Hi Andrew,
It's the tap into the pharmacy network that will be the
problem. They're already living in trade secret world. They will not give
the information away without a) being paid and b) being absolutely
positively reassured that the information is kept confidential.
Of course, there is another way. I go to my pharmacy, and I say, "Give
me a print-out of all the prescriptions you have filled for me in the past
five years. Okay, now give it to me in electronic format. Okay, now just
give me access to your network. You won't? Hmmmm. I wonder if there are
any other pharmacies around here?"
John
At 10:58 PM 4/25/01, you wrote:
>On Wed, 25 Apr 2001 22:34:34 John S. Gage wrote:
>...
> >Will it be put in place in a trade secret or an open source
> >fashion? Questions, questions....
>
>Hi John,
> I like it. And I think you are right that this is how it will be.
>However, I am most intrigued by your puzzlement at the end.
>I am sure you know that if your idea is as great as it sounds, someone
>will implement it in a proprietary system. Of course, if you really care,
>you will work with me to implement it in the OIO system. :-)
> I believe the OIO system is already capable of supporting what you
> described.
>
>Best regards,
>
>Andrew
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