Innovation through the Scientific Method

Innovation is crucial within the Open EMR Sports Medicine project, the process of discovery must be served by sharing information: enabling others to go forward where one cannot; pollinating the ideas of others so that something new may grow that otherwise would not have been born.

In the Open Source development model, this same principle is expressed as "Given enough eyes, all bugs are shallow." By sharing source code, Open Source developers make software more robust. Programs get used and tested in a wider variety of contexts than one programmer could generate, and bugs get uncovered that otherwise would not be found. Because source code is provided, bugs can often be removed, not just discovered, by someone who otherwise would be outside the development process.

The open sharing of scientific results facilitates discovery. The scientific method minimizes duplication of effort because peers will know when they are working on similar projects. Progress does not stop simply because one scientists stops working on a project. If the results are worthy, other scientists will follow up. Similarly, in the Open Source development model, sharing source code facilitates creativity. Programmers working on complimentary projects can each leverage the results of the other, or combine resources into a single project. One project may spark the inspiration for another project that would not have been conceived without it. And worthy projects need not be orphaned when a programmer moves on.

Our contributors are aware of the philosophy of Open source development and are bringing rapid development to the Open SEM project. We have seen developments in football, cricket and rugby.

Open EMR SEM project has overtaken all its commercial competitors creating a stable and robust, highly scaleable cost effective package for complete athlete health management.