These are our quick references for using Open Source Software in healthcare!
Journals
Lai, K and Abdul-Nabi, M. 2024. Expansion of Virtual Care Family Medicine Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Experience with an innovative hybrid model at an Ontario clinic. Canadian Family Physician; 70 (11-12) 704-707; https://www.cfp.ca/content/70/11-12/704
Political
Government of Canada employees are Open Source Software advocates and implementers as per the following Treasury Board Secretariat (TBS) Directives, Frameworks and Whitepapers:
“4.4.3.12 Ensuring open source software is encouraged, and where used, contributing to the communities whose work is being leveraged.” Government of Canada. Link
“use open source solutions hosted in the public cloud”. Government of Canada. Enterprise Architecture Framework. Link
“work in the open by default”, “use open standards and solutions”. Government of Canada. Digital Standards. Link
Open First Whitepaper. Government of Canada. 2020. Link
Have any of these national references and tools been translated into policy and/or practice at the provincial, territorial, regional or local levels? We want to know! Please let us know using the “Contact Us” form.
Books
Various contributors. The Epi R Handbook. 2021. https://appliedepi.org/epirhandbook/. For detailed contributor information, please see: https://appliedepi.org/people2/
Various contributors. R for Epi. Ongoing. https://www.r4epi.com/
Websites
OSCAR GALAXY (for OSCAR EMR). Ongoing. https://oscargalaxy.org/
Project Pages
Mirth Connect. Ongoing. https://github.com/nextgenhealthcare/connect
Open Dental. Ongoing. https://github.com/OpenDental
Other references (ex. Conference presentations, user group contributions, forums, mailing lists, media interviews)
Brauer, H. 2018. OpenBSD on Medical X-Ray Machines. BSDCan 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOCAYXeu5Fc
Westerback, K, Beck, B, Shalayeff, M and De Raadt, T. 2009. OpenBSD in Calgary, at the University of Alberta, and at St. Michael’s Hospital. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmLjIUTKiFw