> This locking together of clinical and administrative information > is quite unnecessary but appears to form a central plank of IMG > thinking. It is bound to lead to continuing serious trouble in the > future I would totally disagree, this is what i've been fighting for for over five years. If you consider the system from a object oriented perspective all you are talking about are characteristics of the client. Clinical / administrative / resource / financial etc. data should all be derived from the client entity. What l presume you mean it that you do not see the point of sharing administrative data? > Ross > Robin Beaumont Lecturer in Health Informatics University of Newcastle upon Tyne 21 Claremont Place Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 2AA Tel: 0191 222 5625 or 5668 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%