Brazilian government finances development of open source HIS (LinuxMedNews)

[Posted October 22, 2004 by cook]

LinuxMedNews looks into the financing of an open-source health information system by the Brazilian government. " Approximately 60 thousand US dollars awarded for open source Care2x. This milestone for Care2x acceptance in Brazil was made by a federal supporting agency called FINEP of the brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology (MCT). The financial support was awarded to the Institute for Scientific and Technological Research (IPCT) of a large southern brazilian university PUCRS in partnership with the Alfamais.com group."

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