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AIRA 2018: Is Open Source the Key to Immunization Software Sustainability?

On August 14-16, 2018 the American Immunization Registry Association (AIRA) held its 2018 National Meeting. This meeting brought together more than 350 informatics professionals, public health officials, EHR vendors, and other stakeholders who all care passionately about Immunization Information Systems (IIS) and their role in the healthcare community. IIS projects leverage interoperability with EHRs, PHRs, and other systems to promote clinical practice at the point of care; enable public health surveillance, and reduce cost by assisting in preventing both under and over immunization.

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Enterprises See Growing Open Source Cloud Appeal

Jamie Yap | ZDNet | August 27, 2012

The maturing of open source software (OSS) and increasing support from mainstream IT vendors mean that cloud architectures built using OSS tools will grow on companies looking to avoid vendor lock-in, but they will need to assess whether they have the internal know-how to manage such deployments. Read More »

MaineHealth Facing Financial Debacle due to Proprietary EHR Install

The scenario: A sophisticated medical center health system begins to roll out an expensive proprietary EHR and shortly thereafter sustains an operating loss, leaving no choice but to put the implementation on hold. The operating loss is attributed to “unintended financial consequences” directly related to buying a very expensive EHR system. This is exactly the situation at MaineHealth, who selected Epic. Read More »

New York City Hospitals Epic EHR Implementation Hits Snags

Kyle Murphy | EHR Intelligence | August 20, 2015

Probes of alleged inappropriate billing and other misconduct associated with the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation Epic EHR implementation have already led to the sacking of four high-ranking officials at the health system, according to multiple New York Post reports. The latest executive to depart the organization is Chief Technology Officer Paul Contino, Yaov Gonen reported earlier this week.

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Specsavers Focuses on Red Hat to Drive Open Source Technology Vision

Press Release | Red Hat | July 9, 2014

World's leading optician selects Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat JBoss Middleware to streamline costs & business efficiencies Read More »

World’s Largest Provider Of Bollywood Content Choooses Red Hat For New, Scalable Solution

Press Release | Red Hat, Inc. | July 3, 2013

Hungama deploys Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat JBoss Middleare to achieve savings on total cost of ownership (TCO) Read More »