[Gnumed-devel] Fwd: [openhealth] Demonstrations & Standards.

[James Busser]

The following thread is active at openhealth. Would we like to submit  
GNUmed's "export to text file" as a "good enough" solution for  
awareness / consideration by others, for suggested improvements, and  
possible adoption by others?

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> Date: March 23, 2006 7:05:20 AM PST (CA)
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: [openhealth] Demonstrations & Standards.
>
> IMHO this may be setting the bar too high....sorry for singing to the
> choir: what we need are a few "good enough" solutions (and there are a
> couple) that meet user needs.... and more importantly, critical mass
> communities of users and developers that collaboratively, continuously
> improve them. The most compelling solutions will emerge from those
> communities. The real challenge is building the communities, not the
> software.
>
> ... wrote:
>
> > Until we have compelling informatics solutions that meet actual
> > clinical user needs, adoption of new IT proposals will be minimal at
> > best, which describes the current state of EHR deployment in this
> > country (i.e., minimal).