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Re: Potpourri: WalMart, GoogleHealth and Cerner by Tim Cook on Monday June 16, @11:50AM While your question at the end is rhetorical. I believe there is an answer; of a sort. It's the not invented here attitude. It is quite pervasive in IT in general and healthcare in particular, in the US. People and organizations seem to tackle the complexity of healthcare information management over and over again in the same ways. The following quote from George Santayana comes to mind: 'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.' Life of Reason, Reason in Common Sense, Scribner's, 1905, page 284 Learning from the prior works is one of the greatest benefits of open source/open content. I wonder how good of a job we are doing within the open source communities? 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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