Vendors are adding open source capabilities to their tools to add much needed IT infrastructure flexibility.
Open source software is gaining popularity in healthcare as organizations use it to quickly adopt new technology that further advances IT solutions. This continued adoption encourages vendors to offer open source software to help meet the IT demand.
PrismTech recently announced that it’s expanding its Vortex data distribution service to include an open source option, Eclipse Cyclone. Users have access to the full source code supported by the Eclipse Foundation.
“Expanding to open source is an efficient, effective and logical solution to address the industry’s challenges of moving data in a high performance, distributed system,” ADLINK Technology Executive and Vice President of IoT Strategy and Business Solutions Rob Risany said in a statement. “Whether standard open source or additional support is required, we are providing customers with the future proofing and scalability made possible through our powerful, elegant DDS solutions.”
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The DDS solution aims to assist organizations that are introducing more Internet of Things (IoT) and connected medical devices into their health IT infrastructure. According to PrismTech, open source distributed systems will be more compatible with other IT tools that make up an entity’s IT infrastructure as organizations move away from siloed and centralized solutions.
“With the continued growth of the Industrial IoT, 5G, artificial intelligence and autonomous machine technology, we fully anticipate DDS to serve as the data sharing platform of choice,” said Risany. “Quite frankly, its strengths such as responsiveness, scalability and fault tolerance are just too compelling.”
The more tools and devices organizations add to their IT infrastructure, the more unique an ecosystem becomes. That is why open source fits more complex environments.
For example, IT administrators don’t have to abide by ridged rules when adding different elements to their IT infrastructure. Instead, staff members have the option of fitting their open source solution to meet infrastructure demands.
Open source is the key to fast health IT innovation that will help the industry defeat some of its biggest technological challenges, such as interoperability and security, Red Hat Director of Healthcare Craig Klein told HITInfrastructure.com.
“Open Source is used a lot of different ways in healthcare,” said Klein. “The best way to understand why it’s been doing so well in the healthcare world is to think about how doctors work. “
“Doctors collaborate and get together with other doctors of similar specialties and different specialties,” he continued. “Their theory is if you have more people working on the problem you’re going to find a better solution. There’s specialist working with general practitioners and multiple specialist working on a single case.”
Klein added that the same is true with open source with multiple people working on a similar problem. It’s a natural fit for healthcare to help clinicians understand the open source development model.
Open source gives healthcare organizations the opportunity to work with many different vendors because the software is developed to be compatible with everything. This makes sharing data among systems easier because they can be integrated.
Open source also has a large part to play in the development of future technologies that will continue to help healthcare organizations use technological advancements to benefit both clinicians and patients.
Healthcare organizations stand to gain a lot from open source technology in terms of innovation and technological advancements. This option also caters to value-based care and getting the most out of an IT infrastructure budget because adjustments can be made in house and adapt to current environments.
Organizations are also constantly replacing legacy pieces of their infrastructure. As health IT infrastructures become more complex, organizations need to deploy solutions that give them the flexibility to accommodate new and legacy solutions. Open source software can act as a bridge to ensure all the technology solutions work together smoothly.
Date: Oct 23, 2017