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[News] Open Source Medical Software Wins Wired Award

WorldVistA Wins Wired News 2007 Rave Award

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| David Whitten was the first to note that WorldVistA has won the 2007
| Wired News Rave Award. This is in the latest print edition of Wired
| on page 147 (not on the website yet) featuring a picture of K.S.
| Bhaskar, Joseph Dal Molin and Maury Pepper.
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http://www.linuxmednews.com/1177196547

There appears to be a slow move towards standards, open source, and Free
software in that sector. One can avoid the [i|Micro]soft disaster here in
the UK, which cost the taxpayers over 12 billion dollars.


Related:

Palamida Supports the Development of Open Source Solutions for the Health
Information Community

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| Palamida has announced that it has joined the Open Health Information
| Project (OHIP), a global collaboration between public and private
| institutions to develop open source software solutions for the
| health information community. Lead by Oregon State University's
| Open Source Lab (OSL), OHIP works to enable the successful adoption
| and use of open source software methodologies in the public sector.
`----

http://www.securitypark.co.uk/article.asp?articleid=26518&CategoryID=1


McKesson First to Offer Red Hat Enterprise Healthcare Platform

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| As a leading provider of technology solutions to the healthcare
| industry, McKesson has been at the forefront of innovative
| technologies, deploying many of its advanced Horizon Clinicals
| applications on Linux running on Intel-based hardware. Hospitals
| with these deployments have already realized cost savings of up
| to 60% compared with traditional system deployments.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/070226/20070226005175.html?.v=1


The Next Round Of Microsoft Vs. Linux: Health Care

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| Both camps are making waves in the industry, which is poised for
| dramatic IT growth 
| 
| [...]
| 
| Red Hat, the largest business Linux distributor, is teaming up 
| with the health care sector's largest company, McKesson, an $88
| billion-a-year pharmaceutical and IT supplier. Red Hat will
| provide a core of Linux and JBoss software geared to run
| McKesson's clinical applications.
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=197700935

Open Source Goes Live 

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| OpenVista, a private adaptation of the VA's open-source system,
| revised to run commercial hospital systems. 
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http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=197700936&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_All
http://tinyurl.com/2lwv8a


openEMR Successfully Completes IHE Connectathon Testing

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| The Possibility Forge and Mandriva successfully completed the
| testing requirements for openEMR at the 2007 IHE Connectathon 
| in North America.
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http://www.linuxmednews.com/1172259040


Leading Healthcare Technology Provider Chooses Red Hat

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| Sage Software provides integrated electronic health records, electronic
| data interchange (EDI) applications and practice management systems to
| more than 20,000 ambulatory care practices throughout North America.
| These systems enable physicians and practice managers to better 
| manage their practices and improve profitability.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/070123/20070123005179.html?.v=1


Editor's Corner (on Open Source in Healthcare)

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| Suggesting that a private healthcare provider switch from
| proprietary software to open source-based applications is one
| thing. But when an official affiliated with as august a body as
| the United Nations suggests that all member countries adopt open
| source for their healthcare applications, that's a much bigger deal.
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http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/editor-s-corner/2006-10-09


Zen Engineering And CHILI GmbH Partner To Market Linux-Based Healthcare
Solutions

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| Linux and other Open Source technologies are used as a primary vehicle
| for delivering cost efficient enterprise solutions while strategic
| alliances with hardware and software manufacturers enable Zen
| Engineering Network to provide a comprehensive storefront of
| technology infrastructure and services.
| 
| In 2004, Zen Engineering Network launched a "Linux for Healthcare"
| initiative to address the demand for low-cost healthcare information
| systems. Through this effort, vendors were identified that utilized
| Open Source technology to lower costs for their customers and an array
| of service offerings were created to facilitate migration to these
| solutions.
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http://linux.sys-con.com/read/304446_p.htm


Microsoft in the NHS

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| Microsoft is one of the key technology firms in the £6.2 billion NHS
| IT programme. It is working particularly closely with iSOFT...
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http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/index.cfm?ID=69


CfH refutes computer failure claims

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| "Very often they are not major incidents as such, but could be caused when
| a patient administration system is running slow or there may be problems
| with the local network. The severity level is attributed by the user and
| this is subsequently very often down graded or amended."
| 
| Many of the incidents that have been reported by CfH include failure of
| the systems used by surgeons to see X-ray pictures on a computer screen
| in wards and operating theatres. On some occasions the system is believed
| to have crashed during an operation, forcing surgeons to suspend the
|         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| procedure while a hard copy of the X-ray is found.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/19/cfh_defends_itself/


Failed NHS project cost $12 billion 

http://www.e-health-insider.com/news/item.cfm?ID=700

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