Re: [Gnumed-devel] GNUmed - some thoughts

[J Busser]

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At 10:39 PM +0100 2/5/06, Sebastian Hilbert wrote:
> What is way more important than the name of the software
> is that all Open Source projects prove that data exchange
> is possible and manageable.

Well, many closed-source projects prove that data exchange is 
possible. All kinds of money gets spent "interfacing" hospital system 
A to B to C and A to C and A & B & C to D, and also a number of the 
bigger vendors produce interfaces to be able to pull (usually lab) 
data from hospitals.

In British Columbia the vendors agreed to a standard in which key 
(but not all) patient demographic data would be exportable.

Maybe it be crucial that the Open Source models adopt a common method 
for data interchange. But there is exists no forum for this, does 
there? I mean, I think open-health (or whatever it is called) is like 
a general "coffee lounge" and not the place where actual projects get 
any regular discussion?