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Benefits of Free/Libre Open Source Software
in Health Care (FLOSS-HC)
Special track on FLOSS-HC projects and initiatives at Med-e-Tel 2010
Background
The 8th annual Med-e-Tel conference (14-16 April 2010) will include a track that is dedicated specifically to Free/Libre Open Source Software in Health Care (FLOSS-HC). Initially a movement of a small group of enthusiasts mainly from academia and later on also from stakeholders in the industry, FLOSS is now considered as transformational and something that reshapes the software industry.
FLOSS is not only a licensing model, it is also a software development process. The core values of FLOSS, i.e. openness, transparency and collaborative development, have been recognized as the main driving forces for high quality, innovative and complex software systems. Meanwhile FLOSS plays a significant role in several markets and industries. However the impact in the health care arena is still limited. Recent research studies found out that this is less about the viability of the technology, but more about how the technology is perceived by the executives who hold the IT purse strings. Another study found out that in the local context of the study "...key factors for not adopting an open source solution were closely linked to the orientations of ministry level policy makers and a seeming lack of information on the part of operational level IT managers concerning commercially oriented open source providers."
The benefits, barriers and challenges for FLOSS are clear. From a global perspective there are a lot of commonalities when trying to adopt FLOSS policies in health care between a so called "Global South" perspective and a perspective from a highly developed country, but there are also differences. The workshop will address these differences as well as the different stakeholder perspectives namely a business perspective, an academic perspective and an end user perspective.
Aims of the session
One of the main goals of the FLOSS-HC track is to serve as a forum for all people and organizations interested in FLOSS-HC, as a meeting place for old and new FLOSS-HC enthusiasts and a place for exchanging ideas, knowledge and experience and setting up new collaborations. Over the years, Med-e-Tel has shown its dedication in addressing the needs of people from all over the world, including developing countries, but also providing industrial partners a place for networking, education and presentation of their work to a worldwide audience.
Program
The FLOSS-HC track will be split over the three days of the Med-e-Tel conference. The first day (April 14th) features an introductory presentation on "Open Source Solutions in Healthcare" as part of the Med-e-Tel Opening Session. The second day (April 15th), features a session on "Communities, Collaboration, Development Issues, Technology Transfer". And the third day (April 16th) has another four thematic sessions on "Sustainability and Community Building", "Open Source for Mobile Home Healthcare", "Collaborative Development, Social Networking, Services" and "Open Source in eHealth Infrastructure".
Wednesday 14 April 2010 - 11:00-13:00
Med-e-Tel Opening Session: Global Telemedicine and eHealth Update
One of the presentations in the Med-e-Tel Opening Session is dedicated to Open Source Software:
The FLOSS Paradigm Shift - Transforming Healthcare Through Rapid, Evidence Driven Software Innovation
Joseph Dal Molin
President, e-cology, Canada
Director, WorldVista, USA
Thursday 15 April 2010 - 16:00-18:00
Communities, Collaboration, Development Issues, Technology Transfer
The FLOSS Paradigm Shift - Transforming Healthcare Through Rapid, Evidence Driven Software Innovation
Joseph Dal Molin
President, e-cology, Canada
Director, WorldVistA, USA
(This presentation will build further on the presentation of Wednesday 14 April in the opening session)
Exploration of Open Development of a Telehealth Service Platform
Peter Cudd, Simon Judge
School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, UK
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom
Open-source and Health Care: Key Factors for the Transfer of R&D Results into Health Care Solutions
Donald Martin, Christian Moll, Andreas Jahnen, Norbert Roesch
Public Research Centre Henri Tudor, Luxembourg
Structure and Dynamics of FOSS Communities Specialised in the Provision of eHealth Infrastructure Technologies
Rolf Pawelzik
CRP Henri Tudor, Luxembourg
Information on Open Source Solutions in Healthcare - the OSSHealth Repository
Hans Demski, Claudia Hildebrand, Antonis Jossif, Rolf Engelbrecht
Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Germany
"Paedi" Center for Specialized Pediatrics, Cyprus
National ProRec Centre, Germany
Collaborations in Healthcare Open Source Working Group (CHOS-WG)
Etienne Saliez
Belgium
Q&A
Friday 16 April 2010 - 09:00-10:30
Sustainability and Community Building
Care to Share? Presenting OSOR.eu the Open Source Observatory and Repository of the European Union
Szabolcs Szekacs
European Commission, DG Informatics
Implementing IHE actors using the Open eHealth Integration Platform (IPF)
Alexander Ihls
President and Director, Open eHealth Foundation, USA
Head of Global Standards Office, InterComponentWare, Germany
Open Source Software in a University Clinic
Björn Bergh
CIO, University Clinic Heidelberg, Germany
FLOSS in Health Care – IMIA OS WG and EFMI LIFOSS WG
Thomas Karopka
IT Science Center Rügen, Germany
Who Wins? Opportunities and Risks of Open Source Software in Healthcare
Jan Vejvalka
2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Czech Republic
Panel Discussion: FLOSS in Health Care: Different Perspectives: European Comission, Industry, Research and Health care Provider
Moderator: TBC
Friday 16 April 2010 - 11:00-12:00
Open Source for Mobile Home Healthcare
doctr.com — Open Source Web Development in Healthcare
Jens Ohlig
doctr.com, Germany
Technological Frameworks for Mobile Home Health Care
Mark Höller, Thomas Karopka
IT Science Center Rügen, Germany
Borboleta and SaguiSaúde - Open Souce Mobile Telehealth for Public Home Healthcare
Fabio Kon, Rubens Kon, Gustavo Duarte, Helves Domingues, Rafael Correia, Pedro Leal
FLOSS Competence Center - University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Healthcare Center - School of Medicine - University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Ligne de Vie
Philippe Ameline
Odyssée Open Source Project, France
Friday 16 April 2010 - 13:00-14:00
Collaborative Development, Social Networking, Services
Building a FLOSS Framework for eHealth R&D Projects
Josep M. Colomé, Janina Garrigós, Joan C. Castro, Antonio L. Santoyo
Department of eHealth and eDependence, i2Cat Foundation, Spain
Open Collaborative Health
Ander Altuna
Andago, Zamudio, Spain
Improving Health Technology Management: Development of a Model for the Implementation of an Essential Information System for Medical Devices in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Claudio Zaugg, Martin Raab
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland
AeXist Diabetes: an Open Source Diabetes application based on Health Level 7 version 3 (HL7V3) Reference Information Model and SNOMED-CT
Remko Hoekstra
Stichting Zorg e-Novatie, The Netherlands
Friday 16 April 2010 - 14:30-16:00
Open Source in eHealth Infrastructure
OpenEMPI: An Open Source Master Patient Index
Odysseas Pentakalos
SYSNET International, USA
Development of a Web Portal for the Exchange of Medical Information Using Open Source Software
Benjamin Schneider, Oliver Heinze, Kai Lederle, Gerald Weisser, Björn Bergh
Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany
Mannheim University Hospital, Germany
Open Source Software for Regional Health Networks – Assessment of Existing Projects and Implementation of a Demonstrator
Oliver Heinze, Mathias Brunner, Björn Bergh
University Hospital Heidelberg, Department of Information Technology and Medical Engineering, Germany
Discussion and Conclusions
Registration
Click here to register for the Med-e-Tel conference (incl. access to the FLOSS-HC track).
Venue
Luxexpo
10 circuit de la Foire Internationale
1347 Luxembourg
Luxembourg
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Hotels
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Med-e-Tel
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