tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-733074358901582680.post5449548102922786862..comments2024-03-23T05:28:35.472-04:00Comments on Healthcare Standards: A new Mission for HL7Keith W. Boonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16883038460949909300noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-733074358901582680.post-66442263657264629802015-02-13T05:09:53.287-05:002015-02-13T05:09:53.287-05:00It's really pretty! You did a great job!
Educa...It's really pretty! You did a great job!<br /><a href="http://www.Globalclassroom.in" rel="nofollow">Educational Company in India, Global Schools in india</a><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07255532868656818787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-733074358901582680.post-69804929088351456542015-02-13T03:07:59.375-05:002015-02-13T03:07:59.375-05:00Well, as you state this special circumstance doesn...Well, as you state this special circumstance doesn't actually provide the HL7 members with a vote. History shows that the best chance of becoming a chair is to a) work for a big organization, b) be an MD, c) be a US citizen, In your case that's 2 out of 3 ;-)<br /><br />I agree that true internationalization of the organization will be hard, and wil probably be painful and risky, but it has to be done. Now that IHE has to get used to no longer having RSNA/HIMMS as its main financial backers it'll have to (like HL7) come up with aninternational membership structure/fees - there may be an opportunity to learn from the structure of the "other" (HL7/IHE) organization. It raises (yet again) the questiona s to whether these two organizations should merge at some point in time.<br /><br />Refocusing the organization to be concerned about implementation also isn't easy - the nature of the organization is such (standards development oriented) that this will take a lot of work to change the hearts and minds of the current volunteers and staff, to get all of them to support that element of HL7's vision. Without the buy-in of the volunteer community this new focus will come to nought. As a long-term chair of what's effectively the "HL7 software imnplementers user group" it has been a struggle over the past 10 years to survive in the context of this standards-development focused organization - slowly we're beginning to see some changes.<br /><br />Anyway, there are certainly be challenges for the organization (and therefore for its chair) - if I had a vote you'd certainly be on my list of potential candidates, if only for your willingness to address the elephant in the room.. ;-)<br /><br />-Rene<br /><br />Rene Spronkhttp://www.ringholm.com/column/rs_last_en.htmnoreply@blogger.com