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Re: [Gnumed-devel] GNUmed remains insufficiently well-known


From: Liz
Subject: Re: [Gnumed-devel] GNUmed remains insufficiently well-known
Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2012 17:51:40 +1000

On Sat, 28 Jul 2012 22:28:44 +0000
"Busser, Jim" <address@hidden> wrote:

> I suppose I was a bit disappointed not to see any trace of GNUmed in
> the following article:
> 
>       Open-source point-of-care electronic medical records for use
> in resource-limited settings: systematic review and questionnaire
> surveys
> 
>       http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/2/4/e000690.full
> 
> Under their section "Data sources" they wrote
> 
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> 
> We searched Medline (1995–2010), CINAHL (1995–2010), Google Scholar
> (1995–2010) using combinations of the following search terms: Medical
> Records Systems, Computerised OR Electronic Health Records. We
> conducted searches both with and without the AND Developing Countries
> MESH heading. We systematically searched the reference lists of
> articles retrieved, contacted key authors directly, and posted
> enquiries to the Health IT section of Global Health Delivery Online
> (http://www.ghdonline.org/) to identify key informants for EMR
> systems that have not been subject to publications. We screened the
> identified studies and software products with the objective of
> finding reports on specific outpatient point-of-care EMRs. We
> contacted key informants whom we identified through publications
> (OpenMRS,16 DREAM,11 iSante5), user groups (OSCAR,17 WorldVista18) or
> personal contact (GHIS). We contacted the key informants about each
> product via email.
> 
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> 
> Had they gone to wikipedia and searched "open source electronic
> medical records" they would have located
> 
>       
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_open-source_healthcare_software#Electronic_health_or_medical_record
> 
> but any any rate we see (in the BMJ article) that what people find
> when they look for EMRs remains incomplete, and maybe not very
> reproducible.
> 
> -- Jim
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well i've submitted a quick response.
I suspect that Jim Busser will now find that he is affiliated with the
University of Wollongong - not able to make that clear the way the form
is made.



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