Joomla! site syndication http://differance-engine.net/chinfo2 2010-09-06T12:25:22+01:00 http://differance-engine.net/chinfo2 http://differance-engine.net/chinfo2/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png text/html 2006-08-13T00:00:00+01:00 http://differance-engine.net/chinfo2 http://differance-engine.net/chinfo2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1&Itemid=2 Welcome to CHIRAD.INFO CHIRAD.INFO is the free/libre/open source software (FLOSS) website maintained by CHIRAD (http://www.chirad.org) (Centre for Health Informatics Research and Development) on behalf of the health informatics FLOSS community worldwide. CHIRAD are pleased to host within this site the webpages of the IMIA OSWG - the Open Source Health Informatics Working Group of the International Medical Informatics Association (www.chirad.info/imiaoswg (http://www.chirad.info/imiaoswg)) The IMIA website is at www.imia.org (http://www.imia.org/) Peter Murray text/html 2006-12-27T18:00:00+01:00 http://differance-engine.net/chinfo2 http://differance-engine.net/chinfo2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17&Itemid=2 The Inaugural IMIA OSWG Award for 2006 was made to Dr Ignacio Valdes in recognition of his outstanding work in the promotion of free/libre and open source software in health and health informatics, and in particular through his website Linux Medical News.The presentation of the award took place during the AMIA OSWG meeting in Washington DC, USA on November 13, 2006, and was made by Dr Peter Murray, IMIA Vice President for WG and SIG, and past Chair of the IMIA OSWG. text/html 2006-10-21T13:50:02+01:00 http://differance-engine.net/chinfo2 http://differance-engine.net/chinfo2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16&Itemid=2 CHIRAD, the British Computer Society Health Informatics Forum (BCSHIF), the IMIA OSWG, the EFMI LIFOSS WG and the IMIA-NI OSNI WG will all be working together to co-sponsor and deliver the EFMI Special Topic Conference (STC) on open source in health care in 2008.The STC2008 will be held in central London, UK, on September 10-11, with an opening reception on the evening of September 9.The website for the event, with full information, is at: http://www.chirad.info/efmi_stc (http://www.chirad.info/efmi_stc) text/html 2006-10-21T13:42:20+01:00 http://differance-engine.net/chinfo2 http://differance-engine.net/chinfo2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=2 The IMIA Board has agreed to the formation of the IMIA Open Source Working Group (OSWG) Annual Achievement Award. The Award will be given to a person, group or organisation that has, in the view of the Award Committee, demonstrated commitment to, and a track record of, active involvement and achievement in the promotion of free/libre and open source software in the health informatics domain. The award may be given for significant achievement within the preceding year, or as a 'long service' award for contribution over a significant period of time. It is anticipated that the Inaugural Award (2006) will be made at the AMIA2006 conference - more new later. In addition, the IMIA Board has approved the proposal that the IMIA OSWG co-sponsor the Annual Linux Medical News Award - see http://www.linuxmednews.com/1161188444/index_html text/html 2006-10-21T13:35:20+01:00 http://differance-engine.net/chinfo2 http://differance-engine.net/chinfo2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=2 The Libre/Free and Open Source Working Group of EFMI was formally launched at a workshop held at MIE2006 in Maastricht, The Netherlands. Karl Oyri (Norway) and Peter Murray (UK) were confirmed as the founding co-chairs of the WG. The workshop explored ideas for initial activities, which will be developed over the coming months.