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International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO) Open Sources Health Terminology Workbench

Accelerates Global Collaboration to Develop and Use Shared Toolset

Copenhagen, Denmark: December 17, 2009 – The International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation announced today that it is making source code for the IHTSDO Workbench, including tools to develop, maintain, and facilitate the use of SNOMED CT, freely available under an Apache2 open source agreement. IHTSDO will also make a number of seats on the collaborative web-based environment used to host the Workbench available free of charge to open source developers. Continue reading

FLOSS in health care track at Med-e-Tel 2010, 14-16 April, Luxembourg

The 8th annual Med-e-Tel conference (14-16 April 2010) will include a track that is dedicated specifically to Free/Libre Open Source Software in Health Care (FLOSS-HC).If you, your company or your organization is active or interested in FLOSS-HC Med-e-Tel is the place to be in 2010. One of the main goals of the FLOSS track is to serve as a forum for all people and organizations interested in FLOSS-HC, as a meeting place for old and new FLOSS-HC enthusiasts and a place for exchanging ideas, knowledge and experience and setting up new collaborations.

Over the years, Med-e-Tel has shown its dedication in addressing the needs of people from all over the world, including developing countries, but also providing industrial partners a place for networking, education and presentation of their work to a worldwide audience.
Contributions are highly welcome. Participants interested in contributing to one of the sessions are invited to submit their work in form of a paper through the online abstract submission. Additionally there is the opportunity to present work or ideas in form of a poster. Other options for presenting FLOSS products will be a live demonstration session of FLOSS software applications. The last option to present FLOSS products is in the industrial exposition.
For more information please visit the website
(http://www.medetel.eu/index.php?rub=educational_program&page=benefits_of_open_source_software_in_health_care) or contact us via email at:

info@medetel.eu
tkaropka@googlemail.com

openSUSE-Medical looking for developers

The openSUSE-Medical project is seeking developers and additional packagers. The distribution is an openSUSE sub-project aimed at doctors and medical staff and will include various open source software applications for medical use. The developers plan to start reviewing a list of open source healthcare software for inclusion in the distribution and adding packages to openSUSE, once enough packagers are on board.

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Impact of Open Source Software on Clinical Trials Grows With Release of OpenClinica 3.0 Electronic Data Capture Software

Latest release of popular clinical trials software adds new features, enhanced performance
Akaza Research is pleased to announce the release of OpenClinica 3.0, the newest version of the world’s most popular open source electronic data capture (EDC) software for clinical trials. This latest production release marks a significant milestone for open source software in the clinical trials field, adding a host of new capabilities designed to further accelerate the adoption of open source into mainstream research. Continue reading

Excellence Awards for Open Source Business Use in Government

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2009 “Excellence Awards for Open Source Business Use in Government”. The Awards will recognize government employees who have made significant accomplishments in the application of Open Source Technology to meet government business or mission requirements. To Be Awarded November 5, 2009 Government Open Source Conference (GOSCON DC) Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center, Washington, D.C. http://goscon.org/awards
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TedxNashville Inaugural Event: Innovators in Health Care and Collaboration Planning Event

We’re seeking the greatest, most innovative minds in our community for mind-altering, life-changing discussions. We are reaching out to key community members and requesting their suggestions regarding potential speakers for our events. For our first event, our theme is innovation in health care and collaboration. If you have in mind a person in your network that is truly a world-class innovator in their field, please contact us here.
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