OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE AND THE MILITARY HEALTH SYSTEM A Product Lifecycle Management Workshop September 22-23, 2011
Please Join Us The Military Health System (MHS) of the Department of Defense (DoD) is considering open source software (OSS) solutions as a part of their future health information technology. A workshop on Open Source Software and the Military Health System has been organized to review OSS technology and product lifecycle management of OSS. It is aimed to provide the MHS leadership team with additional knowledge in which to base their initiatives. This workshop brings together OSS experts from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Department of Defense, National Institutes of Health (NIH) and civilian sector as well as academia. The two-day workshop will explore key relevant aspects in OSS technology that might be helpful for the DoD-VA joint efforts in health information technology.
The Internet s growth during the past few years has profoundly affected the way software is designed, developed, licensed and distributed. The term open source commonly refers to a software program or set of software technologies that are made widely available by an individual or group in source code form for use, modification and redistribution under a license agreement having very few restrictions. The open source Internet tools can help make open source code more cost effective, efficient and robust by allowing many diverse programmers to collaborate in real-time on development and testing. Open source is a powerful concept but often it is poorly understood in its use, development, up-grades, cost, deployment, security, and risk management to name a few. This workshop, Open Source Software and the Military Health System, has been organized to look at all aspects of OSS with special emphasis on full lifecycle management within the Military Health System. DoD has commissioned several studies reviewing the applicability of open source code, as well as development methodologies unique to open development. The Department of Veterans Affairs has been a champion of open source for a long time and has committed to further expanding the program through the establishment of an Open Source EHR Custodial Agent (OSEHRA). It is a not-for-profit organization established by tiag Inc, under a VA contract to facilitate rapid innovation through community engagement. This workshop is organized as a part of community enablement program of OSEHRA.
WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES 1. Understand what Open Source Software (OSS) is and is not. 2. Discuss the state of OSS technologies, best practices, and existing business models. 3. Review OSS sustainability from the perspective of product lifecycle management. 4. Understand OSS tools for building high quality software and promoting innovation. 5. Review the security implications of using Open Source and risk management strategies. 6. Understand governance models for managing and leveraging OSS. - Please Note - This workshop will not be a venue for discussing specific projects or initiatives, such as VLER, VistA, HITIDE, or iehr among the government agencies.
WORKSHOP ORGANIZATION Workshop Chair: Workshop Convener: Program Committee: LTG(ret.) James B. Peake, MD Former Secretary of Veterans Affairs Former Army Surgeon General Lt Gen. Charles B. Green, MD Air Force Surgeon General Seong K. Mun, PhD, Chair OSEHRA Email: munsk@osehra.org Phone: 571-858-3201 Fred Goeringer, Co-Chair tiag, Inc. Mark Goodge DoD CAPT Michael Weiner, DO DoD/VA Interagency Office Hon Pak, MD HSP Technology Michael Ackerman, PhD National Library of Medicine Steve Steffenson, MD TATRC Luis Ibanez, PhD Kitware Conrad Clyburn MedTechIQ Mark White tiag, Inc. Keith McCall KRM Associates Location: Virginia Tech Arlington Research Center 900 N. Glebe Road, Arlington, VA 22203 Ballston METRO Station Workshop Manager: Savannah Crawley Email: crawleys@osehra.org Phone: 571-858-3205
THURSDAY SESSIONS SEPTEMBER 22, 2011 Morning 8:00 am Registration and Continental Breakfast 8:30 am Welcoming Remarks Seong K. Mun, PhD OSEHRA 8:35 am Introduction of Workshop Leadership Fred Goeringer tiag, Inc. 8:40 am Workshop Chair s Opening Remarks LTG(ret.) James B. Peake, MD CIG 8:50 am Convening Remarks and Charges Lt. Gen. Charles B. Green, MD US Air Force Session 1 Session Moderator Mike O Neill Department of Veterans Affairs 9:00 am How Does an Open Source Project Run on Karl Fogel a Daily basis? - A View from the Ground Civic Commons 9:40 am Open Source and Department of Defense Dan Risacher Department of Defense 10:20 am Q/A 10:40 am Morning Break Session 2 Session Moderator CAPT Michael Weiner, DO Department of Defense 11:00 am Governance in Managing OSS Alex S. Voultepsis Office of DNI 11:40 am Security and Life Cycle Management David Wheeler, PhD Institute of Defense Analysis 12:20 am Q/A 12:40 pm Lunch Break
SEPTEMBER 22, 2011 THURSDAY SESSIONS Afternoon Session 3 Moderator Mark Goodge Department of Defense 1:30 pm Quality Improvement in OSS Operations Rick Avila Kitware, Inc. 2:00 pm Collaboration and Innovation Gunnar Hellekson Red Hat 2:30 pm Case Study: OSS at National Cancer Institute Fred Prior, PhD Washington University 3:00 pm Q/A 3:20 pm Afternoon Break Session 4 Moderator Hon Pak, MD HSP Technology 3:40 pm Intellectual Property Management Will Schroeder to Foster Collaboration Kitware, Inc. 4:10 pm Open Science, Open Data, and Open Software Terry Yoo, PhD National Library of Medicine 4:40 pm Open Source Activities of TATRC Steve Steffensen, MD TATRC, US Army 5:10 pm Panel Discussion Peter Levin, SES, VA Ron Parker, Canadian Health Info Way Hon Pak, MD HSP Technology Doug Goldstein, e-futurist Scott Goodwin, NASA (Invited) Fred Prior, PhD Washington University Paul Tibbits, SES, VA (Invited) 6:00 pm Reception
SEPTEMBER 23, 2011 FRIDAY SESSIONS Morning 8:00 am Continental Breakfast Session 5 Moderator Keith McCall KRM Associates 8:30 am OSS and the Food and Drug Administration Richard Chapman Food and Drug Administration 9:00 am OSS in Clinical Operations David L. Campbell West Virginia Community Health 9:30 am Infoway Canadian Initiative Ron Parker Canada Health Infoway 10:00 am Q/A 10:10 am Morning Break Session 6 Moderator Steve Hufnagel, PhD tiag, Inc. 10:20 am The Future of OSS and Business Development Doug Goldstein e-futurist 11:00 am Workshop Summary Report Fred Goeringer, tiag, Inc. Conrad Clyburn, MedTech IQ 11:30 am Summary Remarks Lt. Gen. Charles B. Green, MD US Air Force 11:45 am Closing Observations LTG(ret.) James B. Peake, MD CGI 12:00 pm Adjournment and Lunch Seong K. Mun, PhD
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