Open software in small enterprises. Private medical practise example

Abstract

Article covers basic concepts of free and open software and its implementation at small health care facilities. It summarizes costs of possession and maintenance free/open and proprietary software. Functional analysis is conducted on example of office software. Further analysis covers barriers of open software implementation based on requirements of small health care facilities. Finally, according to stated requirements suggestion of ways to overcome these barriers are made.

Keywords

• Free software
• Open software
• Adaptation software