My family and I are moving in the coming months. My wife will be attending a new school in the fall. Among the many hassles of moving are locating and transferring medical records to new doctors and clinics. During our time in Minnesota, we've visited several clinics and hospitals, so our medical data is spread across a dozen different networks. Collecting this data is a chore. And reciting it to every new medical provider is frustrating, especially knowing someone else has already typed this stuff into the computer. For obvious reasons, there are many software companies competing in the Electronic Health Record (EHR) industry. I haven't spent much time researching the field, but I have to imagine there is no shortage of bloated standards and next to nil interoperability. With President Obama pushing for electronic health records, this could be an opportunity for the Haskell community to deliver a common framework that the US, and maybe the rest of the world, could build upon -- a longshot I realize. At the core, the fundamental problem is not that complicated. It's just storing and retrieving a person's various health events: checkups, prescriptions, procedures, test results, etc. The main technical challenges are database distribution and patient security. Both are fun problems, and our friends at Galios continue to show how effective Haskell is at building secure systems. Any thoughts? Ideas? -Tom BTW, Anyone looking to rent a house in Eden Prairie, MN? A Haskell employer is just 4 miles down the road (Eaton).