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An Open Source Health IT Release
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the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], here in Atlanta, just released an open-source version of its software for epidemiological analysis.
History of Epi Info
CDC’s Epi Info originated as a disk-operating system [DOS program] in the 1980s, when epidemiologists sought a PC-based tool to analyze disease outbreaks. The open-source, pre-beta version, named Epi Info Community Edition, marks the beginning of a rewrite of the Epi Info tool suite in the C# programming language. The open source edition also aims to cultivate a wider community of developers www.HealthDictionarySeries.com
Assessment
The CDC has made Epi Info Community Edition available via CodePlex, Microsoft’s open source project hosting Web site.
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