International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 78, Issue 7 , Pages 457-472 , July 2009

The State and Profile of Open Source Software Projects in health and medical informatics

  • Balaji Janamanchi

      Affiliations

    • Texas A&M International University, Laredo, Texas, United States
  • ,
  • Evangelos Katsamakas

      Affiliations

    • Fordham University, New York, NY 10023, United States
  • ,
  • Wullianallur Raghupathi

      Affiliations

    • Fordham University, New York, NY 10023, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Graduate School of Business, Fordham University, 113 W. 60th Street, New York, NY 10023, United States. Tel.: +1 212 636 7230; fax: +1 212 765 5573.
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  • Wei Gao

      Affiliations

    • Fordham University, New York, NY 10023, United States

Received 3 July 2008 ,Revised 23 September 2008 ,Accepted 19 February 2009.

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PII: S1386-5056(09)00031-8

doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2009.02.006

International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 78, Issue 7 , Pages 457-472 , July 2009