Is worth a look. (note fixed the url… thanks for the comments…) They are becoming a more and more central player in our community… -FT […]
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On project governance
Recently, some of the i2b2 team asked me for my thoughts on project governance. I find that my lengthy email answers to these kinds of questions are worth blogging about. I mean really, its a bother to write a good blog post and a bother to write a long email… why duplicate?? The original question […]
Lack of Transparency in Houston, T.X.
I am quite happy to say that your insane business practices will soon be coming to an end. http://www.hhs.gov/valuedriven/ Do you honestly think that any other business could get away with not providing up-front pricing? You actually expect me to visit in-person to determine whether you have a fair price for services? Try calling Walmart […]
The Health Internet
For whatever reason, people still do not get the basics of the Health Internet. Part of the problem is the fact that the marketing term has been, until recently the National Health Information Network or NHIN. The Feds recently decided to start calling the project the Health Internet, because that gives a much better idea […]
The wrong conversation, missing CONNECT
Today I heard a session today at the National IT Forum at Harvard entitled “Business-Government Interactions to Support a Platform”. I felt like I was Alice in Wonderland. Behind me sat two of the top leaders of the Open Source CONNECT project. Which is, frankly, the single largest contribution to Health IT interoperability to come from the […]
Surescripts agrees to modify NDA to be compatible with Open Source licences
As many of you know, I am often asked to represent the FOSS Health IT community in negotiations with various organizations. My first opportunity to do this was with CCHIT, that negotiation has turned out pretty well. Then I represented the FOSS community at the NCVHS hearings on Meaningful Use. Most recently, I have had […]
Network Effect vs Open Source
Something I have been thinking alot about lately is the issue of Software as a Service and how that model works with the network effect and open source software. My thinking is prompted by a service that I am thinking of launching. The code behind the service is very simple, and while I have predilection […]
e-prescribing prior art
Hi, Whenever I hear that someone was doing Health IT a long-long time ago, I always suggest that they find copies of their old code and post them online so that we can have a strong source of prior-art to fight software patents with. Recently, Bob Paddock took me seriously and dug up some invaluable […]
The iphone, a poor HIT platform analogy
Recently, a NEJM perspective article titled No Small Change for the Health Information Economy advocates that a Health IT platform should be created in imitation of some of the successful technology platforms in other areas. Specifically the iphone was mentioned. The relevant paragraph: The Apple iPhone, for example, uses a software platform with a published […]
Multiple Merged Monitors the nightmare
I use GNU/Linux on the desktop. This is for both ideological and practical reasons. I develop FOSS Health Software, and my preferred languages work best on GNU/Linux. I also believe in Software Freedom. Sometimes I will use proprietary software, if it is obvious that I need to do that in order to 1) further the […]