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OSS in Healthcare: Call for Speakers and Participation

“Open Source for National and Local eGovernment Programs in the U.S. and EU” conference organized by The Cyber Security Policy and Research Institute (CSPRI) of The George Washington University, The Center for Open Source in Healthcare and Public Health Preparedness will be held March 17-19, 2003 (Full day Healthcare track scheduled for March 18) More info can be found here: http://www.eGovOS.org The full announcement is enclosed.

Open Source in Healthcare and Public Health

Call for Speakers and Participation

(please forward to other interested parties)

Conference: Open Source for National and Local eGovernment Programs in the U.S. and EU.

Date: March 17-19, 2003 (Full day Healthcare track scheduled for March 18)

Venue: The Marvin Center Grand Ballroom
The George Washington University
800 21st Street, NW
Washington, DC 20052

Organizers: The Cyber Security Policy and Research Institute (CSPRI) of The George Washington University, United Nations Development Program, World Bank InfoDev, GSA, DISA, NAVY Office of the CIO, NIST, The Danish National IT and Telecom Agency

Website: http://www.eGovOS.org

Invitation

As part of the upcoming conference on “Open Source for National and Local eGovernment Programs in the U.S. and EU” organized by The Cyber Security Policy and Research Institute (CSPRI) of The George Washington University, The Center for Open Source in Healthcare and Public Health Preparedness is proud to present a one-day session dedicated to exploring and discussing the role of Open Source in Healthcare and Public Health Informatics and Emergency Preparedness.

We are pleased to invite you to submit speaking and demonstration proposals for this conference.

These sessions are designed to discuss best practices, raise awareness and share experiences among policy makers, government officials, users/consumers, universities, and industry specialists in Open Source and Healthcare, Public Health and Emergency Preparedness. The conference will draw participants from local, national and international organizations from the public, private and academic sectors.

Submission of Proposals

Please submit your proposal no later than January 10, 2003.

To submit a proposal go to:

http://www.eGovOS.org/march-2003/cfp.cgi

Please check Health Care and any other relevant fields in the submission form.

Submission and editorial questions should be directed to Dr. Nick Guzman (mailto:guzmann@gwu.edu).

Suggested Topics
Suggested topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

* Policy and Regulatory Issues
* Open Source, the FDA and Software Validation Requirements of 21CFR11
* Electronic (Computerized) Health/Medical Records
* Open Source and HIPAA Compliance
* Open Source and Open Standards
* Open Source and the National Health Information Infrastructure
* State/Local Government Uses of OS for Healthcare and Public Health
* The Role of Open Source in Homeland Security
* Open Source in BioSurveillance and Disease Tracking
* Open Source in Public Health and Emergency Preparedness
* Open Source and Distributed Intelligence for Rapid Emergency Responses
* XML Web Services in Healthcare, Public Health and Emergency Preparedness
* Open Source XML Solutions
* Open Source and Enterprise Architecture
* Demonstrations of Open Source Projects in Healthcare and Public Health
* Open Source in TeleHealth and TeleMedicine
* Open Source Applications for Medical Imaging and Pathology
* Open Source for Medical Simulations and Training
* Open Source for Distance Learning
* Open Source in Medical and Health Sciences Education and Training
* Open Source in Training First Responders and Healthcare Providers
* Potential of Open Source in IT Training of Healthcare Providers
* Open Source in Biomedical Research
* Open Source in Bioinformatics
* Business Cases: OSS and Total Cost of Ownership in Healthcare
* Open Source Empowering People with Disabilities
* Open Source and Section 508
* Open Source Licenses and other Legal Issues in Healthcare

Dates to Remember

Deadline for speaking proposals: January 10, 2003
Notification of acceptance: January 20, 2003
Final submissions due: January 31, 2003
Conference: March 17-19, 2003
Healthcare sessions scheduled for March 18, 2003

We look forward to your participation.

