Sean Nolan has announced that Microsoft has placed the HealthVault API specification, under the Microsoft Community Promise (CP) at the time of the writing, this page has not been updated to list the HealthVault API, but the text is provided in the specification download. This may allow for FOSS implementations of HealthVault. The Microsoft CP […]
ICW and Open eHealth at HIMSS 09
At this years HIMSS the Connect project kind of stole the spotlight. However, I think it is also important to remember the work of the Open eHealth Foundation which has been steadily progressing since it was announced a HIMSS 08. One of the most important members of the eHealth Foundation group is ICW, who sent […]
Nominate Trisano
Trisano is in the running for a sourceforge community award for best government project. You can nominate them here: […]
Podcast with Sun on NHIN CONNECT
Here is a Podcast with Bill Vass and Katherine Evans from Sun. They are discussing the new NHIN CONNECT Gateway project As a plug I should note that Bill Vass is going to be a keynote at FOSS Health. Bill Vass and Katherine Evans Podcast Bill Vass and Katerine Evans (Ogg) […]
NCVHS Testimony on Meaningful Use
(Update 08-13-09 I have already presented this to NCVHS) Introduction I represent a community of health software developers and clinical users that respect software freedom. This community operates in the legacy of the VA VistA underground railroad. There are several important commercial EHR vendors that respect software freedom they are an important part of our […]
Can somebody look at Medscribbler
Hi, A few days ago, medscribbler decided to do an Open Source release. The release appears legit. They have the sourcecode available from the sourceforge medscribbler svn repository. The license is clearly labeled as GPL v3. Sadly, I do not have the time to download this and see if it is worthwhile. However, theoretically, it […]
A geek in the ER
Recently someone turned me on to a post by data expert Joe Bugajski entitled the Data Model that Nearly Killed Me. The article is marvelously written, and meticiously detailed. He actually has a chart where he chronicals his pain level, repeated histories, medications and location. I am always impressed by the level of analysis that […]
MUMPS is modern
NextGov has an article that implies that the VA and DOD should compile MUMPS code to Java code. Before we get into this discussion I would like to point out the fundamental flaw with implying that MUMPS is not a modern system. People who say things like this are usually ignorant, arrogant, biased or a […]
CCHIT Feature bucket
A central problem with CCHIT is the feature bucket. CCHIT certification represents compliance with a list of hundreds of functional requirements. This would be great if that list of features were 100% a good idea, but the reality is far from the truth. From the FOSS perspective we feel that there is a considerable dumbing-down […]
Claims data in PHRs
Today the Boston Globe has published an article about Dave deBronkart’s problem with claim data in his Google Health PHR. I think it is awesome that the main stream press is picking up on the problem of using billing data for clinical work! A little digging reveals that there is an much better post over […]