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Re: Live from the 2003 Fall AMIA Conference by Joshua Newman on Wednesday November 12, @07:14PM I'm a 2nd year FP resident eagerly waiting for a tool that's good enough for when I "go live". I have been impressed (and installed for practice and evaluation) oscar, openemr, freemed, et. al. and find that although none of them addresses every need, a couple of them come impressively close. I especially like Freemed and feel that if I had to use something today i'd probably use it, (after learning a little PHP). I eagerly await the release of GNUmed as screenshots look good. I know it may be naive to ask, but can someone please explain why the AAFP or anyone won't give one of these teams a little cash and finish the job. These projects have been built by tiny groups of largely volunteer programmers and they've done a tremendous and beneficial job. Could we move one of these parent organizations to take the lead, pull the trigger, and pony up? We're so close! If information is stored in an accessable mysql or similar database, all the data can be converted in moments once some standard gets published. Until then I take care of diabetics, cardiopaths, and children who could all benefit from a system telling me who needs a flushot, who needs a podiatric appt, who needs to lose weight, etc. A modest investment and a worthy product would spark a critical mass, industry to support it, and hardware upgrades. Please help my colleagues not become beholden to some proprietary EMR. We should start now. p.s. Thanks for your website. It's of great benefit and support for the community. Post Reply Name Email Notify Notify me via email of responses to this message Title Comment (Check those URLs! Don't forget the http://!) Encoding HTML Structured Text Plain Text If none of the above mean anything to you, select 'Plain'! Attachment (You can attach a file to your reply which can then be retrieved by other readers. Try to keep the file sizes below 500Kb in order to conserve network and server resources.) Enter the above code (*Required) Allowed HTML <B> <I> <P> <A> <LI> <OL> <UL> <EM> <BR> <TT> <HR> <STRONG> <BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV .*> <DIV> <P .*> Important Stuff: Note: Fields with bold titles are required. Please try to keep posts on topic. Try to reply to other people comments instead of starting new threads, Read other people's messages before posting your own to avoid simply duplicating what has already been said. Use a clear subject that describes what your message is about. Please do not post offtopic, inflammatory, inappropriate, illegal, or offensive comments. Repeat offenders will be sanctioned.

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