For Chris Lundberg, open source is as much a philosophy as it is a method of software development. Open source and open access represent the idea that solutions are often better found via many, than via few, he says. Those are some of the ideas he takes to the table as a member of Open Source for America's advisory board.

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Local, state, and federal government agencies across the U.S. share the common goal of serving the public. They also share another contemporary fact of life: They are running out of money. As a result, efficiency is becoming a major goal in government at all levels, and information technology appears to be a key target for getting more bang for the buck.

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Adherence reminders, patient data transmission via community health workers, HIV/AIDs info services – mobile phones can be used in a variety of health settings. As mobiles have become cheaper and more easily available around the world, mobile health projects have followed, taking advantage of the devices’ data storage capabilities, information transferring potential, and social networking features. The article briefly discuses the benefits of using open source mHealth solutions.

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The Wi-Fi Alliance - the global organisation set up to promote the technology - has teamed up with Continua Health Alliance - a global organisation of healthcare and healthcare technology companies - to facilitate and promote the adoption of Wi-Fi networking technology in connected health applications.

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Perhaps Apple’s biggest legitimate competitor in tablets is Google’s Android OS. There are reasons that Apple should be worried. Google and Apple are both very large companies with $23 billion and $36 billion in sales respectively but that is where the similarities seem to end. 

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While software is available for meta-analysis in general, there is not yet any open-source user friendly software available for specific meta-analysis of diagnostic test data. AHRQ is funding development work on an open source software product called OpenMeta-Analyst.

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The second cluster of responses focuses on eHealth in the field. Telemedicine initiatives have supported community workers in many parts of the world, and ethnographic studies can suggest how to design relevant interventions. 

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Hassan Masum, GHI’s Aman Bhandari, Jody Ranck and Alex Jadad set out to ask the world’s health, technology and development experts: “How can eHealth help the poorest?” Today is the first of  a 3 part guest series on mHealth and Entrepreneurship.

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The third and final cluster focuses on systems and education. Along with the optimism in the responses, there is a strong dose of caution – even an implicit warning that poorly designed eHealth interventions may do more harm than good. While evaluating eHealth interventions has been the subject of some discussion, the problem of doing so effectively is still far from solved.  This holds even more true for eHealth interventions in low-resource settings, with difficult field conditions and vulnerable populations.

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Vladimir Putin may be known for showing off his pectorals riding horses bare chested, but he also seems to have a substantial amount of gray matter between the ears. Our country, including the healthcare IT sector, could probably learn something from him.