[Scale-planning] Open Source Health Care Summit at SCALE 5x

[Ilan Rabinovitch]

Hello,

Just wanted to let everyone know about the Open Source Health Care 
Summit.  It will be taking place at the Westin on Friday February 9th.
The event will lead into the SCALE weekend show, and will focus on the 
use of open-source solutions in health care organizations.

Our press release regarding the event can be found bellow, as well as 
online at: http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale5x/pr/pr_20061116.txt

Regards,
Ilan Rabinovitch
Conference Chair


SCALE Announces Plans To Host Open-Source Health Care Summit

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Los Angeles, CA
November 16, 2006

The Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE) has announced plans to host an Open Source Health Care summit as part of their upcoming 2007 conference, SCALE 5x. The focus of this event will be on the use of open-source software in the health care industry. The goal of this event is to foster an awareness of the availability of open-source options to medical organizations, private practices, and hospitals. The Open-Source Health Care Summit will be held on February 9, 2007 at the Los Angeles Airport Westin Hotel.

Topics to be covered at this workshop include:
-Relevance of Open Source software and Open Standards for the Health Care industry.
-Integrating proprietary systems with Open Source software.
-Case studies of using Open Source software in health care environments.
-Open Source software in the private medical practice.
-Open Source software in regional health information organizations.
-Current and future growth of open source in health care.
-Birds of a Feather discussion sessions for IT, medical and business users in the medical space.
. and more...

The call for papers for this event can be found online at:
http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/healthcare07/oss-healthcare2007-cfp.pdf

About the Southern California Linux Expo:

The Southern California Linux Expo is the premier grass roots Linux and Open Source Software conference in the United States. SCALE 5x, their fifth annual event, will be held on February 10th and 11th, 2007 at the Los Angeles Airport Westin hotel. SCALE will include seminars by leaders from the open source community, tutorials for beginners, and an exhibit hall with both vendor booths and non-commercial booths. 

Linux Expo of Southern California, Inc. is a non-profit organization whose members are currently comprised of, but not limited to, members of the USCLUG, UCLALUG, and SCLUGs. For more information see http://www.socallinuxexpo.org


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Media Inquiries:
Orv Beach
info at socallinuxexpo.org
1.877.831.2569 ext 120

Call For Papers Submissions:
healthcare at socallinuxexpo.org

Attendance Information:
http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/healthcare07/
1.877.831.2569 ext 110 

Event Sponsorship:
Ilan Rabinovitch
ilan at socallinuxexpo.org
1.818.442.1865 Mobile
1.877.831.2569 ext 110 Office