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YODA Project: 'Opening Up' Clinical Trials & Research Practices

Many patients and their physicians often make treatment decisions with access to only a fraction of the relevant clinical research data because details about many clinical studies or clinical trials are never made available in published biomedical literature. The YODA Project may change this. Read More »

Posted June 19, 2013 - 10:17am by Peter Groen

Alabama and Other Southern States Embracing 'Open Health' Solutions

The installation and use of 'open source' electronic health record (EHR) systems have continued to spread across Alabama and many other states across the U.S. See the map of healthcare facilities running some variant of the open source VistA electronic health record (EHR) system in Alabama and neighboring sta Read More »

Posted June 18, 2013 - 3:58pm by Peter Groen

Red Hat Innovation Award Finalists in the Healthcare Arena

Red Hat, the world's leading provider of open source solutions, recently announced the finalists of the seventh annual Red Hat Innovation Awards. The awards program recognizes customers, partners and communities for their outstanding use, innovation, and extension of Red Hat technology. The following are three of the finalists in the healthcare arena. Read More »

Posted June 17, 2013 - 10:36am by Peter Groen

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VistA and Other 'Open Source' EHR Systems in New York & New England States
June 13, 2013 - Peter Groen - Open Health News -
The installation and use of 'open source' electronic health record (EHR) systems have continued to spread across New York and many other states...
The Health IT Landscape Through the Lens of the State CIO
June 12, 2013 - Peter Groen - Open Health News -
State Chief Information Officers (CIO) are finding themselves front and center with regards to shaping state strategies and determining how best...
EHS and the Hakeem Program Continue to Successfully Implement 'Open' EHR Systems in Jordan
June 11, 2013 - Peter Groen - Open Health News -
At the most recent WorldVistA Conference held at George Mason University earlier this month, attendees learned about the continued success and...
VistA and Other 'Open Source' EHR Systems in North Carolina & Mid-Atlantic States
June 11, 2013 - Peter Groen - Open Health News -
The installation and use of 'open source' electronic health record (EHR) systems have continued to spread across North Carolina and many other...
The Next Decade for 'Creative Commons'
June 5, 2013 - Peter Groen - Open Health News -
Creative Commons just celebrated its 10th birthday. If you go to their web site you can see the...

Report from the 13th Government Health IT Conference & Exhibition
Jun 17, 2013 - Marc Wine -
The following are some selected observations and notes reported from the 13th Government Health IT Conference & Exhibition held last week in Washington, D.C.
Health IT Strategies to Enable More Patient/Provider Collaboration in the 21st Century
Jun 9, 2013 - Peter Groen - COSI 'Open' Health -
In the 1970's, most healthcare organizations began the process of using mainframe computers to automate their business processes, e.g. payroll, accounting, logistics. In the...
Report From Health Datapalooza IV
Jun 7, 2013 - Marc Wine -
Datapalooza IV was all about collaboration, open solutions, and innovation. Remember this...
Electronic Medical Records (EMR) for Cruise Ship Passengers
May 30, 2013 - Peter Groen - COSI 'Open' Health -
When I was on my last cruise, I started wondering if cruise ships have ever considered using some form of electronic medical record (EMR) system. It could come in very handy,...
Open Business Conference 2013 - Summary
May 15, 2013 - Peter Groen - COSI 'Open' Health -
The recent Open Business Conference held in San Francisco offered the opportunity to learn from business and technology experts working in the open source arena. It also...

G8 Commitment to Open Data
June 19, 2013 - Louise Simmons | Dave Cartwright | John Dunn
TechWorld

The news that G8 leaders have signed an Open Data Charter, pledging to “establish an expectation that all government data be published openly by...
Killing Gene Patents Could Revitalize Biotech
June 14, 2013 - Daniela Hernandez
Wired

The U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling that naturally occurring genes can’t be patented looks, on the surface, like terrible news for biotech...
FDA and Patient-Focused Drug Development
June 14, 2013 - Richard Klein
FDA Voice

The patient perspective is an important part of the drug development process. Through social media, the Internet, and advocacy groups, patients...
The Days of Proprietary Software Platforms are Numbered
June 14, 2013 - Nick Heath
ZD Net

The days of businesses relying on locked-down operating systems and platforms tightly controlled by commercial organisations are numbered,...
OHNews Weekly Summary - 6/14/2013
June 14, 2013 - Roger Maduro
Open Health News (OHNews)

June 14, 2013 - The following is a brief summary of some of the hot news items, selected news clips, feature stories, and blogs...
NSA and Your Healthcare Information
June 13, 2013 - Joseph Conn
Modern Healthcare

...Edward Snowden has made no mention in his recent revelations that medical records were captured in the NSA's dragnet searches, though medical...
Indian Health Service (IHS) Plans to Modernize EHR
June 13, 2013 - Jennifer Bresnick
EHR Intelligence

The Indian Health Service (IHS), the federal agency in charge of providing healthcare to more than two million Native Americans and Alaskan...
OSEHRA Announces 2nd Annual Open Source EHR Summit and Workshop
June 13, 2013
Press Release

OSEHRA

The Open Source Electronic Health Records Agent (OSEHRA), a nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating innovation in electronic health...
Sony SmartWatch Takes Wearable Tech into Open-Source Territory
June 13, 2013 - Jolie O'Dell
Venture Beat (VB)

In an interesting twist on the open source hardware movement, Sony has just announced it’s opening up its SmartWatch for your hacking pleasure....

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