Open Source Healthcare?


	Open Source Healthcare?

thisnamecantbetaken

10-17-2008 4:35 AM

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thisnamecantbetaken says:

Collective knowledge—something that the Web, and in particular the social Web, is very good at enabling—allows them to put their disease in context.

Bringing health histories out into the open can provide answers to those questions, something that even doctors can't do.

"In the end, it's the same as open-source software," says Heywood. "If you can see all the information, you can correct the errors."

Open source healthcare? Wow. That's something new, eh?

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10-17-2008 6:57 AM

wildcat

now that is finally some (possibly) good news... everything open source, yeah!

10-17-2008 7:04 AM

skwirlinator

Next - Open Lawyers

10-17-2008 7:25 AM

thisnamecantbetaken

Or open source politics? That could be cool!

10-17-2008 12:53 PM

oscarrob

Open lawyers?! Open lawyers?! Did somebody say open lawyers? No! Never! Not happening. Not in your lifetime. You can pry my cold dead fingers.......
- A Lawyer

10-17-2008 1:46 PM

thisnamecantbetaken

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