos.com corporate: (888)-NBR-1EMR || fax 857.241.3022 On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 7:13 PM, Shams Islam <[email protected]> wrote: > CCHIT is a threat to small vendors as well as Open source. > I do not have 35K needed to certify application that I spent two years > developing. It's a conscious effort by these big vendors to keep small guys > out of competition. > Love to hear what you find in the Meeting. > Shams > > --- On Sat, 3/14/09, Neil Cowles > <[email protected]<neil.cowles%40tolvenhealth.com>> > wrote: > > From: Neil Cowles > <[email protected]<neil.cowles%40tolvenhealth.com> > > > Subject: [openhealth] RE: CCHIT meeting FOSS at HIMSS > To: > [email protected]<open-ehealth-collaborative%40googlegroups.com>, > [email protected] <openhealth%40yahoogroups.com>, "'Hardhats'" < > [email protected] <hardhats%40googlegroups.com>>, "'Mark Leavitt'" > <[email protected] <mleavitt%40cchit.org>>, "'Dennis Wilson'" < > [email protected] <dwilson%40cchit.org>> > Date: Saturday, March 14, 2009, 3:44 PM > > > Fred, > > I will be attending the meeting with CCHIT in person on April 6, 2009 at > HIMSS. > > Neil Cowles > Tolven > www.tolven.org > > -----Original Message----- > From: open-ehealth- collaborative@ googlegroups. com > [mailto:open-ehealth- collaborative@ googlegroups. com] On Behalf Of fred > trotter > Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 11:45 AM > To: openhea...@yahoogro ups.com; open-ehealth- collaborat...@googlegroups. > com; > Hardhats; Mark Leavitt; Dennis Wilson > Subject: CCHIT meeting FOSS at HIMSS > > Hello, > Recently, I was asked by several community members to > begin 'activating' the community at large against certain threats to > FOSS in healthcare. Dr. Valdes and I have been planning on doing this > for years, and, in our own ways, have both begun to attempt to make > the public aware of the issues that our community (FOSS Health IT) > faces. Dr. Valdes has been publishing several articles on the subject > at http://linuxmednews .com, which have meet with considerable success. > Including slashdotting: > http://science. slashdot. org/article. pl?sid=09/ 03/10/2055229 > > While Ignacio has been taking a hard-line Free Software > approach, I have been (in a twist for me) taking an 'Open Source' > approach. The people who approached me at DOHCS were unanimous in > their belief that what FOSS needed from the government was merely a > level playing field, so that we could compete, and win, on our own > merits. > > The largest single threat to the future of FOSS in > healthcare in the US is the certification process mandated by the > stimulus act. The language provides funding for -certified- EHR > systems and eventually penalties for not using -certified- EHR > systems. > > The best established certification body is CCHIT. They have > not been named as the certification body, but they are likely lobbying > for that role. However, CCHIT has had an anti-open source stance for > years. For years, I and other activists in the community have chosen > to largely ignore this bias. Simply because CCHIT was an optional > certification. Now, things have changed. It is possible that the > government will mandating a certification program that is either CCHIT > or similarly unfriendly to FOSS. > > Recently I submitted my complaints to Dennis Wilson > (associated with both FOSS Laika and employed by CCHIT) who put me in > touch with Mark Leavitt. As a main result of that discussion, Mark has > agreed to have a meeting with the community-at- large about this issue > at HIMSS (please see the forwarded message from the CCHIT e-newsletter > below). > > Granted, this is like offering to meet with the Rebel > Alliance at the annual Death Star conference. However, Mark has also > agreed to provide some kind of remote access capability for those of > us who cannot afford the time, cost or moral compromise required to > attend HIMSS. > > The meeting will be held at HIMSS on Monday, April 6, Room > 10d, Session #2 2:00 – 3:00 PM > > I have heard from several of the HIMSS 'regulars' in our > community that they will be going. However, it is critical that we > have a show of force within the community from precisely those people > who have the most to lose with regards to the certification issue: > small support companies and individual consultants. > > I am going on vacation next week, so I will be silent on > the mailing lists for a while. Would someone else please take the lead > on coordinating the sharing of hotel rooms, etc etc. If you are > already going and you would not mind 'putting someone up' so that they > could attend this conference, please speak up. I have space for one in > my hotel room starting Sunday. If you live in Chicago and you have a > couch to spare, please speak up. > > We are becoming more 'organized' as we speak. Please watch > this space for more announcements on how you can participate to keep > the US government from making anti-FOSS blunders now and in the > future. > > Best, > -Fred Trotter > http://www.fredtrot ter.com > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Sue Reber <sre...@cchit. org> > Date: Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 3:07 PM > Subject: FW: CCHIT eNews: Seeking volunteers, Expansion, > Interoperability and Open Source > To: fred trotter <fred.trotter@ gmail.com> > Cc: Dennis Wilson <dwil...@cchit. org> > > Fred – see below “Commission Hosts Interoperability and Open Source > Roundtables on Certification” in our regular electronic newsletter. > > C Sue Reber > > Marketing Director, CCHIT > > Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology > > 503.288.5876 office | 503.703.0813 cell | 503.287.4613 fax > > sre...@cchit. org > > --- majority of newsletter removed for brevity --- > > Commission Hosts Interoperability and Open Source Roundtables on > Certification > > In addition to its annual Town Hall at the upcoming HIMSS09 Annual > Conference in Chicago, the Certification Commission will be hosting > two technical roundtables, co-located with the conference, for health > IT vendors and developers. The first, “Interoperability 09 and Beyond: > a look at CCHIT’s roadmap for the future”, will present the > Commission’s interoperability roadmap and explore the standards and > testing tools with which developers need to be familiar. > > The second, “Open Source Forum: a dialogue on certification for open > source EHRs”, is designed to continue the discussion with open source > developers with an interest in certifying EHRs. This session will > allow an open exchange of the challenges and opportunities for making > certified open source EHRs available to providers. > > The times and locations of sessions are below. Both Health IT > Technical Roundtables will also be available via free remote access. > Details will be available at cchit.org prior to the date. > > CCHIT Town Hall at HIMSS09 Annual Conference > Sunday, April 5 > Room W192b, McCormick Convention Center, Chicago > 9:45 - 11:15 AM > > Health IT Technical Roundtables at Hyatt McCormick Conference Center > Monday, April 6 > Room 10d, Hyatt McCormick Conference Center, Chicago > > Session #1 1:00 – 2:00 PM > Interoperability 09 and Beyond: a look at CCHIT’s roadmap for the future > > Session #2 2:00 – 3:00 PM > Open Source Forum: a dialogue on certification for open source EHRs > > --- sections removed for brevity ---- > > Contact : en...@cchit. org | www.cchit.org > > Copyright © 2005-2009 Certification Commission for Healthcare > Information Technology > Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Contact > > ____________ _________ _________ __ > > If you no longer wish to receive these emails, please reply to this > message with "Unsubscribe" in the subject line or simply click on the > following link: Unsubscribe > > ____________ _________ _________ __ > > Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology > 200 S Wacker Dr > Suite 3100 > Chicago, Illinois 60606 > US >
