Derek Ritz

Derek Ritz replied to "SEMR" in the Health IT community.

Rogers et al: I'm not sure I agree with the premise that there is a tension between standards and innovation. Health is adversely affected by breakdowns in care continuity and (conversely) improved where continuity of care is improved. One of the compelling "value propositions" of eHealth software is its ability ...

Derek Ritz replied to "SMS projects for patient referral, visit reminders, chronic disease management and others" in the Health IT community.

Hi all. I am following this thread with great interest. As part of my involvement with a community project, OpenHIE, I am participating in the development of a new "profile" through a standards organization called IHE (www.ihe.net). Profiles can be thought of as implementation guides; they describe how underlying standards ...

Derek Ritz replied to "Introductions" in the Health IT community.

Hi all. I am Derek Ritz; I am a Canadian health informatics professional. Presently, I am working as an advisor on national-scope eHealth "infrastructure" projects in Rwanda and South Africa. My areas of expertise are in m/eHealth architecture, strategy, implementation and adoption. I am a delegate of Canada to ISO ...

Derek Ritz replied to "Experiences with an open source business" in the Health IT community.

Hi Joaquín. I had a chance, a few years ago, to get to know Bob Young and to hear him speak on this very topic: how to differentiate yourself when your "product" is an open source software offering. In Bob's case, he was talking about his company, Red Hat, and ...

Derek Ritz replied to "Opinions about mHealth Summit" in the Health IT community.

Hi Joaquin. There will be 2 related sessions at the Summit regarding m/eHealth enterprise architecture for MNCH and there are 2 related groups on HUB that provide information about what these sessions will be addressing. The first group is found here: http://www.healthunbound.org/group/mehealth-framework-mnch. This group is set up to collect feedback ...