Re: AW: [Care2002-developers] Another bug in DRG-Module

2004-07-10 Thread Wilfried Goedert
Joachim Mollin, JM> here in Germany is no need to program a grouper by my own. As the grouper JM> software must me approved my the German government it takes a lot of time JM> and money. Here in Germany are certified groupers available which I will JM> integrate. That saves time and money. And ver

Re: AW: [Care2002-developers] Another bug in DRG-Module

2004-06-29 Thread Elpidio Latorilla
Hi, actually, I was just referring to the idea of patenting the algorithm itself in relation to, in some extent "emotional", issue of software patenting. In this case, a patent will be almost worthless because there are many possible algorithms and a patented algorithm will just be bypassed by

AW: [Care2002-developers] Another bug in DRG-Module

2004-06-28 Thread Joachim Mollin
Hello,   here in Germany is no need to program a grouper by my own. As the grouper software must me approved my the German government it takes a lot of time and money. Here in Germany are certified groupers available which I will integrate. That saves time and money. And very often our ho

AW: [Care2002-developers] Another bug in DRG-Module

2004-06-28 Thread Joachim Mollin
Hi, you are right. The code is trivial, but it must be checked and approved by a German authority. So it is better to integrate a commercial product, which is most often installed. Regards J. Mollin myCare2x - das Netzwerk für Open Source Lösungen im Gesundheitswesen healthcare Consulting gmbh