Inefficiencies in health care standards are common, unfortunately. Look at DICOM, for example. Nearly every PACS on the planet uses their own method of abstract

Inefficiencies in health care standards are common, unfortunately. Look at DICOM, for example. Nearly every PACS on the planet uses their own method of abstracting data and transferring/storing medical imaging. HL7-XML is already leaps and bounds ahead of the current spec, even with its obvious inadequacies.