Trust but Verify and Trust but Fork

I have enjoyed participating in the National Dialogue about Health IT. One of the challenges put forward to my suggestion that decision makers should insist on FOSS in Health IT, was the following comment:  in terms of privacy, there’s nothing inherent in FOSS that makes it superior to all proprietary products. I have discussed this […]

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A National Dialogue is a site for proposing and commenting on ideas in Health IT created by the National Academy of Public Administration. (among others) The site is only open for a few days, and I have put forward my basic thesis:  Insist on Open Source in Health IT that my readers are used to […]

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HIMSS a lobby for proprietary Health IT vendors

Today, I recieved a letter in my mailbox regarding HIMSS take on the recent legislation proposed by Stark. HIMSS Stephen Lieber and Charles E. Christian, president and chairman of HIMSS respectively, write:  However, HIMSS believes the legislation has negative consequences, including discounting the current efforts of “AHIC 2.0” and the development of an open source […]

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Vindicated

I must admit. I love the feeling of being proven right. Granted, it appeals to my egotistic streak. (which despite my attempts to suppress it, my wife remains keenly annoyed by). A few weeks ago, at TEPR, I did my regular talk the Health of the Source, which is basically an update on the whole […]

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