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Re: RFC: Journal of Open Source Medical Software by Charles Stimler on Tuesday May 08, @11:53AM Of course there should be a journal on this topic! Open source medical software makes a lot of sense to me. I am a physician who has worked in the quality improvement field for the past 6 years working with hospitals and physicians trying to have an impact on the processes that occur in the office and inpatient setting. Hospital quality departments use free software; their budgets are so constrained that they often cannot consider much else. I would like to see more of an emphasis on quality improvement in the open source model since if we just replace paper records with electronic records we'll just replace a paper mess with an electronic one. The time has come to re-engineer the entire healthcare system so that it is more responsive to both patient and physician needs. There is no better way to do this than through computerization. The best way to guarantee voluntary adoption of the technology is to make it free. I'd be happy to be on an editorial board or just contribute. Charles Stimler Post Reply Name Email Notify Notify me via email of responses to this message Title Comment (Check those URLs! Don't forget the http://!) Encoding HTML Structured Text Plain Text If none of the above mean anything to you, select 'Plain'! Attachment (You can attach a file to your reply which can then be retrieved by other readers. Try to keep the file sizes below 500Kb in order to conserve network and server resources.) Enter the above code (*Required) Allowed HTML <B> <I> <P> <A> <LI> <OL> <UL> <EM> <BR> <TT> <HR> <STRONG> <BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV .*> <DIV> <P .*> Important Stuff: Note: Fields with bold titles are required. Please try to keep posts on topic. Try to reply to other people comments instead of starting new threads, Read other people's messages before posting your own to avoid simply duplicating what has already been said. Use a clear subject that describes what your message is about. Please do not post offtopic, inflammatory, inappropriate, illegal, or offensive comments. Repeat offenders will be sanctioned.

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