[luau] Open Source in Medical Informatics

R. Scott Belford sctinc at flex.com
Thu Mar 20 11:35:00 PST 2003


For those of you wondering what your future may be, and whether or not you 
can apply your computer interests to a paying career, consider the amount of 
money we will be spending in the years to come on the retiring boomers.  If 
you don't know this already, most hospitals are strapped for money, like our 
schools, and lag behind in the EFFECTIVE application of technology.  It is an 
industry waiting for you to improve it.  Below is a collection of links to 
some articles and some great projects underway.  If you are looking for 
inspiration, this could be your future.  Someone will make a lot of money 
servicing the software needs of doctors, clinics, nursing homes, geriatric 
homes, and hospitals.  Will it be you?

scott

Two directories containing a few reviews and a lot of projects
http://www.linuxmednews.com/linuxmednews/LMNProjects/folder_contents

A free dental management project (can you tell by the domain name?)
http://www.freedentalproject.com/

A good article
http://www.informatics-review.com/open.html

A Slashdot like website tracking the development of Linux in Medical 
Informatics
http://www.linuxmednews.com/

Another great article
http://www.informatics-review.com/thoughts/opensource.html

A good initiative
http://informatics.regenstrief.org/what/?section=public

Oscar
http://67.69.12.117/



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