On Mon, 2008-11-03 at 14:35 -0600, Ignacio Valdes wrote: > Action is needed > on your part to answer the question: If open source is so great why is > no one using it?
There is a very simple answer. The current crop of offerings doesn't solve the problem of interoperability. I note with interest that your paper has a (very short) section on standards. Yet openEHR not 13606 do not appear ANYWHERE in the document. Yet you posted on two openEHR mailing lists for comments. Until the fundamental problem of interoperability is addressed you can rant, rave and write about open source in healthcare but it is simply more of the same. When organizations like AMIA, and HIMSS look at and promote the fundamental concepts of a viable information model, they will make progress. Until then, the US healthcare industry will continue to suffer from their "not invented here" attitude. Cheers, Tim -- Timothy Cook, MSc Health Informatics Research & Development Services LinkedIn Profile:http://www.linkedin.com/in/timothywaynecook Skype ID == timothy.cook ************************************************************** *You may get my Public GPG key from popular keyservers or * *from this link http://timothywayne.cook.googlepages.com/home* ************************************************************** -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.openehr.org/mailman/private/openehr-technical_lists.openehr.org/attachments/20081104/2af21282/attachment.asc>
