The Debian Med project is a Debian Pure Blend created to provide a co-ordinated operating system

Operating system

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 and collection of available free software

Free software

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 packages that are well-suited for the requirements for medical practice

Medical practice

A medical practice or practice of medicine is the practice of medicine, as performed by a medical practitioner—a physician...

s and research.

Packages

Debian Med includes packages of Free Software in the categories:

• Medical practice and Patient management
• Molecular Biology and Medical Genetics
• Medical imaging
• Drug databases
• Psychology
• and several others

Availability

Debian Med packages have been included in Ubuntu (and derivative) operating system distribution repositories.

External links

• Debian Med – Homepage of the Project
• Debian Med talks
• Wiki page with further information for users and developers.

Related projects

• Ubuntu-Med
  Ubuntu-Med
  The Ubuntu-Med project is a Kubuntu-based operating system customization created to provide a co-ordinated operating system and collection of available free software packages that are suited to the requirements of medical practices and research.- Packages :...
  
   -- a Kubuntu
  Kubuntu
  Kubuntu is an official derivative of the Ubuntu operating system using the KDE Plasma Desktop instead of the Unity graphical environment. It is part of the Ubuntu project and uses the same underlying system. It is possible to install both the KDE Plasma Desktop as well as the Unity desktop on...
  
   operating system customization with an EHR
  Electronic Health Record
  An electronic health record is an evolving concept defined as a systematic collection of electronic health information about individual patients or populations...
  
  and additional software packages incorporated into it
• Project EU Spirit – European portal for open-source based software in medicine
• Open Med – Support for free medical software (German)