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IAC to VA: Modernize VistA
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| The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
| should commit to and announce as a matter of
| strategic policy a plan to move to an open
| source, open standards model for the re-
| engineering of the next generation of the
| departmentâs integrated health information
| system, VistA, according to a new report from
| the Industry Advisory Council (IAC). The 100-
| page report from the Washington, D.C.-based
| IAC provided recommendations to VA on how to
| modernize VistA (VA Health Information
| Systems and Technology Architecture).
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http://www.healthimaging.com/index.php?option=com_articles&view=article&id=22125:iac-to-va-modernize-vista
A Look Into the Mind: WiseWindow Leverages Open Source, Cloud Computing to Gauge Opinions
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| I understand Rajiv has been named advisor and
| architect for a new open source project
| funded by the National Institute of Health
| and executed by Caltech. What is the goal of
| this effort and what exactly does it have to
| do with open source?
|
| Dulepet: The goal of this effort is to
| provide scientists an open platform for bio-
| medical research where they can share
| analytical applications and data with their
| colleagues.
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http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/0410/a-look-into-the-mind-wisewindow-leverages-open-source-cloud-computing-to-gauge-opinions.htm
Recent:
HealthAlliance restarts open-source desktop project
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| Auckland health shared services unit
| HealthAlliance has resuscitated efforts to
| develop a standard desktop based on open-
| source software, but CIO Phil Brimacombe
| says it looks as though the District Health
| Boards will never be able to divorce their
| desktops entirely from Microsoft.
|
| First mooted in 2005, the open-source
| desktop idea, seen as potentially relevant
| for all DHBs, was âput into mothballsâ in
| 2009, owing to many higher-priority
| projects, Brimacombe says.
|
| [...]
|
| âThereâs no way we could be Microsoft-
| free,â says Brimacombe, âbut we expect a
| hybrid solution will still lower our total
| cost of ownership.â
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http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/technology/healthalliance-restarts-open-source-desktop-project
A Healthy Move for Open Source
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| What's interesting here is how different
| projects from around the world are being
| brought together to be applied to a new
| problem. This kind of re-purposing is one of
| the great advantages of free software, since
| it's not necessary to ask permission or to
| negotiate impossibly complex licensing
| agreements to do so, as would be the case with
| traditional software. Let's hope we see many
| more such applications.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?blogid=14&entryid=2830
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