EMR Software Nexus has Formed
,----[ Quote ]
| For example, the relationship of EMR software and licenses. Readers of Linux
| Medical News are familiar with the proprietary vs. Free and Open Source
| Software (FOSS) in medicine debate with most of the LMN crowd in favor of
| FOSS licenses such as the GPL.
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http://www.linuxmednews.com/1189137191
GCompris 8.4 Released Under GPLv3, Help Needed For 8.5 Release
,----[ Quote ]
| GCompris, an official GNU Project providing educational software for children
| aged 2-10 years, announced the release of version 8.4 today. Changes include
| upgrading to the GPLv3, as well as major structural changes.
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http://blue-gnu.biz/content/gcompris_8_4_released_under_gplv3_help_needed_8_5_release
Related:
West Virginia Open for Business to VistA, RPMS and Other Open Source Healthcare
Solutions
,----[ Quote ]
| The Governor's strategic plan for improving health care in West Virginia was
| just completed and published in April 2007.
|
| [...]
|
| The Medlynks electronic health record (EHR) system is a multi-tier
| client/server solution deployed on a cluster of Hewlett-Packard (HP) servers
| running the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system software.
`----
http://www.hoise.com/vmw/07/articles/vmw/LV-VM-09-07-12.html
Linux in Healthcare
,----[ Quote ]
| Linux in healthcare is a tale of things seen and unseen. Linux/Open
| Source have enjoyed tremendous popularity in embedded systems and
| networks for major technologies used in healthcare that healthcare
| providers may not even be aware of.
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http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3215/
Your data or your life
,----[ Quote ]
| As unlikely and alarmist as this sounds, it could really happen. Intracare
| is the publisher of a popular practice management system called Dr. Notes.
| When some doctors balked at a drastic increase in their annual software
| lease, they were cut off from accessing their own patients? information.
|
| This situation is completely unconscionable. There can be no truly
| open doctor-patient relationship when an unrelated third party is the
| de facto owner of and gatekeeper to all related data.
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http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/node/1709
Miracle Cure? [to Properietary Software]
,----[ Quote ]
| "Doctors are fed up with the we-own-you, vendor lock-in,
| phone-home-to-the-mother-ship-to-do-anything status quo," he
| said.
|
| In addition, open source health IT applications are hitting their
| late teens, with more growth coming. What will be available in the
| next year, he said, will likely challenge anything in the proprietary
| world.
|
| A physician now has many options with respect to picking and choosing
| among open source health IT software packages, though the choices
| have narrowed. Valdes said when he started watching the open source
| health IT market seven years ago, dozens of projects were active,
| though many have fallen by the wayside.
|
| This can cause confusion, but some front-runners in the open source
| health IT market have emerged in the last few years, he said,
| though the confusion level is nothing compared to the
| proprietary software world.
|
| "In the proprietary world, whole companies and software
| suites disappear forever in business failures, buyouts, forced
| 'upgrades' and changes in corporate agendas," he said. "Somehow,
| this is considered normal. "Free and open source software EMR/EHRs
| are relatively immortal and are much more resistant to service
| decline, price increases, buyouts and corporate failure than the
| proprietary world. It's odd that many people in medicine see
| proprietary software as 'normal' and free and open source
| software as abnormal -- when myself and a fair number of
| people see the opposite, especially in medicine."
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http://www.govtech.com/gt/123603?id=123603&story_pg=1
Whirlwind Wheelchair empowers the disabled with open source
,----[ Quote ]
| Whirlwind's latest innovative idea is an open source design
| challenge--collaborative designs made available in the public
| domain.
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http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/05/25/whirlwind-wheelchair-empowers-the-disabled-with-open-source/
Kizer leaving Medsphere after successor found
,----[ Quote ]
| In addition, Kizer said he remains solid in his support for
| open-source development in healthcare.
|
| [...]
|
| Though not open-source software by strict definition, VistA has long
| been in the public domain and much of the code is available for
| downloading without cost under the Freedom of Information Act. In
| addition, the development model within the VA for the DHCP and
| VistA largely has been collaborative and distributed across the
| organization, mirroring an open-source model in that respect.
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http://www.modernhealthcare.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070525/FREE/70525020/0/FRONTPAGE
Linux for Clinics Alpha Release
,----[ Quote ]
| The Linux For Clinics (LFC) Project consists of a team of people
| who have a common interest in health, medicine, humanity and free
| and open source software (FOSS). Our team represents a community
| that shares the common ideals of aiding mankind and treating
| everyone with respect so that they will treat others in kind.
| This philosophy is represented by the African word 'UBUNTU'
| which means 'Humanity Towards Others'.
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http://www.linuxmednews.org/1175709994/index_html
Linux, Opera help fight HIV AIDS in Malawi
,----[ Quote ]
| Opera said that the Baobab team initially used a Windows-based OS
| and browser on the I-Opener, but found performance to be poor.
| Subsequently, they moved to a "Baobab Linux" implementation derived
| from Midori Linux, the lightweight distribution created by
| Transmeta -- another x86-compatible processor vendor -- during Linux
| founder Linus Torvalds's tenure there.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7626624748.html
McKesson First to Offer Red Hat Enterprise Healthcare Platform
,----[ Quote ]
| 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
Palamida Supports the Development of Open Source Solutions for the Health
Information Community
,----[ Quote ]
| 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.
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http://www.securitypark.co.uk/article.asp?articleid=26518&CategoryID=1
Medical site is on a mission to set records
,----[ Quote ]
| The company is set to announce a deal today with Google Inc. to
| offer physicians and medical groups a Web-based digital medical
| records system at no cost. The service will be funded by advertising.
`----
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/03/16/BUG9OOM1FJ1.DTL
The Next Round Of Microsoft Vs. Linux: Health Care
,----[ Quote ]
| 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.
`----
http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=197700935
Open Source Goes Live
,----[ Quote ]
| 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
,----[ Quote ]
| The Possibility Forge and Mandriva successfully completed the
| testing requirements for openEMR at the 2007 IHE Connectathon
| in North America.
`----
http://www.linuxmednews.com/1172259040
Leading Healthcare Technology Provider Chooses Red Hat
,----[ Quote ]
| 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)
,----[ Quote ]
| 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.
`----
http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/editor-s-corner/2006-10-09
Zen Engineering And CHILI GmbH Partner To Market Linux-Based Healthcare
Solutions
,----[ Quote ]
| 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
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