With the passing of the economic stimulus law, the open source health community has gained ground in its presence in the health system IT sphere. Within the law, a provision states that a study shall be conducted that researches health open source systems. At the conclusion of the study, Congress will report on the findings of the study on October 1, 2010.
This study could help the open source health IT community truly garner enough support to make it a viable competitor against large proprietary health systems. The Health and Human Services Department has been tasked with the duty of conducting the research, so one hopes that they do so without a bias towards/against the open source movement. At the very least, one should hope the task force be comprised of individuals with a variety of opinions with regards to health IT systems, so the study can present the most holistic, varied view of open source health IT systems.
Article Source: Government Health IT
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