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Dr. Notes Cuts Off Customers, Demands Fee

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GNU/Linux And Open Source Medical Software News; By Fred Trotter
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A great example of the problems that you have with using a proprietary license for your EHR has been posted onGPLMedicine.org From the main article:(McGoverns) tech support contract with Boca Raton-based Dr. Notes was originally for $1,200 a year but the company wanted her to pay $5,000 a year. When McGovern refused, the company didn't give her an updated monthly password needed to access the program and view records, she said. You cant make this stuff up.'

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This link

http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2006/04/24/t...

is to an article describing how the local sheriff has been ordered to sieze the "Intellectual Property" that Dr. Notes has been using in their software. He's trying to figure out how to do that, since this is a new thing for him...

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