[openhealth] New file uploaded to openhealth

2006-04-23 Thread openhealth
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the openhealth group.   File    : /oshca_inaugural-meeting_notice.sxw   Uploaded by : drcheah2000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>   Description : Updated the Notice of OSHCA Inaugural Mee

Re: [openhealth] OSHCA inaugural meeting - important announcement

2006-04-23 Thread Molly Cheah
Hi John, Welcome on board. With you volunteering, we've got representations for all regions. I will amend the protem list to include your name. Juliana will e-mail separately to get additional information on you for submission to the ROS as a protem member. Thank you for coming forward. Mo

Re: [openhealth] OSHCA inaugural meeting - important announcement

2006-04-23 Thread John L. Forman
Dear All, In the absence of any other, I volunteer to represent Latin America & Caribbean. Regards, John John L. Forman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tecso Informática Ltda www.tecso.com.br Rua da Gloria 190/1002 Fone: (21) 2224-4

[openhealth] New file uploaded to openhealth

2006-04-23 Thread openhealth
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the openhealth group.   File    : /oshca_inaugural-meeting_notice.sxw   Uploaded by : drcheah2000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>   Description : Notice of OSHCA Inaugural Meeting on 25th

Re: [openhealth] Re: OSHCA Membership question

2006-04-23 Thread Karsten Hilbert
On Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 07:35:47AM +1000, Tim Churches wrote: > I can't think of a > single health-related FOSS project that has written its own operating system, > or its own database management system TkFP scores on the latter > or its own programming language and associated libraries The in

Re: [openhealth] Re: OSHCA Membership question

2006-04-23 Thread Tim Churches
Thomas Beale wrote: > Tim Churches wrote: >  > Thomas Beale wrote: >  > > I have to agree with Dave here - I see it as problematic if OSHCA >  > > doesn't see interoperability as a key issue. FOSS just gets you >  > > applications and components. Interoperable FOSS gets you integrated, >  > > co

Re: [openhealth] Re: OSHCA Membership question

2006-04-23 Thread Joseph Dal Molin
James, Good ideaas far as VistA-Office is concerned we will be shortly be working through the CCHIT/ONCHIT EHR criteria which includes interoperabilityonce we have done that we will gladly contribute/link to a common reference page. Joseph James Busser wrote: > > On Apr 23, 2006,

Re: [openhealth] Re: OSHCA Membership question

2006-04-23 Thread James Busser
On Apr 23, 2006, at 8:23 AM, Thomas Beale wrote: > I am advocating that a culture of re-use and interoperability be  > adopted > in health FOSS. Would it be worth coaxing health FOSS producers to aggregate their  interoperability approaches? Perhaps by getting them to link, from  some kind

[openhealth] my thanks for advice on emrs

2006-04-23 Thread Andrew Schamess
I just wanted to thank everyone for the advice on electronic medical records in response to my inquiry last week.  I've bookmarked all the links and I'll be reading about them and trying the demos in the next few days... then, probably, more questions.  Again, many thanks! Andrew Schamess [No

Re: [openhealth] Areas for cooperation and collaboration for OpenHealth

2006-04-23 Thread Thomas Beale
Tim.Churches wrote: > > > Sure, no argument there - the abstractions are potentially useful. > However, for a project like, say, CHITS (which is where this thread > started), considerable extra work involving considerable expertise is > required to convert the OMG HDTF specs from IDL form into S

[openhealth] [Fwd: [FOSS-PDI] U.S. advised to promote open standards, source, innovation]

2006-04-23 Thread Joseph Dal Molin
FYI Original Message Subject: [FOSS-PDI] U.S. advised to promote open standards, source, innovation Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 21:05:02 +0100 From: Sunil Abraham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED],  FOSS - Policy and Development Implications <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [openhealth] Re: OSHCA Membership question

2006-04-23 Thread Thomas Beale
Tim Churches wrote: > Thomas Beale wrote: > > I have to agree with Dave here - I see it as problematic if OSHCA > > doesn't see interoperability as a key issue. FOSS just gets you > > applications and components. Interoperable FOSS gets you integrated, > > componentised systems and environments.

Re: [openhealth] Re: OSHCA Membership question

2006-04-23 Thread David Forslund
Interoperability certainly isn't the "only" issue.  However, you will find that it is an integrating issue.  That is it brings a number of important issues together and actually reduces cost.  There is never a question of whether one needs to interoperate, only when.  Typically people want to

Re: [openhealth] OSHCA inaugural meeting - important announcement

2006-04-23 Thread Molly Cheah
<>I'm going to upload the documents for the Inaugural meeting Notice as soon as the protem committee had a chance to look at it and give me feedback. However, at this point, there is one vacancy for a protem member representing Latin America & Caribbean. (By the way most of the references an

Re: [openhealth] OSHCA inaugural meeting - important announcement

2006-04-23 Thread Will Ross
On Apr 23, 2006, at 1:22 AM, Molly Cheah wrote: > . There will be the democratic process of > elections after OSHCA's registration. I hope you will become a  > member so > that you can participate in defining OSHCA's future and not turn it  > into > a beast. The constitution is a living d

Re: [openhealth] Re: OSHCA Membership question

2006-04-23 Thread Tim Churches
Thomas Beale wrote: > I have to agree with Dave here - I see it as problematic if OSHCA > doesn't see interoperability as a key issue. FOSS just gets you > applications and components. Interoperable FOSS gets you integrated, > componentised systems and environments. This is where the cost advant

Re: [openhealth] Re: OSHCA Membership question

2006-04-23 Thread Joseph Dal Molin
I do too. so let's all work to make it a key area of focus for OSHCA. Joseph Thomas Beale wrote: > > I have to agree with Dave here - I see it as problematic if OSHCA > doesn't see interoperability as a key issue. FOSS just gets you > applications and components. Interoperable FOSS gets y

Re: [openhealth] Re: OSHCA Membership question

2006-04-23 Thread Thomas Beale
I have to agree with Dave here - I see it as problematic if OSHCA doesn't see interoperability as a key issue. FOSS just gets you applications and components. Interoperable FOSS gets you integrated, componentised systems and environments. This is where the cost advantage of FOSS will be sho

[openhealth] Re: OSHCA Membership question

2006-04-23 Thread o372primarykey
--- In openhealth@yahoogroups.com, David Forslund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This would be worthwhile.  Interoperability is far broader than open > source, but FOSS could set the kind of example that is required. > This may (must?) involve working with those not involved in open source > b

Re: [openhealth] OSHCA inaugural meeting - important announcement

2006-04-23 Thread Molly Cheah
Will Ross wrote: >Molly, > >I'm sorry for failing to review the OSHCA 2.0 release document sooner  >in the quickly moving process that is underway.   Let's just replace  >all of my suggestions with the single observation that the Protem  >Committee has assigned itself tremendous authority an

Re: [openhealth] Re: OSHCA Membership question

2006-04-23 Thread Tim Churches
David Forslund wrote: > I don't see that your answer has much to do with my question.  It isn't > about > where we have been but where we are going and why.  I don't doubt the > need for an international forum but what will be the constraints on > participation? If you are a member of OSHCA, yo