Monthly Archives: March 2011

POSSCON 2011

Although I was unable to attend the first day of events due to a conflicting meeting in Atlanta (TAG – Georgia Technology Summit) I did manage to attend the after hours party and an impromptu “Birds of a Feather” discussion on the NIH challenge of taking a developed product “open source”.  Many options were presented including the Drupal and Apache models.

Some of the highlights of Day Two (Thursday)

The Synergy Between Open Source and Healthcare – A great history of Anesthesia system development and implementation at Duke.

Healthcare Panel Discussion – The panel contained all M.D.’s (something you never see at open source meetings) and was a great opportunity to get perspectives from  practicing ,  government, academic, and commercial physicians.

Alembic Foundation – A background on the new foundation which will carry the CONNECT project forward.

The Development & Growth of the OpenEMR Project – An overview of the project history and current status (Certification under way).

 

Thank you again for the great job organizing the event and finding quality speakers.   I look forward to another healthcare track next year.

 

 

POSSCON 2011

The fourth annual Palmetto Open Source Software Conference (POSSCON)  is March 23, 24, and 25  in Columbia, SC.  This year POSSCON has included a track on healthcare.

The goal of the event is to provide affordable access to quality open source education in the southeast U.S, an area that currently has little of it.

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