Integration of e-Health systems with the Open Source approach and O3 example

The key technological challenges in e-health, namely integration and interoperability of the e-health information systems are derived from analysis of current situation in the European e-health world. The open source approach is proposed to face these challenges and the proposition is founded on the basis of the thorough investigation of the open source principles and practice considering the European specific situation in the field of e-health. A successful case study is presented with it´s domains, organization, community, costs and products in order to practically demonstrate a successful approach that can solve the key challenges of the e-health technology and implementation in Europe.