Debian-Med is a "Custom Debian Distribution" with the aim to develop Debian into an operating system that is particularly well fit for the requirements for medical practice and research. The goal of Debian-Med is a complete system for all tasks in medical care which is built completely on free software.
For a more in-depth discussion, there's a talk available (in English) which covers almost everything you need to know.
The general idea for this kind of project was adopted from the Debian Junior project.
Debian-Med contains a set of meta packages that declare dependencies on other Debian packages, and that way the complete system is prepared for solving particular tasks.
[17 Mar 2008] Apply for a Google Summer of code with Debian-Med!
[19 Apr 2007] What is new for Debian-Med in etch?
For older news items see the Debian-Med News Page.
The Debian-Med mailing list is the central point of communication for Debian-Med. It serves as a forum for potential, as well as current, users of the Debian system who want to use their computer for medical tasks. Additionally, it is used to coordinate development efforts around the various topics of Medicine. You can subscribe to and unsubscribe from it using the list web page. You will also find the list archives on that page.
There are two important places for developer information:
The first attempt to put the projects into categories might be not the best. Please send any suggestions for improvements to our mailing list.
There are some talks about Debian-Med available online as source and preformatted slides. It might be a good idea to check these pages to get some interesting information about the project.
Once we have something to show for this project, and indeed even in the formative stages of this project, we are being watched by the eyes of the world. We will necessarily want to work with press@debian.org to get the word out and to help give Debian and this project the kind of exposure we want. For this purpose we will build a collection of slides of talks about Debian-Med.