Hi, thank you all for your response, I've looked into all your suggestions, especially gnumed and I contacted mailinglists for: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] (MedicineAu.com.au) ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] linking to this current discussion and here's the response I got. I believe even though it is a long shot, if we get a group together we might just make an impact.
I've mentioned to the General Manager at Medilink Solutions that I had joined a mailing list to discuss this topic and I pointed out the interest it received, especially in regards to the post by Brad Thomas re: aged care, and he would like to discuss it further and does not believe it is a conflict of interest. So I'm pretty much devoted to this topic, but I have no idea how to get things moving. See below: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: richard terry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 2:17 PM Subject: Re: [Gnumed-devel] Australian development of Open Source Practice Management Software To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Having been involved with gnumed for a number of years, and probably one of the few people still keeping up with it in Australia, and I think sadly it is unlikely that gnuMed will ever reach a stage of being usable in Australia for many reasons which I won't elaborate about here. Nothing short of a complete working solution which offered massively significant advantages over the current crop of offerings, would stand a chance of acceptance, even if one could get on top of the legal/iso standards issues. Before reading this understand I have no animosity towards the project, correspond on and off with Karsten and some other list members, and wish the project well, and still help where I can with ideas/comments etc, and hopefully will be doing some hl7 work with them in the near future.. Anything written for Australia has to have proper prescribing/drug reference, all the necessary forms/care planning/hl7 etc, for what has become a complex environment in GP Land. The only decent gui/workflow that I've ever seen is Profile, but then it has so many other problems that very few people use it, company support is unfortunatley poor as they concentrate on Canada, though the individuals within the company I've encountered have been very friendly and helpful individuals. I think there have been some attempts to produce something australia, either desktop/web based, with little success that I know of, time often being the problem along with lack of basic team structure. Ian Hayood on the gpcg list could enlighten you on that. Of course, if you program in basic, and want to help me write a desktop project for Linux, then perhaps give me a ring..... I'm curently trying to resurrect my basic skills (not having programmed in it for > 10 years), to write some little apps for work here, in the linux env of course. Ring me if interested in a chat, I'm in Newcastle wk is 02 49436511 and you could ring me at home one evening. Regards Richard. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Roy Gaber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 2:17 PM Subject: [Hardhats] Re: Australian development for Open Source Practice Management Software To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] After reading the threads on the site via the URL you provided, I would say you came to the right place, there is a wealth of information and quite helpful people here. Welcome mate. On Thu, 2008-03-06 at 13:33 +1100, Armin Marth wrote: > Hi, my name's Armin Marth and I work for an Australian medical > practice software vendor, providing tech support to medical practices > on the national help-desk and on-site. Recently I have been been made > aware of some limitations of proprietary software, and I would like to > help in anyway I can in the development of open-source in the medical > industry in Australia. > > I have formal knowledge in IT support on Windows, training in Linux > and Basic Programming and inside-out knowledge on how users (practice > managers / receptionists / secretaries/ doctors) use practice > management systems along with the standards and the process of dealing > with Medicare Australia, Department of Veteran Affairs and Health > Funds. > > I hope that my day to day use and contacts can help with development > to be used in Australia, and I believe that now, whilst rolling out > Easyclaim (Medicare EFTPOS), is the best window of opportunity for > this platform to grow. > > Refer to the discussion from the Sydney Linux User Group (SLUG) which > I've uploaded on http://www.freewebs.com/gnumed-aus > > I speak on behalf of myself as an individual and not as an employee of > any practice management software companies for my own interests and > the interests of the community. > > Thanks > > >From Armin Marth > On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 3:03 PM, Armin Marth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now, this type of software is the perfect candidate to be on an open > platform (which some medical practices use Linux to store a flat-file > database on), and with simple google seaches I've found some > open-source Medical Billing/Appointment book practice management > suites, but they were all on 0.x releases and unsuitable for the > Australian medical billing system, with no mention to Medicare. Has > anyone found anything for Australia; I'd be interested in following > the development for a Linux/multiplatform open-source practice > management suite suited to Australia's medical/Medicare standards. > > I post on behalf of myself, for my interests and the community's > interests only and not an employee of Medilink. > > Thank you, > > Armin Marth > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
