International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 74, Issue 11 , Pages 937-945 , December 2005

osni.info—Using free/libre/open source software to build a virtual international community for open source nursing informatics

  • Karl Øyri

      Affiliations

    • The Interventional Centre, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, 0027 Oslo, Norway
    • Norwegian Society for Medical Informatics, Norway
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +47 9951 9179; fax: +47 2307 0110.
  • ,
  • Peter J. Murray

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Health Informatics Research and Development (CHIRAD), UK
    • IMIA-NI Open Source Nursing Informatics Working Group (OSNI), UK

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PII: S1386-5056(05)00114-0

doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2005.07.023

International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 74, Issue 11 , Pages 937-945 , December 2005