A Platform for Innovation and Standards Evaluation: a Case Study from the OpenMRS Open-Source Radiology Information System

Journal of Digital Imaging
Judy Wawira GichoyaSaptarshi Purkayastha

Abstract

Open-source development can provide a platform for innovation by seeking feedback from community members as well as providing tools and infrastructure to test new standards. Vendors of proprietary systems may delay adoption of new standards until there are sufficient incentives such as legal mandates or financial incentives to encourage/mandate adoption. Moreover, open-source systems in healthcare have been widely adopted in low- and middle-income countries and can be used to bridge gaps that exist in global health radiology. Since 2011, the authors, along with a community of open-source contributors, have worked on developing an open-source radiology information system (RIS) across two communities-OpenMRS and LibreHealth. The main purpose of the RIS is to implement core radiology workflows, on which others can build and test new radiology standards. This work has resulted in three major releases of the system, with current architectural changes driven by changing technology, development of new standards in health and imaging informatics, and changing user needs. At their core, both these communities are focused on building general-purpose EHR systems, but based on user contributions from the fringes, we have been able to creat...Continue Reading

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Nov 10, 2004·Journal of Digital Imaging·Antoine RossetOsman Ratib
May 4, 2016·European Radiology·Daniel Pinto Dos SantosP Mildenberger

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Aug 14, 2020·Insights Into Imaging·E NeriR Grassi

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LibreHealth
Xebra
DICOMweb
LibreHealth RIS
Community Health Analytics Open Source Software Project [ ( CH...
Weasis image viewer
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OpenMRS
CHAOSS
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