On Mon, 10 Dec 2001, Philippe AMELINE wrote: ... > Then, it seems to me it is a good idea first to build "conceptual blocks" > then to make products out of them. > These products can reflect the way people think in a given company or in a > given country, while the conceptual blocks may be worth using for everybody.
Hi Philippe, The conceptual blocks of EEIG sounds like GEHR, OpenEMed, and Res Medicinae. Why not start with those? > >From my point of view, the aim of an EEIG shall precisely be to work on the > blocks, and have its members build the products they want out of these > blocks. > It is a "vertical growing middleware" approach. Now, this sounds like the OIO too. :-) What is your timeline and how will this project be different from existing projects? > > In any case include me too as this is an area very worth exploring > collaboratively. > > I wont forget. The only difference that I can detect so far is the availability of funding from the French government. So, how will that work? Will it be a joint proposal for EEIG with multiple sub-contractors (including non-French based projects)? How much money is available? ... > The problem is that, unless you work with knowledge management approach > (that's to say a global approach of the people - even when it is not already > a patient ;-) ), you always end re-writing quite everything because the way > it was done doesn't fit your data model. This sounds like Odyssee (and maybe Cyc). :-) > Our first block (the Ligne de vie) shall precisely be centered on a > collaborative global vision of a given person ; and continuity of care when > that person becomes a patient. This seems to be the same model that the OIO system uses. Person (patient) identifiers begins the description of a person. Further descriptions of the person are provided by a flexible and extensible set of "forms". Maybe most of the "blocks" have already been built. If we can work on linking together all the "blocks" (i.e. GEHR, OpenEMed, Odyssee, Res Medicinae, OIO, etc) then we will have a solid foundation more quickly. Your thoughts? Best regards, Andrew --- Andrew P. Ho, M.D. OIO: Open Infrastructure for Outcomes www.TxOutcome.Org (Hosting OIO Library #1 and OSHCA Mirror #1)
