Sorry if I discourage any of you from buying this book. But, if you're looking for a very unrelialble solution, this book is for you.



Mike LaChance

EDI Specialist

Sorry if I discourage any of you from buying this book. But, if you're looking for a very unrelialble solution, this book is for you.

Mike LaChance
EDI Specialist

Sorry if I discourage any of you from buying this book. But, if you're looking for a very unrelialble solution, this book is for you.

Mike LaChance
EDI Specialist

I picked this book up not because of the Microsoft-specific solution, but for the HIPAA overview. Sounds like the other reviewers already had that, but for me this is the first place I've seen it all laid out.

As for it being Microsoft-specific, I just feel obligated to point out that this book documents a very specific solution that Microsoft put together with one of its partners. So, while the "comprehensive strategies" part of the title may be a misnomer, taken in context it's not a bad document. In Microsoft's document model this would be a Planning and Architecture document, aimed at the Business Decision Maker to give them an overview and get them interested in a particular architecture. (Disclaimer, I write these kinds of documents for Microsoft.) I do think the book, which appears extracted from a P&A document fails to adequately define the audience and that could cause some confusion.

So for a high-level view of both the landscape and a particular architecture, this is not a bad book. For a "comprehensive" solution, this is probably just the first step in a long journey.