I would like to suggest that the demands for clinical information in
acute medicine do not distort the overall demands on primary care.
message <[log in to unmask]>, Jon Rogers
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>Dear All
>
>As a further contribution to the clinical coding of Coop calls debate,
>here is a message from Paul Amos, Medical director at CAMS...
>
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>Lynn Woods (Adastra) writes:
>
>>You will be aware that we have been promising for ages now to
>>introduce clinical coding via Read codes v3, but we are still
>>hamstrung by the failure of the "industry" to assimilate from v2 to v3
>>Read. Thus, even if we load v3 on to Adastra, it won't mean anything
>>to surgeries. And CAMS won't licence us for v2 because they don't
>>want it perpetuated.
>
>>We may be being unfair to CAMS. They have seen these exchanges and I
>>think I have probably misrepresented them. Sounds like they would be
>>happy for us to go with Read v2, in which case we have just wasted a
>>full year!
>
>Many thanks for raising the above issues. Clearly there was a
>misunderstanding here which Lynn and I have fully resolved.
>
>Version 2 and the GP 4 byte releases are very much alive and kicking.
>We anticipate that they will remain in use for some time to come.
>
>Our concern has been to alert potential new developers to the
>possibility of designing a Version 3 compatible system now and then to
>decide which version of Read to incorporate.
>
>This provides some future proofing for developers who would wish to
>use the Version 2 data set now without having to completely redesign
>the system for incorporation of the Version 3 data set at some future
>date.
>
>The use of the Version 2 data set in Version 3 file format allows the
>separation of software design from Read Code data set used thus
>facilitating the devlopment of new Version 3 compatible systems while
>allowing users to adopt Version 3 as their needs and its availability
>dictate.
>
>CAMS will fully support Adastra in the requirement to provide Read
>Code functionality for their users, irrespective of which Version is
>used, or which system is developed.
>
>Regards
>
>Paul Amos
>Director
>
>
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Donovan Ross
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