—
Nicolas J. Guzman, M.D.
The George Washington University School of Medicine
2150 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, ACC 4-425
Washington, DC 20037

Phone: (202) 741-2283
Direct: (202) 741-2291
Fax: (202) 741-2285
E-mail: guzmann@gwu.edu

AMIA Call for Participation: Open Source Expo

AMIA is announcing its first ever Open Source Expo for the Fall 2003 conference in Washington, D.C. The expo will occur during the poster session. The call for participation states: ‘…Suggested items to include in the abstract are brief description of the functionality and scope of the product, the motivation for making the product open source, the development and usage history, how the development was funded, product features, design and implementation details, future directions, and a URL for more information and from where the product may be downloaded…’ Read on for the full call for participation.

Call for Participation in AMIA 2003 Open Source Expo

AMIA invites you to participate in an open source expo during the poster session at the 2003 Fall Symposium. Presenters at the expo are strongly encouraged to include a table-top demonstration of the open source product in addition to the poster. Open source products may include but are not restricted to software, knowledge bases, and terminologies.

Please submit a one-page abstract according to the instructions in the AMIA 2003 Call for Participation for poster submissions (http://www.amia.org/meetings/annual/current/call.html#posters). Following the title of the abstract, you must include the following tagline: “AMIA 2003 Open Source Expo”. Suggested items to include in the abstract are brief description of the functionality and scope of the product, the motivation for making the product open source, the development and usage history, how the development was funded, product features, design and implementation details, future directions, and a URL for more information and from where the product may be downloaded.

The last date for submission is 12th March 2003. In addition to submission via AMIA’s web-site, please send a copy of the abstract by e-mail to Aziz Boxwala (aziz@dsg.harvard.edu). Since the expo is part of the poster session, you may submit an abstract for the regular poster session or for the open source expo but not for both. Please direct questions regarding the open source expo to Aziz Boxwala. (aziz@dsg.harvard.edu)

Conference: Open Source in Healthcare and Public Health

‘…As part of the upcoming conference on “Open Source for National and Local eGovernment Programs in the U.S. and EU” organized by The Cyber Security Policy and Research Institute (CSPRI) of The George Washington University, The Center for Open Source in Healthcare and Public Health Preparedness is proud to present a one-day session dedicated to exploring and discussing the role of Open Source in Healthcare and Public Health Informatics and Emergency Preparedness. We are pleased to invite you to submit speaking and demonstration proposals for this conference…’ Full text of the announcement and contact information is within.

Open Source in Healthcare and Public Health

Call for Speakers and Participation

(please forward to other interested parties)

Conference: Open Source for National and Local eGovernment Programs in the U.S. and EU.

Date: March 17-19, 2003 (Full day Healthcare track scheduled for March 18)

Venue: The Marvin Center Grand Ballroom
The George Washington University
800 21st Street, NW
Washington, DC 20052

Website: http://www.eGovOS.org

Invitation

We are pleased to invite you to submit speaking and demonstration proposals for this conference.

Submission of Proposals

Please submit your proposal no later than January 10, 2003.

To submit a proposal go to:

http://www.eGovOS.org/march-2003/cfp.cgi

Please check Health Care and any other relevant fields in the submission form.

Submission and editorial questions should be directed to Dr. Nick Guzman (mailto:guzmann@gwu.edu).

Suggested Topics
Suggested topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

Dates to Remember

We look forward to your participation.

—
Nicolas J. Guzman, M.D.
The George Washington University School of Medicine
2150 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, ACC 4-425
Washington, DC 20037

Phone: (202) 741-2283
Direct: (202) 741-2291
Fax: (202) 741-2285
E-mail: guzmann@gwu.edu

Cyberspace Policy Institue: Interest in Conference?

Dr. Nicolas Guzman mailto:guzmann@gwu.edu writes: “The Cyberspace Policy Institute of The George Washington University, in collaboration with the US Department of the Navy, the General Services Administration, and other sponsors TBA is planning to hold a 3-day conference on Open Source in March 2003 in Washington, DC. I am trying to determine the level of interest that exists among this group and others in participating before I formalize my request for space and time allocation.” The full text of the message including contact info follows. E-mail Dr. Guzman if interested.

