All, I assume people on this list have seen this: http://blogs.sun.com/Sun_on_Health/entry/open_source_and_open_standards Could Sun be a sponsor for OSHCA 2007? Klaus
_____ From: openhealth@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dr Molly Cheah Sent: Monday, 19 February 2007 11:03 To: openhealth@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [openhealth] Re: Hi folks.. OSHCA conference Thanks for your offer Paul. You've probably missed OSHCA's call for presentation at its coming conference from May 8-11 2007 in Kuala Lumpur. The date had been changed from May 1 to accommodate request from those who wish to attend HIMSS Asia-Pacific in S'pore. We're making some changes to the programme to include a training component for new Asian FOSS programmers (the contents are being worked out), again focussing on data exchange and interoperability. Our major funders (as of now) will be IDRC and UNDP-APDIP's IOSN (ASEAN+3). Naturally we welcome other assistance not only financial support but more crucially presentations of FOSS applications, other resources for expertise to impart their knowledge on the wide ranging topics of FOSS in healthcare. Here is a repeat of the call, with the new confirmed dates. We have also confirmed the venue as the Federal Hotel, Kuala Lumpur offering us a hotel rate of MYR180 nett per room (single/twin-sharing with breakfast). At current exchange rate of approx. 3.5 its only USD52 per day. We're working out with our funders to make available scholarships for FOSS advocates who can't afford to come on their own, but feel strongly that they would like to share their expertise, experience and collaborate with their developing world FOSS enthusiasts especially from the Asian region. So, we would like to welcome anyone to register their interests with us asap to help us plan the conference in a better way. I'm off travelling for a week and may not be able to respond regularly, but there are others on the OSHCA conference technical committee who will do so. Please bear with us on the slowness of the OSHCA web portal. It's temporarily hosted on the MCTC's server from my office, as upto now we don't have any funding for OSHCA except for some subscription received so far. In the meantime, we'll update using this list. Moving the FOSS Agenda for Health: Setting the Framework for Interoperability *8-11 May 2007 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia* Call for Presentations OSHCA 2007 - Annual Open Source Health Care Alliance Meeting This four-day conference provides the opportunity for Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) applications in healthcare, its updates and the use of FOSS technologies to be presented to participants particularly from the developing countries of the Asia-Pacific region. The target audience, in addition to the FOSS in Healthcare Community, will include interested persons from Ministries of Health and Private Health Care Facilities from this region. The conference agenda will also include presentations and workshops on a variety of issues focussing on interoperability and data exchange. Major concerns on affordability and developing human capacity in the promotion, adoption and the use of FOSS applications will be deliberated on. There will also be concurrent sessions for training of new FOSS programmers in health care to be scheduled during the conference. To register your interest in presenting your applications, please email a brief description of your application (not more than 250 words) and its reference url in plain text or XHTML to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:conference%40oshca.org> org <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:conference%40oshca.org> org> OSHCA Committee will decide on the final programme, logistics etc. For updated information on the conference status and registration information as it becomes available please visit the conference site at: http://oshca. <http://oshca.org/conference/conf2007/> org/conference/conf2007/ In the meantime, please register your interests asap to enable us to plan the conference agenda. Molly Paul wrote: >Hi Molly, I'm one of the co-founders of OpenMRS. Let me know how I >can be helpful to you. Still trying to catch up with the community >here, and it seems I need to do some due diligence on OSHCA. > >Best, >-Paul > >--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:openhealth%40yahoogroups.com> ups.com, Molly Cheah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>You're right, Nandalal. I was given the contact to the OpenMRS to >> >> >invite > > >>them to the OSHCA conference in May by the new director of ICT for IDRC >>as I understand that the project in Africa is quite exciting. As >> >> >soon as > > >>I get a firm commitment on the funding for scholarships for those >>outside the ASEAN region, I'll get in touch with them. >> >>Rgds, >>Molly >>Nandalal Gunaratne wrote: >> >> >> >>>This is just the type of discussion we should have in >>>the May OSHCA Conference!! >>> >>>"FOSS interoperability - from theory to practice" >>> >>>Nandalal >>>--- David Forslund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>Tim Churches wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>Paul wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>Hi Dave, >>>>>> >>>>>>Our API is built around the standard health >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>"objects" within the >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>>OpenMRS data model (ie, person, encounter, order, >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>observation, etc) , >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>>as a way of abstracting out CRUD-type operations >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>to the database. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>>There are layers of API calls on top of this >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>bedrock which provide >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>>business type functionality (user authentication, >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>medical logic >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>>services, etc). Maybe I'm misunderstanding your >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>question, but >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>>wouldn't "standard" APIs necessitate that the >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>database schemas >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>>underneath those calls are represented the same >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>as well? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
