Great comments
Rex,
In light of the
article mentioned, I have cc’ed Jamie on this (he knows a little about “The
Law” and I am sure he will have something interesting to say about the
subject. As anyone who has ever been involved in healthcare knows, the typical
reasons for inaction related to the delicate balance between doing their job
and not getting sued. If there is any way that we can help with this problem it
can only be a good thing.
Brett
From: Ed Dodds
[mailto:dodds@e-dodds.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004
7:33 AM
To: rexb@starbourne.com
Cc: ihc@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: [ihc] subcommittees early
in the TC process?
Second, I know there are some committees at the Medical
Banking Project ( www.mbproject.org )
that might serve as some starting categories. John Casillas ( johnc@mbproject.org ) is very interested
in promoting interoperability in whatever way he can.
I've also been watching the http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/
project for sometime now and their work suggests the areas of e-health (in this
case, 'e-health' is broadband internet based medicine) and accompanying
distance education.
---- Original message ----
>Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 07:32:34 -0700
>From: Rex Brooks <rexb@starbourne.com>
>Subject: [ihc] An Article on Legal Constraints in US, A Question about
Issues
>To: ihc@lists.oasis-open.org
>
> Hi Folks,
> Since I keep an eye on Healthcare issues, I noticed this
article
> today. One of my own conclusions as I have researched this
domain off
> and on over the last 3 years has been the lack of global
standards for
> IT other than the broadest ones covered in ISO 11179, and some
> topic-specific issues. I would be interested to hear whether
there are
> significant and similar barriers in Europe and Asia, as if
> localization wasn't difficult enough on its own, especially
with
> different character sets. However, as with many IT issues, the
legal
> aspects, and the IPR aspects also need to be addressed. So,
here's the
> article:
> http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=29100518
> And, here's the question:
> Should we consider establishing subcommittees early in the TC
process?
> The question relates to the specificity of gathering
requirements for
> legal issues specifically. As a member of the Web Services for
Remote
> Portlets TC, I can vouch for the fact that there just isn't
enough
> warm bodies working on behalf of corporate members to take on
any
> significant work outside the specific purview of our scope,
and our
> experience with relying on other TCs to produce their specs in
a
> timely way to aid in our ongoing work has been somewhat
disappointing,
> though neither unexpected, nor particularly troubling yet. For
> instance, we have had to wait for a year for WSS to
reach its
> milestone for producing its first suite of specifications, we
now face
> the task of imlementing those standards and gathering feedback
from
> those implementations. This then must be factored into WSRP
2.0 if we
> can, though, in fact, we may not have enough feedback during
the
> timeframe we have established for developing WSRP v2.0. I
don't know,
> obviously, so I can't point out whether, in fact, this is a
> large-enough concern to warrant being included in the ihc
work.
> However, uptake of standards, wherever they are produced is
something
> that needs to be addressed, so I think that an IHC Legal SC
would be a
> good idea.
> If we are to liaise with other TCs to produce specifications
needed in
> this domain, we need to be as specific as we can be to avoid
tasking
> others to survey a field for specific issues before beginning
the work
> of writing standards to bridge those issues.
> BTW, Legal is just one particular domain. For an exercise in
how
> complex these issues will be, consider how many different
specs there
> are for defining what a "person" or
"address" is.
> Just thought I would pass this little reminder along.
> Regards,
> Rex Brooks
> P.S. I am using the long form of my signature here this once
so those
> of you joining in this initial period can get an idea of what
my
> interests are. I will add my membership in this TC once I am
sure that
> I fit into the work here.
>
> --
>
> Rex Brooks
> President, Stabourne Communications Design
> Executive Director, Humanmarkup.org, Inc.
> Co-Chair, Secretary, OASIS HumanMarkup Technical Committee
> Co-Chair OASIS Human Physical Characteristics Description
Markup
> Language Subcommittee
> Member, OASIS Web Services for Remote Portlets Technical
Committee
> Member, OASIS Web Services for Remote Portlets-Primer
Subcommittee
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> Co-Chair Emergency Management Notification Methods and Messages
> Subcommittee
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Services
> Subcomittee
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