Stream: social
Topic: Why we do it
Dave deBronkart (Sep 20 2019 at 23:44):
If you need another example of why information portability is vital, here's one from a highly empowered former White House health official, a personal friend, yesterday on LinkedIn.
I’m caring for a loved one in a health crisis. Here’s what I did not understand before. Sometimes it feels like if I’m not smart enough, and stubborn enough and attentive enough really bad things will happen. I may be wrong. I may be right. But in the meantime I need to stay up and ... [details edited out]
One friend (European) responded:
Both my parents were dx'ed with cancer in 2013. I took 6 months off from work to manage their care. EVERY SINGLE DAY was a battle. I discovered more medical errors than I care to remember.
What we do here is urgent; many people every day need the results of this work.
Now that I think of it, that's part of why I love the velocity of work in HL7.
Last updated: Apr 12 2022 at 19:14 UTC
