Thanks Chris, (01)
It will be 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Pacific Time, 1:30 p.m. to 3:30
p.m. Eastern Time. (02)
Hope you can fit it in, and even if you need to leave early or join
late, we would be glad to accommodate you. (03)
Thanks,
Rex (04)
At 11:38 AM -0500 10/12/05, Chute, Christopher G., M.D. wrote:
>Fair enough. What will the times be, before I so confirm.
>Chris
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Rex Brooks [mailto:rexb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 9:49 AM
>To: Chute, Christopher G., M.D.; health-ont@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Nov.3 Healthcare Informatics Panel Discussion; WAS: RE:
>[health-ont] Existing ontology
>
>Thanks, Dr. Chute,
>
>We have settled on the third, and I am pleased that it looks like you
>can join us at this point. However, while I am going to include you
>on the webpage I am building for this event on the ontolog wiki, I
>would appreciate a confirmation or at least the most advance notice
>you can manage at this point if you find yourself in a conflict and
>can't attend.
>
>Also, as a reminder, we would like 3-5-7/8(at most, please) slides
>introducing yourself and your work and affiliations in the healthcare
>informatics field specifically, as well as your primary medical
>career. Please plan on 5-10 mins for your brief introductory
>presentation. We will add your slides to combined set we have already
>compiled, and I will be producing a transcript and a summary report
>for this second panel discussion as I have for the first one. Of
>course, I am still working on the summary, but I have managed the
>transcipt.
>
>Thanks, again. We all look forward to hearing your viewpoint. Also,
>if you could reply-to-all to this message, we would appreciate it. We
>try to keep our communications on the list so we can always check the
>archives in case we lose our own email archives (as I have had happen
>to me not too long ago).
>
>Regards,
>Rex
>
>>I think I can make the 3rd. I will be at a caBIG Strategy face to
>>face meeting on the 10th.
>>Cheers,
>>Chris
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: health-ont-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>[mailto:health-ont-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rex Brooks
>>Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2005 11:50 AM
>>To: [health-ont]
>>Subject: RE: [health-ont] Existing ontology
>>
>>Though, I like all other members, speak for
>>myself only, I think it would be safe to say that
>>we consider VistA part and parcel of our efforts.
>>How we go about making recommendations depends in
>>part on developing a business case for the large
>>scale ontology effort that lies at the heart of
>>our recent panel discussion on the Healthcare
>>Informatics Landscape which we will be continuing
>>Nov. 3 or Nov. 10 depending on the availability
>>of our panelists.
>>
>>There have been a number of recent developments
>>out of Dr. Brailer's office which have impacts we
>>can discuss, including the idea of involvement
>>with appropriate working groups. I am working on
>>the Summary Report of our first panel discussion
>>Aug. 25, 2005, the transcript and/or mp3 file for
>>which can be accessed here by scrolling down to
>>near the end of the page:
>>http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2005_08_25
>>
>>David Whitten, a founder of WorldVistA and
>>OpenVistA was a notable participant in that
>>initial discussion, and we hope he will be able
>>to make time to join us again. Unfortunately, Dr.
>>Chute had prior commitments and was unable to
>>join us, and I would like to take this
>>opportunity to extend that invitation again, for
>>the second panel discussion, though we would
>>necessarily need to take a few minutes to
>>introduce him as we did with the other panelists
>>on Aug. 25, 2005.
>>
>>Regards,
>>Rex Brooks
>>
>>At 10:30 AM -0500 10/8/05, Chute, Christopher G., M.D. wrote:
>>>Actually, a major component of VistA found its
>>>way to become the basis of the NDF-RT (National
>>>Drug Formulary, Reference Terminology) which is
> >>now a full-rank source in the UMLS. Sadly, the
>>>version there is somewhat out of date. I attach
>>>a manuscript I wrote with Steve Brown from the
>>>VA, and others, which expands that source for
>>>pharmacogenomics use. While the title
>>>emphasizes the pharmacokinetics issues, it also
>>>includes a reasonable description of the NDF-RT.
>>>Chris
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>From: health-ont-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>[mailto:health-ont-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>>>Behalf Of Mark Roest
>>>Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2005 2:51 AM
>>>To: health-ont@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>Subject: [health-ont] Existing ontology
>>>
>>>Has the group considered the very large medical
>>>care ontology embodied in VistA, the VA hospital
>> >information management system with hundreds of
>>>vertical applications? WorldVistA.org is taking
>>>it open source and free, very actively now. If
>>>your work can be tailored to augment their work,
>>>in collaboration with them, it might strengthen
>>>the most important medical informatics system in
>>>existence.
>>>
>>>[I do not know enough about the technical
>>>aspects of your work, or of VistA, to know if it
>>>is a fit, and I am not a programmer. But if it
>>>would help prepare OpenVistA for being extended
>>>into health care knowledgebases, perhaps your
>>>involvement would be welcomed.]
>>>
>>>VistA has resulted in an 85% reduction in wrong
>>>drug administration and top rankings on Quality
>>>of Care indices among large hospital systems in
>>>the United States. It's defining characteristic
>>>is its design for participation by the users in
>>>its development and maintenance.
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>
>>>Mark Roest
>>>
>>>
>>>Mark Roest
>>>mark.roest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>oneVillage Initiative - Holistic ICT Development for Eco Living
>>>Sustainable development and technologies
>>>http://onevillagefoundation.org/ovf/initiative.html
>>>1.510-461-6405 (new number, please note)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Attachment converted: Macintosh
>>>HD:Pharmacogenomics_NDF.pdf (PDF /<IC>)
>>>(000A2EAE)
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>>Rex Brooks
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>GeoAddress: 1361-A Addison
>Berkeley, CA 94702
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