How Open Source Software Benefits Health IT Infrastructure

Health IT infrastructure forms the foundation for everything that happens in a healthcare organization, from quality improvement and patient safety to financial sustainability and business intelligence. While many different health IT strategies can support success, ensuring that an organization has scalable, flexible, and future-proof tools at its disposal will reduce the possibility of getting stuck with outdated capabilities. Open source software is one promising way that healthcare organizations can reduce IT infrastructure costs while remaining agile enough to adopt new IT solutions that will enable future improvements in patient care and business operations.