Local Author and Editor of the Summerton Weekly News

In addition to being the founder and editor of the Summerton Weekly News, a retired government executive, former professor, and local Summerton resident, Peter Groen is also a co-author of three textbooks on health information technology. He is also a contributing author of several other textbooks on health informatics.

Peter Groen has also written over 100 articles in the past decade on health informatics and 'open' health information solutions that have been published in a wide range of academic journals and various trade magazines. His focus is usually on emerging technologies and the future of information technologies (IT) and healthcare.

Check out the links to some of his most recent books such as Medical Informatics 20/20, Medical Informatics: Emerging Technologies & 'Open' Health IT Solutions for the 21st Century, and Open Health IT Solutions for the Public & Private Sectors. For more detail, go to https://sites.google.com/site/cosihealthit/home/books

Check out the links to some of his most recent articles posted on the Collaboration, Open Solutions & Innovation (COSI) in Healthcare web site. For more specifics, go to https://sites.google.com/site/cosihealthit/home/articles

Peter keeps a low profile now that he is semi-retired and living just outside the town of Summerton next to the shores of beautiful Lake Marion in South Carolina. When not on his boat, he still operates a small non-profit organization called COSITech.Net, edits and publishes the Summerton Weekly News, and helps develop videos, social media, and web sites for local organizations in the area. Some of these include:

• Historic Summerton, S.C.
• Historic Clarendon County, S.C.
• Summerton 'Open' Technology & Solutions
• Summerton SC: Nature & Outdoor Recreation
• Summerton Weekly News - Facebook Page
• Summerton S.C. Blogging Site
• South Carolina & Santee Cooper Lakes YouTube Channel

Peter is a Clemson University graduate who married a local Sumter girl 43 years ago. Unfortunately, his wife Kathy attended the University of South Carolina. Their oldest daughter also graduated from Carolina. This makes for an interesting inter-family rivalry every year in November when the 'big' game comes around.

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