The PIDS specification deals with this fairly well, in my opinion. It is similar to naming issues in DNS. It specifies that an identifier must be unique in a domain, but this could be hospital lab, a hospital, a regional care provider, a state or a nation. It enables mapping between identifiers for multiple identifiers for the same person. This is all spelled out in the spec originally published in 1998. This is likely to be expanded with the EIS specification now being considered by the OMG (and HL7).
Dave Nandalal Gunaratne wrote: > > > --- David Forslund <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:forslund%40mail.com>> wrote: > Thanks David. Please clarify the following for me: > > The MPI has to be global to be of any use, each human > being being uniquely identified. To what layer/level > the identification entities can be extended, maybe of > concern to individuals and countries. WIll this affect > the lobal application of unique identifiers? > > Nandalal > > > OpenEMed continues to be in modest development but > > perhaps not visible at a higher level. The MPI work > > is based on the OMG PIDS standard. It is open > > source and has been so since 2000. The next > > generation of PIDS will result from the current > > EIS RFP from the OMG which is currently > > soliciting responses. The EIS is a joint effort > > of the OMG and HL7. We would like to provide > > an implementation of EIS as part of OpenEMed and > > are soliciting help in anyone interested in doing > > so. > > > > Dave > > Nandalal Gunaratne wrote: > > > > > > Hello Will, > > > > > > I do not see any MPI projects in the OpenHRE > > except > > > the description of four Patient-Data Matching > > > Software. > > > > > > The OpenEMed project is somewhat dormant and did > > not > > > have a fully developed MPI software based on it's > > > Person identification service. I am not sure if > > during > > > the aborted Phoenix project anything was done > > regards > > > the development of an MPI using OpenEMed, except > > the > > > Patient identification terminology service itself. > > > > > > Therfore your peoject maybe the first open-source > > one, > > > if it is used for this purpose in the future. > > > > > > Please correct me if I am wrong. > > > > > > Nandalal > > > --- Will Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:wross%40openhre.org> > > <mailto:wross%40openhre.org>> wrote: > > > > > > > Hello World, > > > > > > > > Like Fred I'm also speaking at SCALE. During the > > > > afternoon at SCALE > > > > my presentation will discuss FOSS options for > > MPI > > > > solutions. > > > > Here's my short list of open source MPI > > projects: > > > > > > > > [1] OpenEMed > > > > [2] OpenHRE > > > > > > > > If you know of any further FOSS options for MPI, > > > > please send me links > > > > to the MPI project(s). Also, Dr. Stuart Turner > > and > > > > I have launched > > > > a small portal to persistently track FOSS > > options > > > > for MPI solutions. > > > > > > > > http://www.openempi.org/ <http://www.openempi.org/> > > <http://www.openempi.org/ <http://www.openempi.org/>> > > > > > > > > All comments and suggestions are welcome. > > > > > > > > With best regards, > > > > > > > > [wr] > > > > > > > > - - - - - - - - > > > > On Jan 11, 2007, at 7:31 AM, Fred Trotter wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hello OpenHealth, > > > > > I hope you are all aware of the SCALE > > > > healthcare day... > > > > > > > > > > http://www.socallinuxexpo.com/healthcare07/ > <http://www.socallinuxexpo.com/healthcare07/> > > > <http://www.socallinuxexpo.com/healthcare07/ > <http://www.socallinuxexpo.com/healthcare07/>> > > > > > > > > > > If you can make it you should, the > > > > speakers line up is > > > > > full of > > > > > real players in our industry. > > > > > > > > > > I am scheduled to talk on "Whats > > > > going on in > > > > > healthcare" the > > > > > intent of my talk is to give a summary about > > what > > > > is REALLY going > > > > > on in Free > > > > > and Open Source Healthcare. I want to talk > > about > > > > what projects are > > > > > moving > > > > > and which projects are dead. I want to talk > > about > > > > what we as a larger > > > > > community are doing well with and what we as a > > > > community are doing > > > > > poorly > > > > > with. In short I want to present my audience > > with > > > > useful bias as > > > > > opposed to > > > > > mere information. > > > > > > > > > > I fully intend to make some bold > > > > statements about the > > > > > state of > > > > > our industry. But I do not want to do that > > without > > > > having more > > > > > information > > > > > about what is really happening. So I am > > turning > > > > this question on the > > > > > community? What IS going on in Free and Open > > > > Source Healthcare? > > > > > Here are the > > > > > areas that I would like commentary on. Please > > feel > > > > free to comment > > > > > on areas > > > > > that I am overlooking. > > > > > > > > > > First whats going on in medical imaging? ie > > Osiris > > > > > > > > > > Second what is happening in > > > > Genomics/Protenomics/Cell Modeling? i.e. > > > > > http://www.bioconductor.org/ <http://www.bioconductor.org/> > > <http://www.bioconductor.org/ <http://www.bioconductor.org/>> > > > > > > > > > > What is happening in decision > > support/diagnostics? > > > > OpenPsyc etc etc > > > > > > > > > > Clinical Trial/ Research Software ie OIO > > > > > > > > > > Drug Database - i.e. Uversa effort > > > > > > > > > > EHR clinical i.e. MirrorMed/ClearHealth -- VOE > > > > > > > > > > EHR hospital ie. VistA/Care2x > > > > > > > > > > PHR ie Indivo > > > > > > > > > > Interoperability/MPI Mirth/OHF etc etc. > > > > > > > > > > There are lots of fine project lists out > > there. I > > > > do not want > > > > > information > > > > > that I could find on Google. I want the inside > > > > scoop! Who are the > > > > > loosers > > > > > who are the winners. In some of these areas I > > > > already know the > > > > > answers, and > > > > > I simply need a gut-check. In other areas I am > > > > truly ignorant. Feel > > > > > free to > > > > > email me privately if you want something to be > > > > off-the-record. > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Fred Trotter > > > > > http://www.fredtrotter.com <http://www.fredtrotter.com> > > <http://www.fredtrotter.com <http://www.fredtrotter.com>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > - - - - - - - - > > > > > > > > [wr] > > > > > > > > - - - - - - - - > > > > > > > > will ross > > > > project manager > > > > mendocino informatics > > > > 216 west perkins street, suite 206 > > > > ukiah, california 95482 usa > > > > 707.462.6369 [office] > > > > 707.462.5015 [fax] > > > > www.minformatics.com > > > > > > > > - - - - - - - - > > > > > > > > "Getting people to adopt common standards is > > impeded > > > > by patents." > > > > Sir Tim Berners-Lee, BCS, 2006 > > > > > > > === message truncated === > > __ >
