# Antw: Re: {Disarmed} Antw: Call For Participation in HIT Definitions Work Gro...

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In een bericht met de datum 7-11-2007 20:25:21 West-Europa (standaardtijd), schrijft hammo001@mc.duke.edu:

One of Ed’s famous quotes is: “standards, there are so many to choose from”

We could add: “EMR defenitions, there are too many to choose from”

I usually say we have about 6 billion definitions of EMR / EHR / PHR. Each person living on this planet defines his own record 🙂

> I agree with that concern. I will be even more concerned if the  
> definitions are different - particularly the use of EMR. But what’s one  
> more?
> 
> Ed Hammond

Sincerely yours,

dr. William TF Goossen  
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