Dossia Project on Hold?
In a July 27, 2007 WSJ article (p B5), Gary McWilliams writes an article called "Medical-record enterprise is mired in dispute."
The article states: "The software developer behind an effort by major employers, including Intel Corp. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc., to create and store electronic medical records for employees has stopped work on the project amid a dispute with the group.
The $15 million effort, called Dossia Network, was begun last year with backing from big employers seeking to use personal medical records to improve employees' health care and reduce their own costs.
Omnimedix Institute, a Portland, Ore., nonprofit hired to produce the data warehouse and network-access software stopped work as a result of a dispute with Dossia. J.D. Kleinke, chairman of Omnimedix Institute, declined to comment on the dispute, citing a court order."
It is clear that the consortium behind the effort - including Intel, Applied Materials Inc., BP PLC, Cardinal Health Inc., Pitney Bowes Inc., and Wal-Mart - are committed to the cause and a spokeserson is quoted in the article as saying they are "in active discussions with other vendors."
This is an exciting opportunity, but like all quantum leap efforts, will require focus, skill, expectation management, and simple good luck.
The article states: "The software developer behind an effort by major employers, including Intel Corp. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc., to create and store electronic medical records for employees has stopped work on the project amid a dispute with the group.
The $15 million effort, called Dossia Network, was begun last year with backing from big employers seeking to use personal medical records to improve employees' health care and reduce their own costs.
Omnimedix Institute, a Portland, Ore., nonprofit hired to produce the data warehouse and network-access software stopped work as a result of a dispute with Dossia. J.D. Kleinke, chairman of Omnimedix Institute, declined to comment on the dispute, citing a court order."
It is clear that the consortium behind the effort - including Intel, Applied Materials Inc., BP PLC, Cardinal Health Inc., Pitney Bowes Inc., and Wal-Mart - are committed to the cause and a spokeserson is quoted in the article as saying they are "in active discussions with other vendors."
This is an exciting opportunity, but like all quantum leap efforts, will require focus, skill, expectation management, and simple good luck.
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