May 2, 2007 - ElegantCode

2 May

2007

EMRs, IT, and The WalMart Effect

By: David Starr Category:UncategorizedTag: Software Development:

WalMart recently announced an initiative to open 400 medical clinics in their stores in the next few years. This has the potential to rewrite the playbook on primary care clinical reimbursement models. Further, WalMart has announced that they intend to partner with local health providers like hospitals to staff their in-store clinics. One could argue […]

2 May

2007

More on Microsoft and Open Source

By: David Starr Category:UncategorizedTag: Microsoft, Open Source Software, Software Development:

Jon Galloway wrote a fantastic summary of Microsoft’s unofficial explanation for their non-inclusion of OSS in their products. Apparently he was able to discuss this at MIX with someone in the know and they provided him with a good explanation of the situation. Basically, Microsoft’s position seems to come down to this: Redistributing Open Source Software presents […]