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/
