Re: [openhealth] What do you keep explaining about Health IT

2010-08-30 Thread fred trotter
Philippe, Excellent exposition. Precisely the kind of high-level issue that I am looking for! Others? -FT On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 2:36 PM, Philippe Ameline wrote: > Hi Fred, > > This is a topic I have been trying to address for years. > > In France, practitioners are mainly using the k

Re: [openhealth] What do you keep explaining about Health IT

2010-08-30 Thread Philippe Ameline
By the way, some years ago, I tried to write a text aimed at putting Health IT in perspective. http://philippe.ameline.free.fr/download/texts/LigneDeVieForPrevention.pdf Don't know if it is proper material. PA Le 30/08/2010 21:50, fred trotter a écrit : > > Jel, > I probably should not have

Re: [openhealth] What do you keep explaining about Health IT

2010-08-30 Thread fred trotter
Jel, I probably should not have suggested a "FAQ" what I am looking for is much more like what Philippe put forward. High level concepts that are very difficult to grasp but are vitally important. The problem with a FAQ or wiki model is that really, these topics are far too deep for that. To

Re: [openhealth] What do you keep explaining about Health IT

2010-08-30 Thread Philippe Ameline
Hi Fred, This is a topic I have been trying to address for years. In France, practitioners are mainly using the kind of software whose main selling argument is to imitate paper. Since I have always been developing information systems based on highly structured information, I have always been

Re: [openhealth] What do you keep explaining about Health IT

2010-08-30 Thread Jel Coward
I think the examples you cite are typical. It would be great to have such an FAQ...perhaps in wiki style/functionality that we could all contribute to. Anyone care to set that up? Cheers Jel Coward Sent from a super-snazzy open-source Android phone. Making the iPhone look so '20th century'

[openhealth] What do you keep explaining about Health IT

2010-08-30 Thread fred trotter
Hi, One of the experiences that I have had, time and time again is that when I talk to doctors about Health IT, they have some basic Information Technology gaps in their education. They simply do not understand some of the fundamentals of Information Technology and have trouble even understanding