AMIA Announces Open Source 'Exploratory Initiative' (LinuxMedNews)

[Posted November 25, 2002 by cook]

Linux Med News covers an initiative by the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) to explore open-source software. "The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) has announced five task forces, among them an 'exploratory initiative' for Open Source: 'Open Source is currently an important topic throughout the computer software community and has implications for health care information systems. The purpose of this initiative is to explore the feasibility for AMIA to assume a leadership role in promoting and coordinating Open Source activities in the interests of health care system development."

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