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>> John Gage wrote:
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>>> > I can easily see this list in the future saying to its collective
>>> > self, "Oh, well, we tried, but Cerner really has the best
>>> > functionality and is the only show in town, so why bother?" After
>>> > all, Brian Bray, the founder of the list, has already said that open
>>> > source must follow the taillights of proprietary code.
>
>>
>> Your passion is admirable Dr. Gage.
>>
>> I can't think of a single active person on this list that is likely
>> to 'ever' say "Oh, well, we tried, but (anything)!" Those people do
>> not exist here.
>>
>
>>> > That would be (remotely) excusable, if VistA didn't exist. But it
>>> > does, and to condemn it to death because it's written in a "dead"
>>> > language takes a lot of patients down with it in the death spiral.
>
>>
>> If you so deeply desire action then "do something":
>> a) Send Medsphere or Sanchez a big check just to help out
>> b) Help Medsphere get a VistA contract at your hospital
>> c) write a review of VistA for a major academic publication
>> d) spearhead a study on TCO for various hospital solutions
>> e) some other momentum building activity instead of "preaching to
>> the choir"
>>
>> ... any one of these will really help.
>>
>> [sidebar]
>> I do not believe that health records belong in a secondary care
>> environment. As pointed out earlier by Tim Churches, "healthcare"
>> begins in the community (IMHO; 'at home', actually). Health records
>> belong to the patient and sould be maintained by the primary care
>> provider. The VA is 'unique' (AFAIK) in that the primary &
>> secondary care lines are blurred by their unique mission. Major
>> integrated healthcare delivery corporations may have the same or
>> similar requirements *if* you add on the required financial
>> modules? Still this doesn't serve the patient to the greatest
>> possible extent. All IMHO of course.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> --
>> Tim Cook http://www.OpenParadigms.com +1 731.884.4126
>> Home of Trusted Open source Records for Care & Health
>> http://www.openparadigms.com/torch_demo
-- Tim Cook http://www.OpenParadigms.com +1 731.884.4126 Home of Trusted
Open source Records for Care & Health
http://www.openparadigms.com/torch_demo
