SCALE Announces Plans To Host Open-Source Health Care Summit

SCALE Announces Plans To Host Open-Source Health Care Summit

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Los Angeles, CA
November 16, 2006

The Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE) has announced plans to host
an Open Source Health Care summit as part of their upcoming 2007
conference, SCALE 5x. The focus of this event will be on the use of
open-source software in the health care industry. The goal of this event
is to foster an awareness of the availability of open-source options to
medical organizations, private practices, and hospitals. The Open-Source
Health Care Summit will be held on February 9, 2007 at the Los Angeles
Airport Westin Hotel.

Topics to be covered at this workshop include:
-Relevance of Open Source software and Open Standards for the Health
Care industry.
-Integrating proprietary systems with Open Source software.
-Case studies of using Open Source software in health care environments.
-Open Source software in the private medical practice.
-Open Source software in regional health information organizations.
-Current and future growth of open source in health care.
-Birds of a Feather discussion sessions for IT, medical and business
users in the medical space.
. and more...

The call for papers for this event can be found online at:
http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/healthcare07/oss-healthcare...

About the Southern California Linux Expo:

The Southern California Linux Expo is the premier grass roots Linux and
Open Source Software conference in the United States. SCALE 5x, their
fifth annual event, will be held on February 10th and 11th, 2007 at the
Los Angeles Airport Westin hotel. SCALE will include seminars by leaders
from the open source community, tutorials for beginners, and an exhibit
hall with both vendor booths and non-commercial booths.

Linux Expo of Southern California, Inc. is a non-profit organization
whose members are currently comprised of, but not limited to, members of
the USCLUG, UCLALUG, and SCLUGs. For more information see
http://www.socallinuxexpo.org


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Media Inquiries:
Orv Beach
info@socallinuxexpo.org
1.877.831.2569 ext 120

Call For Papers Submissions:
healthcare@socallinuxexpo.org

Attendance Information:
http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/healthcare07/
1.877.831.2569 ext 110

Event Sponsorship:
Ilan Rabinovitch
ilan@socallinuxexpo.org
1.818.442.1865 Mobile
1.877.831.2569 ext 110 Office