VA Hospitals Embracing Open Source Medical Records System

Rikki Endsley

ROSE Blog: Rikki's Open Source Exchange

Aug 26, 2010 GMT
Rikki Kite

Beth Lynn Eicher, co-chair of Ohio LinuxFest, writes about her mother, Susan Rose, and how VA hospitals are using the VistA open source medical records system. Beth Lynn writes, "Mom did not understand what I was up to with open source. I did not understand what she was up to with open source."

Check out Beth Lynn's article Government Saves Lives with Open Source, and learn more about the new Medical Track her mom helped organize at the upcoming Ohio LinuxFest.

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