Andrew po-jung Ho wrote:
>
> On Mon, 18 Dec 2000 07:29:12 Wayne Wilson wrote:
> >Andrew po-jung Ho wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> So - in essense, HL7 was inadequate as an intermediate schema. On the other
> >> hand, the combination of HL7 and the "interface engine" was a more functional
> >> "intermediate schema" for your setting.
> >>
> >You can view it that way. but it is not quite what I meant. From what I
> >know, every large scale health care organization in the U.S., at least,
> >has used interface engine technology, this is not a unique situation.
>
> Since HL7 is inadequate for every organization in the U.S., there is most likely
> something fundamentally flawed about its approach?
>
There is clearly a failure to communicate here as this is not what I
meant to say at all. I will have to ponder how to be more precise and
clear in my communications about this. It seems at every stage
following this I say something that means X and you heartily conclude
Not-X and glad to hear you say it.
