> Michael Dean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > if you like Cobol code written for DOS!!
OK, `nuff said! Let it rot on some reels of 1/2 inch tape... Tim C > > Tim Churches wrote: > > >>Ignacio Valdes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >>david derauf wrote: > >> > >> > >>> Kaiser Permanente to put patient records online > >>> > >>>/February 4, 2003/ > >>> > >>>Health maintenance organization Kaiser Permanente > >>><http://www.kaiserpermanente.org/> today announced plans to put > the > >>> > >>> > >>>medical records of its 8.4 million patients online in what may be > >>> > >>> > >>"the > >> > >> > >>>most ambitious move yet toward electronic medical records," the > >>> > >>> > >>/Wall > >> > >> > >>>Street Journal/ reports. The $1.8 billion project will give Kaiser > > >>>Permanente members and physicians access to the online records and > > >>>should be completed in three years. > >>> > >>>Members will be able to access portions of their medical records > >>> > >>> > >>online, > >> > >> > >>>including test results, immunization history and current > >>> > >>> > >>medications. > >> > >> > >>>Madison, Wis.-based Epic Systems <http://www.epicsys.com/> will > >>> > >>> > >>provide > >> > >> > >>>the electronic records software and handle relevant information > >>>management duties; terms of the contract were undisclosed. > >>> > >>>Kaiser has spent the last 10 years internally developing an > >>> > >>> > >>electronic > >> > >> > >>>records system, but following implementation problems, finally > >>> > >>> > >>opted for > >> > >> > >>>a commercial system. The insurer expects to save $1 billion by > >>> > >>> > >>using the > >> > >> > >>>Epic system in place of developing its own system, according to > >>> > >>> > >>George > >> > >> > >>>Halvorson, chairman and CEO of Kaiser Permanente (Rundle, 2/4). > >>> > >>> > >>'save $1 billion' by spending $1.8 billion? If I were a Kaiser > >>patient > >>I'd be hanging onto my wallet. > >> > >> > > > >What is the nature and fate of the system which Kaiser tried but > failed to develop > >themselves? Is anything able to be rescued? Should KP release it > under an open > >source license and let others pick over the bones? > > > >Tim C > > > > > >
