On Sat, 2003-03-29 at 15:50, John S Gage wrote: > I find it odd that a psychiatrist should be against dialog. > >
Good point John. LOL! Especially *THAT one*. > On Saturday, March 29, 2003, at 03:09 PM, Andrew Ho wrote: > > > On Sat, 29 Mar 2003, Adrian Midgley wrote: > > > >> I would class the AAFP project as following the model that SUN > >> followed very successfully with Open Office. > > > > Adrian, > > > > Obviously, the AAFP is quite different from Sun. Furthermore, there is > > no > > Microsoft Office-equivalent EMR to surpass. > > > > According to David Kibbe's abstract published during the recent eGov > > conference in Washington D.C.: > > > > ------ begin quote > > Wednesday 3/19/2003, Continental Ballroom, 11:00-12:30 pm > > > > David C. Kibbe > > > > Open Source Electronic Health Record for Office-Based Medical Practice > > > > Abstract: > > > > The American Academy of Family Physician is dedicated to identifying > > practical solutions to address America's health care system's > > shortcomings, and believes the time has come to meet head-on the need > > for > > electronic health records systems in the office of member physicians. > > This > > project envisions the establishment of a new, non-profit entity - the > > Health Information Foundation - which will acquire, at no cost, the > > rights > > to an existing, state-of-art Internet-based electronic health care > > record, > > and will develop the additional components necessary to make this the > > leading clinical interface and EHR system in office-based health care, > > with a projected one thousand medical practice users by the end of > > 2003, > > increasing to ten thousand by the end of 2004. > > > > ---------- end quote > > > >> I believe there would not be disagreement if anyone said we are in > >> general strongly in favour of their exercise and well-disposed to it. > > > > I don't think it helps any of us to get in their way - but some > > skepticism > > is certainly well-justified. Their "model" may even change over time. I > > think we should let them work on this for awhile, then review their > > progress. :-) > > > > Best regards, > > > > Andrew > > --- > > Andrew P. Ho, M.D. > > OIO: Open Infrastructure for Outcomes > > www.TxOutcome.Org > > >
