Re: [Gnumed-devel] Open Source Health Informatics, London, 30th Sep 2010

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 9:29 PM, Jim Busser <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 2010-08-15, at 12:21 PM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
>
>> ... remind me... why is gnumed adding HL7 data importing, or any data
>> importing at all, if the suppliers can't be bothered to put themselves
>> in order?
>
> IMO it remains useful to have some (mostly) agreed to definition of how 
> messages are structured...
>
> The *content* of these messages, and whether and how such messages are 
> created and made available, is distinct and important but the above part (the 
> HL7) remains arguably useful!
>
> It is better to have a starting point, than to have no starting point at all.

 i was trying to be ironic, jim :)