Re: [openhealth] Re: article re IBM and others contributing open source epi and other

2006-05-22 Thread Eishay Smith
Hi, I am an IBMer working on the IHII and a commiter in the Eclipse Open Healthcare Framework (OHF). The open source activity we're going is mostly in the OHF context and its all about implementing healthcare standards. IBM is not the only participant in OHF, and we (the OHF comiters) will

Re: [openhealth] Re: article re IBM and others contributing open source epi and other

2006-05-19 Thread David Forslund
Well there is a proliferation of standards in this arena and the WebServices effort is adding to this proliferation. I think the one positive note I see is that at least a portion of IBM is working on standards at a higher level. It would be nice to see the technical underpinnings of the IHII and

Re: [openhealth] Re: article re IBM and others contributing open source epi and other

2006-05-19 Thread Tim.Churches
ivhalpc wrote: I wonder how this is all going to end and I fear it will end badly as in Nationalized medicine in the US when costs continue to climb out of control because of this kind of insanity. A bit off-topic, but huh? Why would Nationalised medicine be a bad ending? No system is perfect,