"John S. Gage" wrote: > > >Lastly, I have come to the same conclusion as you have John, the personal > >health record is key to solving this problem. > > Well, the PHR has open source written all over it. All over it. It's > server based. The client's medical data resides on a server and is > accessible over the web according to the wishes of the client: some data is > available to some people, not to others, in much the same way HIV status is > currently treated in the U.S. > So what operating system do you pick? I personally would go for SELinux > from NSA. And just build security/encryption facilities from there on > up. Now, the cost of turning such a system on would be just about nil in > an open source environment. Hence, one could offer to patients (clients) > an extraordinarily low-cost method to store their PHR. How about each physician offers this to their patients? If the patient chooses to go to a new primary care physician they can get a copy of their record in XML for importing in to the new physician's system. The patient can login and check their record, make changes to basic demographic info, maybe enter peak flow readings or glucose levels, etc. If they are referred to a specialist the patient can login and allow the specialist to review their record (including any consult notes their PCP provided) during the interview. The best part is that this is not something that 'could be'. It is available for download. FreePM-0.9.1b will do this. Put it behind an Apache/SSL server and it's ready to go. Sure it has rough edges. It needs more templates (hint, hint...) the details of charge capturing needs some work too. Almost two years ago this community said this is what it wanted. Who's going to contribute templates, documentation and testing now? > That leaves the problem of data capture. If you have an agreement with the > pharmacies and a good computer interview, you've got data capture. "Coming to a pharmacy near you soon." <s> Later, -- Tim Cook, President - FreePM,Inc. http://www.FreePM.com Office: (731) 884-4126 ONLINE DEMO: http://www.freepm.org:8080/FreePM _______________________________________________ Freepm-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freepm-discuss
