I support this as well, but what does this support mean in the short and long term?
In the recent FOSSSL international conference I spoke about using Open source in hospitals - Lighting up hospitals with LAMP. But I have very few people from government or IT industry supporting these views. What organization can approach governments and large corporations to make a strong case for FOSS, that is both convincing and acceptable? OSHCA is too small a voice in my opinion and was nearly stilled for good. Nandalal --- David Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I support (that's 5)! > David > > --- Molly Cheah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Thanks Tim, Adrian and Fred for your responses. I > > don't want to flood > > the list with individual responses. However, > > Christian made a good point > > on seeing OSHCA > > > > "as international umbrella organisation of various > > national organisations and, of course, of Open > > Source Software projects > > in the healthcare domain." > > > > I think this is an excellent idea. My recent > > involvement with International funding > organisations > > shows the absence of such an organisation (maybe > I'm > > not aware of one, if it exists). WorldVistA is > > wonderful for promoting VistA. In view of the MDGs > > where health and healthcare plays a crucial role, > > such a need is now more acutely felt. I was at a > > recent meeting (FOSSAP II in Cambodia) attended by > > some 20 countries in the Asia-Pacific region. > Their > > need for affordable systems is beyond description. > > The need for funding for customising, deploying, > > training, support, research etc of open source > > health applications, particularly for primary > care, > > public health and hospitals is so important. > > However, I'm seeing individual hospitals, > healthcare > > facilities trying to write proposals for > > justifications for funding. Its sad. I can go on > and > > on and on, but I won't. > > > > Let's have such an organisation focussed on > > promoting open source applications in healthcare > and > > then we can prioritise what we need to do. Target: > > To help achieve the Health MDGs' targets and > > goals... They are so well defined and achievable. > > > > I need more than 4 e-mails expressing support..... > > :) > > > > Rgds, > > > > Molly > > > > > > Christian Heller wrote: > > > > >Hi Molly, > > > > > > > > > > > >>Since last week, I had discussed with Brian Bray > > the transfer of > > >>OSHCA.org to OSHCA if we agree to start the > > process of reviving OSHCA > > >>and he has agreed to this. > > >> > > >> > > > > > >I agree and support the idea, although I will not > > have the time to > > >actively contribute and don't know if I will be > > able to attend meetings. > > > > > > > > We can have web-based "meetings" > > > > >I would prefer to see OSHCA independent from > AMIA. > > It would be another > > >thing to have OSHCA as international umbrella > > organisation of various > > >national organisations and, of course, of Open > > Source Software projects > > >in the healthcare domain. > > > > > >Thanks for your initiative, > > >Christian > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > David H Chan, MD, CCFP, MSc, FCFP > Associate Professor > Department of Family Medicine > McMaster University > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in > one click. > http://farechase.yahoo.com > __________________________________ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/T8sf5C/tzNLAA/TtwFAA/W4wwlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openhealth/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
