Rick, Sorry to hear that the OpenHealth list gives messages that you are not interested in. How about setting up a website? If you provide a Wiki area, then discussions can take place there.
Best regards, Andrew --- Andrew P. Ho, M.D. On Tue, 1 Apr 2003, Rick Peters wrote: > Andrew, > > I subscribed to the OpenHealth list two weeks ago and had to unsubscribe. I > get hundreds of emails a day, essentially all of which need a reply, and I > couldn't take the added volume. My apologies. We very much want to > cooperate, communicate, and exchange ideas with the open source health care > community and work closely with the efforts to date. We are a small seed > group, however, and we are almost overwhelmed with interest from all > quarters and are doing our best to answer and follow-up all inquires as best > we can, Right now we really have to focus on the medical associations and > the specialty societies as that is where the core interest and support for > this project originated, and where the early drivers and financial > commitment are coming from. By communicating with Daniel Johnson and > representation from OpenEHR, Ignacio, and you we have tried to be extremely > honest and open about what we are doing and how we are approaching 'open > source.' I put open source in quotes because there are many different > opinions regarding what it really means and how to structurally and > procedurally to 'do it.' We lean more towards a Linux and Apache model and > are actually in discussions with individuals and vendors who work in the > Linux and general open source worlds. We just haven't gotten to everyone, > yet, and collated all of the ideas out there. In addition, we are not > purchasing anything. The software we will use is being donated to the > foundation we will set up. We have already entertained offers from open > source projects to donate their work to the effort, as well as commercial > products. > > We are working extremely hard on this, but none of us do this full-time. We > all have day jobs, and several of us more than one, so please bear with us. > We are not hiding anything, nor are we avoiding or concerned about going > 'man-on-man' over any of these issues, in fact we have undergone extensive > due diligence from all quarters to get where we are. We will entertain any > questions, but again, ask forbearance in that it usually takes us a little > time to get to all of them. > > Sincerely, > Rick > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Andrew Ho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "OpenHealth List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 2:17 PM > Subject: Re: AAFP EHR project summary > > > > On 1 Apr 2003, Daniel L. Johnson wrote: > > ... > > > I received this email from Rick Peters before the official AAFP > > > announcement, and have been meaning to forward it to the list ever > > > since, > > > > Dan, Rick, David, > > > > Thanks! The fact that this message came through an intermediary suggests > > that Rick and David are still not so ready for dialog. It is rather > > inconvenient to have to copy them on each reply. > > > > ... > > > David Kibbe and I would very much like to work with all of you on making > > > the open-source EHR a revolution and a success. > > ... > > > We would like to work directly with all of you, not just beside you. > > > > Sounds promising. > > > > > To that end David and I would be very interested in taking this > > > opportunity to open up an international dialogue and cooperative > > > coordination of efforts. > > > > I think the OpenHealth list is the best forum to host this dialog. If you > > agree, please subscribe to the OpenHealth list and post a message to > > introduce yourselves and your project. After that, we will have an easier > > time conversing with you. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Andrew > > --- > > Andrew P. Ho, M.D. > > OIO: Open Infrastructure for Outcomes > > www.TxOutcome.Org > > >
