Indeed.... -----Original Message----- From: Karsten Hilbert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 5:49 AM To: openhealth-list@minoru-development.com Subject: Re:
On Thu, Apr 21, 2005 at 05:28:03PM -1000, David Derauf wrote: > Thinking to the future, I thought that we should likely create some > sort of meaningful file structure for these scanned records: one that > is a) HIPAA compliant b) user friendly c) less likely to become > obsolete a) and c) are by definition mutually exclusive. > d) inexpensive e) linkable to future EMR implementation... a) and e) clearly show that you are (quite understandably) looking for a solution within the constraints of your locale but they are somewhat contradictory, too. Any regulation is bound to become obsolete. In the long term it's usually better to solve the problem space and only subsequently applying external constraints. But you knew that. Karsten -- GPG key ID E4071346 @ wwwkeys.pgp.net E167 67FD A291 2BEA 73BD 4537 78B9 A9F9 E407 1346