[Gnumed-devel] FW: [GPCG] The Importance of Being OSCAR (Was winter holiday)

[s j tan]

I was getting the impression that java programs can be open sourced
But not GPL.

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Tony Eviston wrote:

>Paul,
>
>The facility I was referring to was not a proprietary remote client but
>rather an API to allow GP practices to determine the interface.
>
>It is good to see you addressing the remote data entry problem, but,
with
>respect, I don't think Intrahealth or HCN or anyone else should dictate
how
>we work, and the nature of the interface is very important to our work
flow.
>
>Of course you should provide a default interface - which would be
>acceptable to many GP's no doubt.
>
>You see, the problem is that your company along with HCN and many other
>vendors seem to feel that because 90% of doctors can fulfill 70-80% of
>their current information storage needs within your products there is
no
>need to allow other systems read/write data access. That assumption
won't
>hold forever. Encapsulated systems will prove to be very bad
investments.
>
>Changing care patterns (including - dare I say it - capitation) will
make
>malleable core EHR systems essential.
>Imagine trying to run a true community care paradigm on the back of the
>current crop of programs.
>
>Maybe the killer product of the next few years will be a solid cross-
>platform database with fully documented structure, and a collection of
well
>documented web services, along with an interface toolkit for GP's or
>Divisions or corporate programmers to customize the interface.
>Ironic that it will probably end up being open source because the
>commercial vendors were too busy thinking of new ways to make black-box
>systems look marketable.
>
>
Tony

I wonder if you, or perhaps community health generally, would be
interested in OSCAR which released version 1.1 last week.
(http://67.69.12.117/)

OSCAR is a web based primary care program running on Linux, MySQL and
Tomcat. It is open sourced under the GPL. It addresses the problem of
remote read / writes in the multi-disciplinary care of chronic disease.

The application can be downloaded as a massive 84 meg file
(http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=66701, which will
probably bring the Boonah telephone exchange down). The install script
worked OK for me on debian unstable but did not fire up in the browser
but I do note their preferred platform is RedHat 7 or 8.

Get a few friends together and you might even get the Feds to fund the
diabetes module. :-)
http://www.noie.gov.au/projects/ebusiness/developing/ITOL/index.htm
"*E-Health*
Management of chronic disease
<http://www.noie.gov.au/projects/ebusiness/developing/ITOL/FAQs/index.ht
m#chronic%20disease> and
related information transfers within multi-agency care teams.

/Explanation:/ projects to be funded would accelerate the delivery or
implementation of efficient protocols, standards or information systems
to support collaboration and exchange of clinical data/information in
health operational processes with particular application to the
management of chronic disease in community care networks."

Cheers.

David

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