Google does offer a variety of API's and its distributed database via appengine, nothing is stopping a developer from creating a Hospital Information System
Peter On 27 June 2011 20:54, Harsh Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > I would second Fred here. I seriously feel that Google Health has potential. > Though i would as well agree that it may not be viable for Google from a > business point of view. Hence i would request you guys at Google to open > source it. Let the community take the work which you people have done. > Googlers who have worked on Google Health can help the community to ramp up > and take the project forward. > I agree that without the Google infrastructure to be able to continue would > be difficult, but its not impossible provided the community comes forward to > support it financially as well. > I am not a big fan of Google Health and i seriously think that the design > needs to be tweaked a bit to make it better. But again having said that it > is best of lot that we have today. > Thanks, > Harsh Kumar > > > On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 00:07, Fred Trotter <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> First, let me say that I am sorry to see Google Health go. I >> think it was a worthy project, and despite my criticism over the years >> I have always admired your smooth delivery and classic design. >> >> I would ask that you consider Open Sourcing portions of Google Health. >> For me, the order of priority is the following: >> >> 1. please Open Source your API. This way, the Open Source community >> can work on cloning your offerings using existing PHR projects like >> Indivo X. >> 2. If you can release reference implementations of you API related >> code (i.e. your feed/CCR mix) that would be especially helpful. >> 3. Please consider Open Sourcing other important components, I know >> you have a blue button parser, for instance, that could exist as a >> separate Open Source project. >> 4. Please consider Open Sourcing your whole codebase. >> >> I know #4 is a long shot. Unlike Google Wave, Google Health was never >> intended (as far as I know) to exist outside the confines of Googles >> considerable hosting infrastructure. Even if you released the code, it >> might not be possible for any of us to make it work. If that is the >> case than a full Open Source release would be still-born and mostly >> useless to the community. >> >> Still I want to point out that Open Sourcing Google Health is not an >> all-or-nothing issue and that many of use have invested deeply in your >> technology. Open Sourcing what you can is a good way for us to recover >> some of our investment. >> >> Thank You, >> Fred Trotter >> http://www.fredtrotter.com >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Google Health Developers" group. >> To post to this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/googlehealthdevelopers?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Health Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/googlehealthdevelopers?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Health Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/googlehealthdevelopers?hl=en.
