Multinational Collaboration Promotes Use of Open-Source Software in Health IT
Projects
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| In an iHealthBeat Special Report, experts on open-source software discussed
| the next steps for Open Health Tools, an initiative designed to encourage the
| use of the software and promote interoperability in health care.
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http://linuxmednews.com/1208899847
Recent:
NHS launches open source development
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| The NHS is a major Microsoft customer, and last year signed a large deal to
| upgrade to Windows Vista. But, it always maintained it would continually
| evaluate open source.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/toolbox/open-source/open-source-business/news/index.cfm?newsid=8620
Related:
A call for open source values in health care
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| The Committee for Economic Development, a 65-year old advocacy group which
| claims to represent “the best in business thinking,” has issued a clarion
| call for open source values in medicine.
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http://healthcare.zdnet.com/?p=689
Social & Scientific Systems, Inc., Selects OpenClinica Enterprise
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| Akaza Research announces that Social & Scientific Systems, Inc. (SSS), an
| employee-owned global IT services and consulting firm in the public health
| sector, has selected OpenClinica Enterprise as a clinical data capture and
| data management system (http://www.openclinica.org) to support its clinical
| trials.
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http://www.pr-usa.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=66088&Itemid=9
Hospital software vendor McKesson uses Linux to heal IT budgets
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| At first, convincing hospital executives to go with McKesson's Linux-based
| applications was difficult because of fears that Linux wouldn't be as
| reliable as Unix, which had been in their IT shops for years, Simpson
| said. "It took some time for them to understand that open source is safe,
| that open source has support," he added.
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| The deal with Red Hat "really kicked the program into gear," he said,
| allowing McKesson to offer its software with Red Hat Enterprise Linux in a
| top-to-bottom package for mission-critical hospital IT systems.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9052142&intsrc=hm_list
Is Linux enough for open source medical advocates?
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| The change occurs on the back-end, where Linux is the OS, and where customers
| may even choose MySQL or Ingres as their database technology.
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| McKesson says 75% of its roughly 2,500 hospital customers have embraced the
| change, with Oracle as the company’s current database of choice. “The best of
| both worlds” the company says.
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http://healthcare.zdnet.com/?p=564
Red Hat enters healthcare sector
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| Red Hat Software Services, provider of Linux and open source technologies, is
| foraying into the Indian healthcare sector.
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| Red Hat's Global Support Services vice-president Lain Gray said the company
| plans to facilitate the sharing of patients' data and history within various
| hospitals to promote better healthcare services.
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http://www.rediff.com/money/2007/dec/06yup.htm
Linux in Healthcare
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| 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/
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