How the open-source development model can improve medical software

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 84, Issue , 2001, Pages 68-72

  Yackel, Thomas R ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical Informatics; Quality Control; Software Design

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; HEALTH CARE; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; OPEN SYSTEMS; QUALITY CONTROL;

ACADEMIC STANDARDS; DEVELOPMENT MODEL; HEALTH CARE APPLICATION; INTERNET PROGRAMMING; LARGE-SCALE SOFTWARE PROJECTS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; OPEN SOURCE DEVELOPMENT; PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 77958006728     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-928-8-68     Document Type: Conference Paper

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