Too bad we can’t put Peppy on tee shirts, coffee mugs and trinkets to raise a boatload of cash. Disney makes a sizable hunk of change from such enterprise. But then Peppy can’t even begin to compete with Mickey or Minnie in name recognition.
Seems we could propose an OpenEMR project that falls under RWJF’s goal of:
exploring or testing major new ways to finance and organize health care that have the potential to improve access to more affordable and higher quality health services.
It doesn’t surprise me that the prior attempt to get funding for the “Behavioral Health Treatment Plans” project from the Dave Thomas Foundation was unsuccessful, because there was a clear mismatch between our goals and that organization’s mission.
“Every person deserves the chance to live a healthy, productive life” is the motto of the Gates Foundation. One cannot live a productive life, especially in developing countries, if one is ill. Because 2/3 of downloads goes elsewhere, OpenEMR may be the only EHR tool our foreign colleagues have to assist them in the care of their patients.
The Gates Foundation has yet to consider an application, let alone write a check. As a board member, would you refuse a potential grant out-of-hand because mission statements don’t mesh? It’s the job of the applicant to make the connections.
I have every intention of applying to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and any philanthropy that has anything remotely related to healthcare. Even to some which don’t. Akin to carpet bombing.
Out of the big pile, someone may say: “Yes, we would love to underwrite such a worthwhile cause”. Gift giving is a matter of the heart. Sometimes there is no rhyme or reason to it. If not, we’re back to our regular fundraising.
The Gates Foundation has yet to consider an application, let alone write a check. As a board member, would you refuse a potential grant out-of-hand because mission statements don’t mesh? It’s the job of the applicant to make the connections.
I don’t have any ideological problems with accepting money from the Gates Foundation. I purchase and use Microsoft products that fit my needs.
Since you are the one who seems to be most willing to work to “make the connections” it is your prerogative to decide where to expend effort.
However, based on the Gates Foundation’s process, I think the chances of a successful proposal are not as good as they would be with a different organization.
Carpet bomb as you see fit, but personally, I prefer precision munitions.
The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our [software].
Gopherit, friends with Peppy and Pe$$y, want to join your pages to do any petition to any Foundation to explain why “they” (poor health situations) need OpenEMR in remote parts of the world, an OpenEMR certified for MU1, MU2, etc…
OpenEMR is used in many remote parts with less and also with more financial resources.
It might be summarized as: How to explain Healthcare is something that needs a good OpenEMR computer software program?
Sir, you confuse us ignorant hillbillies with true Southerners.
There are no plantations in Appalachia, only apple orchards. Abolition was not near as damaging as prohibition.
If young folks in the great state of North Carolina have a puzzled look when asked to define Abolition or Prohibition, one can take it as progress.
When I was last near Arlington for a Prius purchase, there were faces from Ethopia and Guatemala. Very different in 1971 crossing the Francis Scott Key Bridge from Georgetown. Then it was very clear I entered a foreign land.
Unofficially, there has been another $500 since the update (still with steady stream of $20 donations). I’ve just emailed Tony about the estimation of the certification test itself; for example, if this was an overestimate, then can migrate it to the development baromater. At this point almost all MU2 items are accounted for resource-wise (except a couple) thanks to ZH and Tony’s group; the extra development funding we get will likely be going into the several items left and into code reviews (there is no way I’ll be able to review all the code that will be coming our way, so will very likely need to pay professionals for code reviews).
-brady OpenEMR
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Brady discussed update on MU2. At this point almost all MU2 items are accounted for resource-wise (except a couple) thanks to ZH and Tony’s group; the extra development funding we get will likely be going into the several items left and into code reviews (there is no way I’ll be able to review all the code that will be coming our way, so will very likely need to pay professionals for code reviews).
Brady and Rod discussed the translation pipeline, especially the perl script that collects the new constants from codebase. We both agreed it would be nice to have that script/process ported to php to allow use of it within OpenEMR.
