Software Application Profile: Opal and Mica: open-source software solutions for epidemiological data management, harmonization and dissemination

Software Application Profile: Opal and Mica: open-source software solutions for epidemiological data management, harmonization and dissemination

Motivation Improving the dissemination of information on existing epidemiological studies and facilitating the interoperability of study databases are essential to maximizing the use of resources and accelerating improvements in health. To address this, Maelstrom Research proposes Opal and Mica, two inter-operable open-source software packages providing out-of-the-box solutions for epidemiologi...

Free software, Open source software, licenses. A short presentation including a procedure for research software and data dissemination

As H2020 approaches and open access policies spread in the European research community ([9]), it becomes more important to revisit the basic concepts in software distribution such as free software, open source software, licenses: they should be considered before any research software dissemination. We also propose here a distribution procedure that can be adapted for software and data dissemina...

Open Source Software Project Management

In this paper, the essential characteristics of software development projects in the open source environment are described. This model of freely distributed, highly decentralized, democratic software development with little management hierarchy, overhead, or salary compensation has made a revolution in the software industry. These open source projects, like typical commercial software projects,...

Open Source Software For Patient Data Management In Critical Care

We have previously developed a Patient Data Management System for Intensive Care based on Open Source Software. The aim of this work was to adapt this software to use in Emergency Departments in low resource environments. The new software includes facilities for utilization of the South African Triage Scale and prediction of mortality based on independent predictive factors derived from data fr...

Towards Open Source Software Adoption and Dissemination TOSSAD