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 ===== Why Another EMR? ===== ===== Why Another EMR? =====
  
-Aren't there already enough on the market?+== Aren't there already enough on the market? == 
 We think it's not a question of how many there are. We think that the EMRs currently available have some serious problems, either being old-fashioned and cumbersome, error-prone, or/and too expensive. The companies behind the software have no urge for innovation, or not the manpower to make innovation happen. We think it's not a question of how many there are. We think that the EMRs currently available have some serious problems, either being old-fashioned and cumbersome, error-prone, or/and too expensive. The companies behind the software have no urge for innovation, or not the manpower to make innovation happen.
  
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 The best way to create an EMR is to work with it. The best way to improve it is to work with it, on a daily basis. The best way to get people help improve software is to let them be a part of it. The best way to create an EMR is to work with it. The best way to improve it is to work with it, on a daily basis. The best way to get people help improve software is to let them be a part of it.
  
-So, MedUX is not just //another// EMR. It is meant as a movement within the medical community, to get away from vendor lock-in, to create a platform for every health service provider which they can build upon. It is meant as a fundament for apps, connections to devices, and interoperability with others on a free, open basis.+== So, MedUX is NOT just another EMR.== 
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 +It is meant as a movement within the medical community, to get away from vendor lock-in, to create a platform for every health service provider which they can build upon. It is meant as a fundament for apps, connections to devices, and interoperability with others on a free, open basis.
  
 There are already efforts underway to create such interoperability, like the [[https://www.hl7.org/fhir|FHIR]] project from the HL7 consortium, which MedUX will use as fundament. There are already efforts underway to create such interoperability, like the [[https://www.hl7.org/fhir|FHIR]] project from the HL7 consortium, which MedUX will use as fundament.
  
-But we think that the future in medicine is, and has to be open.+But we think that the future in medicine is, and has to be, **open**.
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