[news.eclipse.technology.ohf] Re: Contributors?

["Werner Keil" <info@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I found the OHF project just recently.

I would like to help and contribute both information (use cases, business
processes, etc.)
as well as artifacts and components whenever those make sense (late 2007
seems a bit late for some
actual code, but maybe more join in ?;-)

I am founder and project lead of a medical information system based on Open
Source technologies
called MedSurvey. The project and my own medical expertise goes back into
the early 1990s. Some
of our contributors and medical experts we worked together with on the
project even started earlier
(in times or Atari or Commodore !!;-)

As most of the projects so far where Windows-based, I have started to port
some components to Java
systems such as NetBeans (which had an open API and framework a bit earlier
than Eclipse) and made
a move towards Eclipse after that gained more ground (from 2002 on)

Project Paracelsus was founded to be a MIS (for GP and Small to Medium
Clinics) based on Eclipse
even before the RCP and Rich GUI wave hit the industry again.
Collecting standards and building a network however is quite tricky
(especially in countries like Germany
or Austria with lots of propriatory shit sold to doctors as if it was Oil or
Gold ;-/)

I have heard from some good examples from Scandinavia so far. So no wonder,
the only mentioned interest
from Europe comes from Finland. Mine is from Central Europe being based in
Switzerland right now (but with
roots and users mostly in Austria)

One important part which I would like to add as useful building block is the
use of Smartcards (GINA/ NETC@RDS)
though it could be seen as part of one of the Core parts (Identity,
Security/PKI, or Interoperability if viewed as a separate
system)

While being in Austria I took part in the working group for Business Process
Management for the Healthcare System (Nation-
and EU-wide) formed by the The Austrian Federal Economic Chamber.

As some of my current projects are more related to the finance sector, I am
not working in the Healthcare industry full time.
However, often my main project work was related to e-government which is at
least in some countries covered by the same
technologies (e.g. the e-card for social security is also a citizen ID for
e-Government at least in Austria and some other countries)

I would be happy to help within my capacity and being able to add some more
European knowledge into the so far mostly American
Healthcare sector dominated project (Eclipse itself is built on knowledge
and work especially from Canada, the USA and Switzerland,
mostly thanks to OTI ;-)

I was invited to speak in Bern about my work on Paracelsus and MedSurvey
regarding Eclipse and RCP so far. I guess, OHF aspects
are in a stage too early to be included, but if any of you has something
important to add (and present), you are very welcome to spread
the word and information to Europe.

Kind Regards,

Werner Keil

MedSurvey Foundation
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