Use of Open Source Provides Hope for Canadia Healthcare System

The Canadian healthcare system has been under pressure in recent years, but an article at The Conversation details a study on how open source can help. The piece elaborates on common core values of FOSS, including avoiding vendor lock-in and accelerated innovation. However, it also focuses on the latter, and its impact on total cost of ownership in the absence of ongoing costs such as licensing fees.
The idea that using open source can also free up funds to be usefully applied elsewhere, and the impact that may have, is sometimes lost when discussing the private sector and maximizing monetary shareholder return. But in government, where the budget needs to be spent one way or the other, open source can help maximize value return.