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PSA: HCHIC Inaugural Fundraising Event

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Public Service Announcement: The not-for-profit Harris County Health Information Cooperative (HCHIC) isannouncing its inaugural fund raiser at, St. Arnold's brewery September 20th, for a Houston, Texas area, county-wide or state-wide, non-proprietary EMR:"Much like a lighthouse benefits all of us, your tax-deductible contribution to HCHIC will be used for desperately needed Electronic Medical Record (EMR) unification with proven and robust non-proprietary software that will be implemented, developed and promoted in Harris County and Texas. If you cannot attend the event, your tax-deductible contribution can be sent to HCHIC 4010 Blue Bonnet, Suite 202 Houston, Tx 77025. Individual memberships starting at $100 are available as well as silver ($500), gold ($1000) and platinum ($10,000) Sponsorships. Membership and Sponsorship donations received prior to October 31st will be 'founding' memberships. Membership allows voting rights as well as access to internal communications. Current goal: $80,000. 3 year budget goal: $2 million." All implementation and development products will be FOSS licensed.

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Comments (2)

gus3 ·
Holding a Health Information Cooperative event at a brewery.

Nothing like getting the word out to the unwashed masses, I guess. Still, how many cases of cirrhosis will this event reveal?
Bob_Robertson ·
> how many cases of cirrhosis will this event reveal?

From beer? that's a _lot_ of drinking! Oh, was the event in Australia?

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