—–Original Message—–
From: Nicolas Guzman [mailto:guzmann@gwu.edu]
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 3:23 AM
To: openhealth-list@minoru-development.com
Subject: Call for Participation (preliminary) – Open Source Conference,
March 2003 – Washington, DC

Hello everyone,

As one of the organizers of the following planned event I am trying to determine the level of interest that exists among this group and others in participating before I formalize my request for space and time allocation.

The Cyberspace Policy Institute of The George Washington University, in collaboration with the US Department of the Navy, the General Services Administration, and other sponsors TBA is planning to hold a 3-day conference on Open Source in March 2003 in Washington, DC.

The aim of the conference is the presentation of best practices, awareness raising, and the sharing of experiences among policy makers, donors, developers, users/consumers, universities, and industry specialists in Open Source, e-Government and related fields.

We plan to have a 1/2 to 1 full day session (depending on the level of interest for participation) on “Open Source Software and Open Standards in e-Health”. The format is still to be determined but I anticipate it to include individual presentations and panel discussions in addition to demonstration projects.

As I said before, I need to have an idea of the level of interest in participating/attending the conference so I can start bargaining for appropriate time/space.

Please respond to my office address: < guzmann@gwu.edu if you have an interest in participating. I also welcome any discussion, comments, suggestions, ideas which you would like to post to the list so we can discuss them with other members. Many thanks. Nick -- Nicolas J. Guzman, M.D. Associate Professor of Medicine Director, Diabetes and Kidney Care Program Member - MFA Physician Advisory Group for Healthcare Informatics Co-Chairman - Multi-Channel Delivery of Health Information Universal Access Working Group Federal Architecture and Infrastructure Committee - CIO Council The George Washington University Medical Faculty Associates 2150 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, ACC 4-425 Washington, DC 20037 Phone: (202) 741-2283 Direct: (202) 741-2291 Fax: (202) 741-2285 E-mail: guzmann@gwu.edu

Live from the AMIA conference in Wash. D.C.

We are reporting live from the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)fall conference. The conference this year is being held in the Marriott Wardman Park in Washington D.C. I’ll be giving the first annual Linux Medical News Open Source Medical Achievement Award as well as sending updates to this article as they occur.

This is the first time I’ve flown since 9/11 and I was flying into Reagan National airport as well. As you can imagine, security was heavy at Bush International in Houston. My id was checked 3 times, laptop was scanned separately and I didn’t think about taking my Palm V out of my pocket. This set off the scanner and earned me a wand and frisk search. Two soldiers carrying rifles were in evidence which was a first for me to see them in a US airport.

I arrived in Washington late Saturday night and took Washington’s excellent Metro to the hotel and spent the night. Today I received a phone call from Dan Johnson, MD. Many of the open source medical software people will be getting together at 5:00pm in the lobby as well as at 7:30pm for dinner.

Johnson is something of the patriarch of open source software, realizing its potential long before just about anyone else. His son also happens to be kernel manager for RedHat. He is going to be taking over David Pepper, MD’s role as moderator of the open source medical software panel Monday. Dr. Pepper was held up in Arizona and may not be able to make it because of ticket confusion.

That’s it for now.

CNET: LinuxWorld Shows Software Entering Adulthood

CNET has a good roundup of the views from this weeks LinuxWorld: ‘…The code-sharing, cooperative “open source” programming model that underlies Linux is a “better mousetrap” than the closed-source, proprietary methods employed by Microsoft, Deutsche Banc Alex Brown analyst Phil Rueppel and colleagues said in a 147-page report earlier this month. Specifically, open-source software naturally shifts priorities away from the companies that sell software–Microsoft and Oracle, for example–and toward the customers that use the software. “From its inception as a school project to its capturing of 30 percent (of server operating system sales) in 10 short years, Linux has proven beyond a doubt that the open-source model can lead to the development of robust technologies faster than in a closed-source model,” Rueppel said…’