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Now it is going to be easy for the doctors to know about the actual condition of the patient who has sustained heart attack with the help of new software. This newly emerged software developed by researchers, led by the University of Edinburgh will enable doctors to asses the severity of the patient’s condition. In the words of Professor Fox: The device has recently been introduced into hospitals, following an additional two-year trial on coronary patients admitted to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. This new risk assessment tool (freely available from www.outcome.org/grace) gives doctors a robust way of identifying high-risk patients who need specialist therapy. This is really a wonderful development made in the field of medical science. Via: blogspan

A new software called ‘NxOpinion’ is about to step in the market by the mid-2007 that aims at helping doctors practicing, especially in the underdeveloped countries where health care facilities are not so standardized and among such countries India, China, Ghana and South America can easily be included. In developing countries, many patients die due to lack of proper diagnosis and with the advent of this new software ‘NxOpinion’, thousands of people may hope to live longer. Via: postchronicle

Open Source Health Care Alliance (OSHCA) is a non-profit organization whose objective is to promote the use of Open Source Software in the health care industry. The organization guides the health sector in taking advantage of the various benefits of using Open Source Software. It has worldwide patronage from people who recommend Open Source Software Concepts in Health Care. According to its secretary, Joseph D. Dal Molin, the proprietary software systems in health-care make it difficult to share medical information and integrate systems. He said: "To provide quality health-care services, health-care providers need to share information whenever they require. In a closed environment, the interfacing issue between disparate systems has been an obstacle for communication and information sharing." He added that the proprietary software model will not suit the health sector as health-care systems are unpredictable and hence require flexible and cost effective Open source software solutions, so that the health care industry need not depend on a single vendor. Molin believes that using open source software will help easy transfer of technology across people and that Open Source software is best way to share various medical-related information. Via: technewsworld.com