[med-svn] r13169 - trunk/community/papers/13_healthcafe

[Andreas Tille]

Author: tille
Date: 2013-03-11 13:45:43 +0000 (Mon, 11 Mar 2013)
New Revision: 13169

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   trunk/community/papers/13_healthcafe/debian-med-healthcafe.pdf
   trunk/community/papers/13_healthcafe/paper-text.tex
Log:
Another paragraph with changes from Wes (also updated PDF)


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 tricks with your data and we will never be the stumbling stone when it
 comes to porting your data from one system to another.
 
-However, the truth is that on one side health care and on the other side
-computer science are complex fields of work and you will barely find
-professionals who are experts in both fields at the same time.  So if
-you are working in health care you are responsible for the health of the
-patient and not primarily for the health of your IT systems.  In other
-words:  You finally need to spend some money to hire an IT expert who
-maintains your IT infrastructure and provides the service you need for
-your work.
+Nonetheless the fact remains that healthcare on the one hand, and
+computer science on the other, are complex fields of endeavor and you
+will rarely find professionals who are experts in both fields at the
+same time.  It is said that knowledge is power, and that with power
+comes responsibility.
+%
+% remark of Wes Davidson <davidson at ling.ohio-state.edu>:
+% perhaps there exists a fruitful analogy along the following lines:
+%
+% drugs:pharmacy:medical-professional:patient
+%  ::
+%  software:Debian-Med:IT-professional:IT-system
+%
+But whenever you rely on an IT system, {\em someone} must take
+responsibility for its maintenance.  So if you are working in health
+care you are responsible for the health of the patient and not primarily
+for the health of your IT systems.  In other words:  You must ultimately
+spend some money to hire an IT expert who will maintain your IT
+infrastructure and provide the service you need for your work.
 
 \DebianMed is targeting at these service providers to hand over some
 high quality software free of charge with strong ties established to the