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>3.1.1. LinuxMedNews</H3
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> is the unofficial news site for Linux and medical projects. LinuxMedNews.org is designed to facilitate announcements and sharing, of information related to open source applications and how they are advancing the efforts of medicine worldwide. LinuxMedNews is published using Squishdot and Zope for its news and project collection. LinuxMedNews is intended to be an interesting and fun resource for anyone with an interest in health care and open source.
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> is a multilingual source of open-source software that makes this document just pale in comparison. Well designed, too big for me go over in detail, but seems to be another good source for software development and group news.
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> is an association supporting the technology and informatics for the medical community. AMIA sponsors an Open Source Working Group. The OS-WG has providers, clinics, hospitals, hardware manufacturers and researchers worldwide giving a broad perspective for the technology needs and uses within medicine. AMIA does require a subscription, however AMIA offers an associate membership for $30 for one year. At this membership level, you can join one working group and its mailing list.
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> is a company owned mailing list for community discussion of issues related to open source software development for medical projects. This is one of the largest and most popular lists for discussion of topics related to science and medicine and has an international population. In late 2003 and early 2004 there were problems with users trying to joing the list. Minoru Development, the owner of the OpenHealth List, is working with Bud Bruegger to improve administrative issues, and since Bud has assumed the administrative role, joining the list or resolving list issues is typically resolved in one to two days. Join the mailing list by going <A
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