Abstract
The global COVID-19 pandemic revealed the necessity for mobile and web-based solutions for a variety of medical processes, e.g., individual risk calculation, communication of health information and contact tracing. Many such solutions are provided in form of open source software. However, there are major obstacles to the sustainable long-term continuation of such projects. As the topic of sustainability strategies is complex, a classification would be useful to help new projects to identify relevant sustainability factors. Based on a literature review a classification for long-term success of open source software was created. This paper presents a classification focusing on five unique categories: (1) structural decision, (2) revenue generation, (3) user focus, (4) openness and (5) community building. It was developed within the NUM-COMPASS project, focusing content-wise on pandemic apps and structure-wise on open-source provision. We provide some insights into the community building dimension by discussing factors that go into building sustainable communities.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | German Medical Data Sciences 2021 : Digital Medicine: Recognize - Understand - Heal - Proceedings of the Joint Conference of the 66th Annual Meeting of the German Association of Medical Informatics, Biometry, and Epidemiology e.V. (gmds) and the 13th Annual Meeting of the TMF - Technology, Methods, and Infrastructure for Networked Medical Research e.V. 2021 |
Editors | Rainer Rohrig, Tim Beissbarth, Jochem Konig, Claudia Ose, Geraldine Rauch, Ulrich Sax, Bjorn Schreiweis, Martin Sedlmayr |
Number of pages | 8 |
Publisher | IOS Press |
Publication date | 21 Sept 2021 |
Pages | 186-193 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781643682068 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 21 Sept 2021 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | 66th Annual Conference of the German Association for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology (GMDS) / 12th TMF Annual Congress Digital medicine - recognise, understand, heal - Virtual, Online, Germany Duration: 26 Sept 2021 → 30 Sept 2021 Conference number: 66 https://www.egms.de/dynamic/en/meetings/gmds2021/index.htm |
Conference
Conference | 66th Annual Conference of the German Association for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology (GMDS) / 12th TMF Annual Congress Digital medicine - recognise, understand, heal |
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Number | 66 |
Country/Territory | Germany |
City | Virtual, Online |
Period | 26/09/2021 → 30/09/2021 |
Other | Joint Conference. |
Internet address |
Series | Studies in Health Technology and Informatics |
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Volume | 283 |
ISSN | 0926-9630 |
Keywords
- COVID-19
- Open Source
- Pandemic
- Sustainability