Al, you mentioned eMD's. Dr. Winn posted a while back at EMR update about why CCHIT is important, not good, he was sure to not say that, just important. The minimalistic view where CCHIT ensures a minimum feature set sounded alright to me. If CCHIT were more like that would you still object? (I'm assuming you remember the post.)

I'm going to look at the requirements later this week, but right now I like Dr Winn's view of what CCHIT should be. Although perhaps the government should have more say. (I'm generally for small government.)
Could someone please explain to me why the AMA makes royalties on their codes when the US government backs it? It should be free. (is it free to AMA members at least? it bothers me when the government backs things without getting any direct benefit to taxpayers.)