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Open Source Software Process: A Potential Catalyst for Major Changes in Electronic Health Record Systems

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Information Technology and Open Source: Applications for Education, Innovation, and Sustainability (SEFM 2012)

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Electronic health records implementation has been a challenge for many governments worldwide, who have tried to realise a quality and cost-effective implementation through closed and/or open source software. The paper discusses the background and rationale for implementing health records through an open source software development process model. Whilst there are many benefits from the adoption of an open source software process model there are also many challenges. The paper discusses the ongoing research and outlines the position of the authors on why an open source software process would be a quality solution and a challenge for the implementation of electronic health records at national and potentially at European level.

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  1. School of Information Sciences, University of Tampere, Kanslerinrinne 1, Pinni B, 33 014, Tampere, Finland

    Mirjan Merruko, Eleni Berki & Pirkko Nykänen

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  1. United Nations University, Macau, Macao

    Antonio Cerone

  2. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Genoa, Italy

    Donatella Persico

  3. United Nations University, Macau, Macao

    Sara Fernandes

  4. Coventry University, Coventry, United Kingdom

    Alexeis Garcia-Perez

  5. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Panagiotis Katsaros

  6. Coventry University, Coventry, United Kingdom

    Siraj Ahmed Shaikh

  7. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Ioannis Stamelos

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Merruko, M., Berki, E., Nykänen, P. (2014). Open Source Software Process: A Potential Catalyst for Major Changes in Electronic Health Record Systems. In: Cerone, A., et al. Information Technology and Open Source: Applications for Education, Innovation, and Sustainability. SEFM 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 7991. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54338-8_21

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