Open Source & Healthcare Recent News Items - March 2015

Looking over the recent news items posted about 'open source' healthcare solutions, the following items caught my attention which might also be of interest to you.
 
There were a number of items related to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) plans to acquire a new 'proprietary' electronic health record (EHR) system at an estimated cost in excess of $11 billion. They make for some interesting reading and raise a lot of questions for Congress to pursue.

• Pentagon's $11 Billion Healthcare Record System Will Be Obsolete Before It's Even Built
• How the DOD's choice of an EHR system will impact Other Healthcare Providers
• DoD's electronic health record won't be open source, given last minute contract changes
• US Defense Think Tank Calls for DoD to Adopt Open Source VistA EHR versus Closed Proprietary EHR
• Closed Medical Records, EHR Decertification and the DoD

On other fronts, several new 'open source' health IT solutions and recent news stories that are also worth exploring include:

• Apple unveils OpenSource Software to improve Health research
• OPENPediatrics open sources Medical Diagrams and Animations
• The developer of OpenSNP is the Mark Zuckerberg of 'OpenSource' Genetics
• British National Health Service (NHS) Open Source Movement Gathers Pace

Finally, you might want to revisit the article “Another Look at Healthcare & Health IT thru 2040”