[wplug-plan] Open Source in Medical Software

[David Ostroske]

On 2/23/07, Vance Kochenderfer <vkochend at nyx.net> wrote:
> "David Ostroske" <eksortso at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Is anyone interested in hearing a talk about the use of Free and Open
> > Source Software by medical professionals?
>
> This sounds like a good presentation.  One question which would be
> good to answer is who the talk is intended for - doctors, practice
> managers, software developers?  This would help us decide how to
> promote it.

My thinking was that we would focus on how open source software
development is beneficial to the health care and life science
communities. That appeals to doctors, clinicians, and software
developers. They can talk about their software, for the most part.

There would be at least some promotion; they could talk about their
organization, and how they inter-operate with ISP's and health care
providers. They do have competitors in the health informatics field,
from what I can gather, so it would benefit both them and us to give
them time to talk about themselves.

I'll be writing Dr. Jones over the weekend. I'll let everyone know
what I find out.

-- 
David Ostroske <eksortso at gmail.com>