Open Source's Big Week

Last week was acknowledged by many as a big week for the open source health community. With Rockefeller's open source health bill proposal and MedSphere signing on to implement OpenVista for the Connecticut psychiatric hospital, much headway was made for open source becoming more mainstream and a truly viable source for health systems. Laura Landro of the Wall Street Journal expanded upon the week's events in her article entitle, "An Affordable Fix for Modernizing Medical Records." In the article, Laura highlights the major players of open source as well as the fundamental drive for implementing open source health systems. Now, it will simply be a matter of time before one can judge whether the implementation projects are successful and whether the bill passes. If either or both of these events occur, the open source health community will once again gain substantial grounds within the healthcare systems arena in the United States.