Government Health IT: HHS Keeps Health Net Options Open

“The Health and Human Services Department plans an open-source
set-aside for one of the six contracts it wants to award for
prototypes of a Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN).

“HHS, in a July 1 amendment to its request for proposals for the
NHIN, said it will set aside one unrestricted award for open-source
software which meets the following criteria: free redistribution,
inclusion of source code, permission for modifications and
non-specific licensing…”

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