Open Source

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10 May 2012

Dear healthcare IT community…

Hospital doctor Dr Wai Keong Wong publishes an open letter to everyone who buys, suppliers or uses health IT, and
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12 April 2012

EHI CCIO: Take in a new VistA

In the latest of his columns, junior doctor Carl Reynolds discusses VistA, and why he thinks clinical leaders should be
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21 April 2011

Leeds and ReStart build open portal

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is working with consultancy ReStart to develop an open source portal to give clinicians a
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1 April 2011

NHS to be switched over to open source

In a stunning U-turn the government has today announced that the NHS will be switched en masse to open source
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27 January 2010

Cloudy outlook on government ICT

The Cabinet Office has published a ten year strategy for government ICT that emphasises the use of cloud computing and
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28 December 2009

The politics of 2010

Politicians and policy makers on the year to come.
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5 November 2009

It’s cold out there

Malcolm Newbury of IHE UK says it’s time to break out of Groundhog Day and find a new way of
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22 September 2009

Dell to buy Perot Systems

Dell has launched an agreed offer to buy computer services firm Perot Systems Corp in a cash deal valued at
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10 August 2009

Conservatives to ‘dismantle’ NPfIT

The Conservatives have promised to “dismantle Labour's central NHS IT infrastructure” and instead move to a choice of local accredited
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30 June 2009

Scrap big government IT: think tank

A right-wing think tank has called for more open standards and open source development in IT, arguing this could lead
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