Ken Harvey wrote:
While not heralding the end of commercial software vendors, the report concludes that conditions are ripe for open source solutions to take root in health care, and that it will likely become the standard for capturing, sharing, and managing patient information to support quality care. It also notes that health care businesses have the opportunity to take the lead and drive the shift to this new model.
"Garage-shop efforts to save the world through free medical software are history, replaced by mature, rational efforts to create shared components that work with each other and to promote a common understanding of essential data structures in a context large institutions will nurture. Health care businesses have an opportunity to take the lead and drive the shift to this model."
Good, Ken, but which medical software vendors and health care businesses? Ain't nobody round here.
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