They may be still safer than some chemicals promoted in health food stores - or more important, consider the safety of paper records - where is FDA there? ...thx/t
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardhats- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Woodhouse > Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 10:02 AM > To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: VistA Imaging FDA and NonCommercial Use Re: [Hardhats- > members] Re: TIU Interface for Document Scanning > > That's interesting. Frankly, I find it a bit disconcerting to think > that medical applications might be unregulated just because they are > open source. > > --- Joseph Dal Molin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > There was a recent post on the OSIRIX list that asked the question > > why > > is OSIRIX not subject to FDA regs. The answer apparently is "if you > > sell > > it installed" it is FDA regulated .... if you give it away it is not. > > I > > have asked the people responsible for OSIRIX (BTW it is an open > > source > > medical image viewer) to give me a more detailed answer which I will > > share with this list when I receive it. > > > > > > Joseph > > > > Kevin Toppenberg wrote: > > > I understand the need to protect one's business investments. But > > it > > > was my understanding that the entire VI package was FOIA -- its > > just > > > that one would need to be careful not to cross the FDA in > > > implementations. > > > > > > So the "import API" should be open source, and the "VI background > > > processor" should be open source too, I suspect. > > > > > > What we need are people who understand the system and can explain > > it > > > -- or at least better than the usual documentation. > > > > > > I suspect that there is money in the area on this subject and that > > is > > > why there is a tendency towards secrecy. > > > > > > Kevin > > > > > > > > > On 8/11/05, smcphelan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>We all know how protective the VistA Imaging people are. I cannot > > share > > >>anything I obtained because of the IA. Maybe legally I can. But I > > cannot > > >>jeopardize our relationship with Silver Springs. So we take the > > most > > >>conservative approach. The import API was released as a patch to > > the MAG > > >>package. If it is out on FOIA you have it. But it is designed to > > work > > >>with > > >>the VI Background Processor. > > >> > > >>----- Original Message ----- > > >>From: "Kevin Toppenberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >>To: <hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net> > > >>Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 9:36 AM > > >>Subject: [Hardhats-members] Re: TIU Interface for Document Scanning > > >> > > >> > > >>On 8/10/05, smcphelan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> > > >>>... > > >> > > >>We cannot share the import functionality with > > >> > > >>>anyone as that would be a violation of our IA with VistA Imaging. > > >> > > >>I don't understand. If one has an IA with VistA imaging, then one > > is > > >>not allowed to share code? > > >> > > >>Kevin > > >> > > >> > > >>------------------------------------------------------- > > >>SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO > > >>September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle > > Practices > > >>Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * > > Testing & QA > > >>Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * > > http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf > > >>_______________________________________________ > > >>Hardhats-members mailing list > > >>Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > > >>https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >>------------------------------------------------------- > > >>SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO > > >>September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle > > Practices > > >>Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * > > Testing & QA > > >>Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * > > http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf > > >>_______________________________________________ > > >>Hardhats-members mailing list > > >>Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > > >>https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO > > > September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle > > Practices > > > Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * > > Testing & QA > > > Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * > > http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Hardhats-members mailing list > > > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > > > > > > . > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO > > September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle > > Practices > > Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing > > & QA > > Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * > > http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf > > _______________________________________________ > > Hardhats-members mailing list > > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > > > > > > === > Gregory Woodhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > "Design quality doesn't ensure success, but design failure can ensure > failure." > > --Kent Beck > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO > September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle > Practices > Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA > Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
