OCI invited to present at a Health Transformation conference hosted by Speaker Newt Gingrich. OCI was on a discussion panel and presented on the use of open source software as a way to create low cost standards based health information exchanges.
April 10, 2009 - ST. LOUIS -- Jefferson City MO, This week OCI was a co-sponsor and presenter at a conference focused on new approaches to healthcare, and attended by industry and governmental leaders from the State of Missouri.
Amongst the presenters were former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder, and Attorney General Chris Koster. Stephen Field, the OCI Healthcare Practice Lead spoke on the ability of open source software to play a significant role in enabling equal access by all to an electronic health record based system. OCI’s approach focuses on the ability of patients to access their records from anywhere, allow them to shop for best of class services, avoid unnecessary redundant testing, and allow their caregivers rapid access to critical data. The key to this improved record access is an open source, secure, scalable health information exchange (HIE) based on industry standards that caregivers can use at very low cost to access the overall system.
Other OCI attendees were Dr Moshiri, CEO; Vafa Foroughi MD, OCI medical advisor; Steve Totten OCI Engineering Manager and the OCI Director of Business Development Malcolm Spence. Dr. Moshiri, who also took the opportunity to meet with Senate leadership, commented: “It is clear that health care is now front and center, as the US rebuilds its economy on a more competitive footing. I know we will bring the same benefits of open source to healthcare as we have done with Defense, Telecom and other industries.”
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Object Computing Inc. (OCI) is a privately held software engineering company. OCI was founded in 1993 with a commitment to object oriented technology. Today OCI provides software systems consulting, product development, and educational services to progressive corporations across the United States in the Aerospace, Finance, Healthcare and Telecommunication market segments. OCI was one of the pioneers of open source middleware and has an extensive C++ and Java CORBA, open source client base. The St. Louis based OCI Education Center has one of the most extensive object technology and Java training curricula in the Mid West. OCI has a significant presence in Phoenix as well as St. Louis, where its corporate headquarters are located. OCI is a Sun Authorized Java Center and member of the OMG. For more information see our web site http://www.ociweb.com.
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