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Open source software is transforming healthcare

James Ahern — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 08:00:00 +0000

Open source software is transforming healthcare James Ahern Thu, 01/12/2023 - 03:00

Healthcare organizations realize tangible benefits from using open source tools. Explore these examples.

In the summer of 2022, the UK government and NHS England published its Open Source Policy, stating that open source technology is: Particularly suitable for use within the…

How radical transparency is transforming open source healthcare software

Tidepool_Christopher — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 08:00:00 +0000

How radical transparency is transforming open source healthcare software Tidepool_Christopher Wed, 02/02/2022 - 03:00

An open source ethos can make healthcare software more responsive to the communities it serves.

At Tidepool, where I work as a Community and Clinic Success Manager, the company's mission is to make diabetes software more accessible, meaningful, and actionable. Operating…

Open source development works to improve contact tracing in Europe

jsmanrique — Sun, 19 Jul 2020 07:00:00 +0000

Open source development works to improve contact tracing in Europe jsmanrique Sun, 07/19/2020 - 03:00

Analyzing data on Corona-Warn-App's development shows how quickly open source can scale up to help stop disease outbreaks.

The Corona-Warn-App is an awesome example of how governments and public administrations can use open source software development to help citizens while simultaneously…

Questions we should ask about COVID-19 contact-tracing apps

MikeCamel — Wed, 20 May 2020 07:00:00 +0000

Questions we should ask about COVID-19 contact-tracing apps MikeCamel Wed, 05/20/2020 - 03:00

Three ways to judge contact-tracking apps from the point of view of "openness."

One of the cheering things about the pandemic crisis in which we find ourselves is the vast upswell of volunteering that we are seeing across the world. We are seeing this…

Pandemic stress test: The open source cloud is up to the challenge

sambocetta — Tue, 19 May 2020 07:00:00 +0000

Pandemic stress test: The open source cloud is up to the challenge sambocetta Tue, 05/19/2020 - 03:00

The benefits of the cloud are being brought into focus by the COVID-19 pandemic.

We all know that modern business has become a rapid-response environment. Never before have we had the number of IT resources at the tips of our fingers as we have today, and…

An Elasticsearch and Kibana-based dashboard for COVID-19

Horovits Dotan — Tue, 12 May 2020 07:02:00 +0000

An Elasticsearch and Kibana-based dashboard for COVID-19 Horovits Dotan Tue, 05/12/2020 - 03:02

This dashboard enables anyone to review the global pandemic, a specific country's status, and compare data and trends across countries.

Looking back to the start of the year, we could never have predicted what would befall our world as a result of COVID-19. Back then, the coronavirus was spreading in China…

Open source underpins coronavirus IoT and robotics solutions

sambocetta — Sun, 10 May 2020 07:00:00 +0000

Open source underpins coronavirus IoT and robotics solutions sambocetta Sun, 05/10/2020 - 03:00

From sanitization of equipment and facilities to plotting the spread of the virus, robots are playing an active role in combating COVID-19.

The tech sector is quietly having a boom during the COVID-19 pandemic. Open source developers are getting involved with many aspects of the fight against the coronavirus…

Using Python to visualize COVID-19 projections

999.anuraggupta — Tue, 21 Apr 2020 07:01:00 +0000

Using Python to visualize COVID-19 projections 999.anuraggupta Tue, 04/21/2020 - 03:01

I'll demonstrate how to create two visualizations of the spread of a virus across the globe, provided open data and using open source libraries.

Using Python and some graphing libraries, you can project the total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19, and also display the total number of deaths for a country (this…

How I use Python to map the global spread of COVID-19

999.anuraggupta — Tue, 21 Apr 2020 07:00:00 +0000

How I use Python to map the global spread of COVID-19 999.anuraggupta Tue, 04/21/2020 - 03:00

Create a color coded geographic map of the potential spread of the virus using these open source scripts.

The spread of disease is a real concern for a world in which global travel is commonplace. A few organizations track significant epidemics (and any pandemic), and fortunately…

How young people can help fight COVID-19 with code

mesassi — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 15:18:00 +0000

How young people can help fight COVID-19 with code mesassi Tue, 04/14/2020 - 11:18

Youth developers are invited to submit ideas by April 15 to counter the educational, informational, social, and health challenges uncovered by the COVID-19 pandemic.

More than 91% of students around the world are impacted by school closures due to COVID-19, and most governments have temporarily closed academic institutions. That's nearly 1…