Patients Using Open-Source Disease Control Software Developed by Other Patients

Healthcare information systems are traditionally developed within the R&D labs of medical instrumentation providers, software houses, technology consultancy firms, medical faculties and hospitals. Professionals with either medical or IT backgrounds are the perpetual analysts and developers of most health-care information systems on the market. However, we tackle an exceptional variance where patients are themselves creators of their own health-care information systems.

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