Open Source Software Solution for Healthcare: The Case of Health Information System in Zanzibar

Autor:	Yahya Hamad Sheikh, Abubakar Diwani Bakar
Rok vydání:	2012
Předmět:	Knowledge management biology Java business.industry Capacity building Open source software biology.organism_classification Health informatics Tanzania Software Health care business computer computer.programming_language
Zdroj:	Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering ISBN: 9783642290923 AFRICOMM
DOI:	10.1007/978-3-642-29093-0_14
Popis:	Through a case study of health information system in Zanzibar, Tanzania, the article discusses adoption of free and open source software (FOSS) through strategic transition from a free Microsoft based application to a full-fledged java based FOSS application. Throughout the article, the adoption challenges and opportunities are discussed. The article contributes to approaches to FOSS adoption. Three areas are identified: the technical capacity of the software surpassing licensing terms, the role of local champions in initiating changes, and the importance of user capacity building prior to project adoption especially for a transitional project.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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