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> Unfortunately there are massive headwinds against open source in US healthcare settings.

This reminds me of one of the first articles I've read about Linux and open source in general. It was about a CEO (and largest shareholder) of Medsphere Systems Corp, who open sourced their tech stack (I believe called OpenVista) and was promptly sued by his own company (!)

Unfortunately it seems that the sands of time have eroded the original content (which was apparently hosted on linux-watch.com, which now redirects to a VPS provider), but I've still managed to find something [0] [1] [2]

0: https://70.42.23.9/servers/a-medical-open-source-legal-hell-...

1: https://medicalconnectivity.com/2007/10/25/medsphere-settles...

2: https://www.informationweek.com/medsphere-settles-lawsuit-wi...

parent absorber 6 years ago

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