OSHCA Conference 2007 - Moving the FOSS Agenda for Health

Dear all,

OSHCA Conference 2007 - Moving the FOSS Agenda for Health: Setting the=20
Framework for Interoperability

Calling all those who wish to participate or plan to attend the OSHCA=20
Conference 2007 from 8-11 May, Kuala Lumpur, please go to=20
http://mailman.oshca.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/participants to subscribe=20
to the list in order to receive updates and further information on the=20
conference.

Please e-mail [email protected] for enquiries or clarifications on=20
funding possibilities, registration requirements etc. Forms for=20
registration and travel cost estimates (for those requesting for=20
financial support) can be downloaded from the OSHCA web-site and the=20
Openhealth list. The programme flyer and more detailed programme should=20
be available to the participants list as well from next week, if not=20
earlier.

Please assist OSHCA to disseminate this information to other lists=20
deemed appropriate.

We also call on organisations to support this conference by sending=20
participants to the conference and to assist in providing financial=20
support to others.
Currently financial support comes from:
IDRC,
IOSN ASEAN+3
IOSN South Asia
InWEnt, Germany for capacity building in use of FOSS by Asian programmers

As a reminder, here's some information on the Conference.

> *Background*
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> Open Source Health Care Alliance (OSHCA) had successfully provided a=20
> forum for individuals interested in applying open source strategy and=20
> principles to Health Information and Communication Technologies (ICT).=20
> While OSHCA's roots are in North America and Europe its vision is the=20
> realization that =93Free/Open Source Health Care Software will provide =
a=20
> viable and sustainable alternative in mainstream ICT worldwide. OSHCA=20
> believes that the greatest potential for positive impact on health=20
> outcomes and the greatest need lies in the developing world.
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> This 4-day conference will therefore provide the meeting place for the=20
> members to define OSHCA's road map to move the FOSS Agenda for Health,=20
> including conceptualizing and defining OSHCA's role in managing FOSS=20
> collaboration. The conference will also provide an opportunity to=20
> share and provide updates on FOSS applications and technologies used=20
> in health care . During the conference, issues related to FOSS, open=20
> standards, interoperability and data exchange will also be discussed=20
> on. The conference will also have training sessions for new Asian=20
> programmers to learn FOSS concepts and health data interoperability,=20
> besides providing the opportunity to strengthen OSHCA's membership.
>
>
> *The benefits and outcome of this conference will be:*
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> *
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> Opportunity for establishing collaboration in the FOSS community
> in the deployment of FOSS health care applications in the
> developing countries
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> *
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> Opportunity for OSHCA to co-ordinate the interconnectivity among
> these systems with the goal of making them interoperable with
> the ability to exchange data as a specific response to the MDGs
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> *
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> Participants will be more knowledgeable of FOSS health care
> applications and technologies used in Health IT especially
> towards the use of open standards towards data sharing.
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> *
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> establish a community network of developing countries to
> participate in a global collaboration effort for the development
> and improvement of open source health care applications.
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> *
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> initiate & facilitate education, training and technology
> transfer on concepts and approaches to open standards
> implementation for health ICT's to establish interoperability
> between open source health ICTs and existing health ICT
> infrastructure=96 R&D to test interoperability, interchange of
> data and standards.
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> *
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> Training new developers in applying FOSS concepts , health care
> applications and health data interoperability
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> *
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> Strengthening OSHCA membership and developing the strategic
> goals of OSHCA in readiness for realizing OSHCA's role in
> managing FOSS collaborative services.
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>
> *Target Audience*
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> This conference targets interested open source Health ICT adopters and=20
> potential adopters, from developers to end-users, including senior=20
> management both from public and private sectors.
>
We look forward to seeing as many people as possible in Kuala Lumpur.

Molly,
on behalf of OSHCA Conference 2007 Organising Committee