What are the impacts of open-source programming language on software and the health care industry.

what are the benefits and challenges of open-source programming language?

Effects of Open-Sourcing Programming Languages in Software and Health Care Sector

 Impacts on Software

 Innovation and Flexibility

 Impact: It is the case with open-source programming languages since they are easily accessible and can be further developed by almost anyone. The developers are able to merge their code into the existing projects and improve performances of codes hence software features evolve more frequently.

 Example: Stand-point languages such as Python and JavaScript, are well-supported by rich open-source libraries and frameworks to spur new development on numerous software areas.

 Cost Reduction

 Impact: They also make it cheap as there are no fees charged on using open source products as is common with other commercial software. It may be freely used and amended by organizations without an added cost implication for the end user.

 Example: Organizations are able to use open-source frameworks such as for creating web applications or data processing without buying overly expensive specialized software.

 Community Support

 Impact: Sometimes the language is developed and used by a very active community of developers and users. People converge in this community leading to more documentation, many forums, and occasionally joint problem-solving.

 Example: Python is a popular programming language due to the available resources some of which are; Python tutorials and libraries.

 Security and Transparency

 Impact: By making the software code available and easily accessible for scrutiny, the open source claim that it is more secure since the code can be revised. Due to the open source, which the programs are, it is easy to find the associated vulnerabilities and to fix them.

 Example: Due to its open source foundation, Linux can undergo highly critical security analysis and close and quick reaction to possible threats.

 Effects On H… on the Health Care Industry

 Cost Efficiency

 Impact: Use of open-source system can also make EHRs as well as other health IT systems to be less expensive, so that it makes technology to be achievable to the small practitioners or organizations in low resource areas.

 Example: OpenMRS is an open source EHR system which is employed in several countries for the cheap management of the patients’ data.

 Customization and Interoperability

 Impact: The developed open source solutions can be easily customized with requirements and can be easily interfaced with other systems, enhancing Health IT system interface capability with different systems.

 Example: Through being open source Health Information System can be amended to fit the requirements of the legal frameworks for each country hence easing integration with other systems.

 Encouraging Collaboration

 Impact: Health care development projects in the open-source model include researchers, developers as well as institutions in their project development and implementation. Such partnerships mean that multiple developments and innovations in healthcare technology could be mutually witnessed.

 Example: Initiatives such as/ including Open Health Information Exchange ( Open HIE) aim to bring groups together so as to progress the global exchange of health information.

 Enhanced Innovation

 Impact: The openness of the model means that the innovation increases at a higher rate since developers work on the tools offered to find new solutions to challenges in health care.

 Example: Health data analytics as a tool and its applications are often designed from from open-source platforms.

 Advantages of using Open-Source Programming Languages

 Cost Savings: Lacking of license fee which makes it inexpensive to both small and big organizations.

 Customization: Customizability of the software and the ability to adapt it to one’s requirement.

 Community Support: The ability to search a wide database and to have the cooperation of several students.

 Transparency: Benefits such as increased security and level of trust as a result of the open view of the code being developed.

 Flexibility: Ability to design with new and emerging requirement in mind without total reliance on the vendor’s product.

 Some challenges of open-source programming languages.

 Support and Maintenance: Lack of official support may mean that the major components are obtained from forums and volunteers and this brings issues of reliability.

 Integration: Issues related to the implementation of open-source solutions in the context of the integration of a proprietary system or infrastructure.

 Quality Assurance: Inconsistencies in code quality and documentation of such code which may influence its reliability and usability.

 Training and Expertise: Dependency on professional competency to fully utilize and manage the tools from the open source system.

 References

 Fitzgerald, B. (2006). Open source software transition: a literature review. Information Systems Research, pp. 100-113, vol. 17, no. 2.

 Gordon, L. A. , & Loeb, M. P. (2006), Information security management (5th ed. ) The implication of open sourcing of software in the health care sector. Use of technology in the field of health and implications of this in the future of health care, 15 (4).

 In a research by Baker & Perumal (2017), Open-source software in healthcare: Opportunities and threats of the project. Journal of Health Informatics : Vol 23, No 2, pp150 _ 162

 Open-source programming languages and tools have a revolutionary capability in thesoftware-development and in the health care sector where problems such as support and integration have to be addressed as they offer innovation and cost effectiveness along with opportunity for collaboration.