I'm actually working on an implementation of mod_survey (http://gathering.itm.mh.se/modsurvey/), written by Joel Palmius, to conduct a randomized study of physicians' practices related to the diagnosis and treatment of asthma. The survey will present two clinical vignettes with one variable randomized. There are commercial web-based survey products available but they are prohibitively expensive for my needs (I'm a 3rd year medical student and am concurrently enrolled in a Masters of Community Medicine program; this project will hopefully be the basis of my thesis.) I hope this helps give a sense of how versatile and useful opensource software can be to the public health community.
-Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: Nicolas Guzman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Saturday, August 10, 2002 2:10 pm Subject: Open Source in Public Health > Hello Everyone, > > We are organizing an "Open Source for e-Government" 2-day > conference > sponsored by The George Washington University, WHO and UN among > others. This conference will be held in Washington, DC on Oct. 17- > 18 > (see www.egovos.org for more info). > > I am putting together an "Open Source for e-Health" session which > in > this particular conference will be focused on Open Source uses in > public health (surveillance, early detection, open standards, etc.). > > I have already invited the OpenEMed group and folks from the > EPA/CDC > who are working on XML web services-based integration of health > and > environmental information. > > I would like to ask if anyone knows of any other ongoing projects > in > this area that I should consider bringing to this conference. > > Many thanks. > > Nick Guzman > > > -- > Nicolas J. Guzman, M.D. > Co-Chairman - Multi-Channel Delivery of Health Information > Universal Access Working Group > Federal Architecture and Infrastructure Committee - CIO Council > > The George Washington University Medical Faculty Associates > Washington, DC 20037 > >
