Gauti por Reynisson
TM-Software
Abstract of the presentation
Presentation together with Ívar Helgason
Topic of our presentation is open source in the medical community. Over the past years, software developers and other “computer centric” industries have benefited greatly from open source. However, applying this idea to other industries is a challenge. The key ideas are open communication and information sharing to the benefit of everyone in the community. Coming up with the theory is easy but applying it in the real world is what has to happen. One such opportunity is in patient medication management where physicians are doing more and more of their work with the help of computer software. However, in order to correctly configure medication treatments, physicians need to rely on a body of knowledge dealing with protocols, dosage adjustments, drug interactions etc. Building this body of information and gathering sufficient experience with it is a long process, one that will benefit from an open source community. Currently, this information is found in books and conference papers if the physician takes the time to publish it. However, this information is not easily accessible by the doctor working with the medication software on the hospital ward. Opening this knowledge up is what TM-Software aims to do by founding and contributing to an open source community and making tools available for physicians to share their knowledge.
Bio:
Gauti Reynisson holds a B.S. degree in Computer Science from the University of Skövde, Sweden. Mr. Reynisson worked intensively with internet technologies at Cambridge Technology partners in Amsterdam before relocating to Iceland to work for deCODE Genetics where he got to know the world of clinical IT. Mr. Reynisson now works as a consultant in healthcare informatics for TM-Software in Europe, concentrating on finding ways to apply information technology at hospitals to improve patient care.
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