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Open Source Software in HealthTech: Hype today or Hope for the future?

Lloyd Price

One of the early pioneers of open source software in healthtech was the World Health Organization (WHO). In 1996, the WHO released the first version of the DHIS (District Health Information System) software, which is an open source platform for collecting and managing health data. 2004: The HL7 FHIR standard is released.