Health IT News

News clips about general health IT products, organizations, and activities [not open source health IT news] from various news sources, e.g. newspapers, news web sites, magazines, journals, blogs, etc.

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Aaron Swartz's Work, Computer Crime Law, And "The Internet's Own Boy"

April Glaser | Electronic Frontier Foundation | August 27, 2014

It’s been more than a year since Aaron Swartz’s tragic death, and now Aaron’s life is the subject of a new documentary, The Internet’s Own Boy, directed by Brian Knappenberger. The documentary has received much acclaim and deservedly so...

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AB 609: California Leads On Open Access To Publicly Funded Research

Lisa Peet | Library Journal | November 6, 2014

California has become the first state to mandate open access for the products of some taxpayer-funded research. On September 29 Governor Jerry Brown signed into law the California Taxpayer Access to Publicly Funded Research Act, coauthored by Assemblyman Brian Nestande (R–Palm Desert) and Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D–Los Angeles)...

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About 30% of Doctors in the U.S. starting to use Doximity to Share Patient Data

Kim-Mai Cutler | TechCrunch | August 24, 2013

Doximity, which is like a LinkedIn for physicians that lets them share patient data in a HIPAA-compliant way, said that it’s now reaching about 30 percent of doctors in the country. Read More »

Academia.edu Founder On Open Access Dreams

Richard Price | Times Higher Education | May 8, 2014

Discoveries by laypeople are rare but free access to research results would increase the likelihood, says Richard Price

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Academic Journals: The Most Profitable Obsolete Technology In History

Jason Schmitt | The Blog | December 23, 2014

The music business was killed by Napster; movie theaters were derailed by digital streaming; traditional magazines are in crisis mode--yet in this digital information wild west: academic journals and the publishers who own them are posting higher profits than nearly any sector of commerce...

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Accelerating Innovation - Global lessons in eHealth implementation

KPMG | eHealthNews.Eu | March 30, 2012

On March 30, 2012, it was reported in eHealthNews.Eu that KPMG International had just released a copy of a new publication entitled "Accelerating Innovation: The Power of the Crowd".  The research behind this was based on in-depth interviews and discussions with 39 health leaders from across 15 countries and three different regions – Europe, ASPAC and the Americas. Read More »

Accenture Eight-Country Survey of Doctors

Harris Interactive Staff | Accenture Publications | May 7, 2013

An Accenture survey among 3,700 doctors in eight countries reveals that today’s doctors are going digital—now more than ever before. Read More »

Accenture Unit Will Update VA's EHR

David F.Carr | Information Week | July 3, 2014

VistA Core modernization and modularization will prepare the Veterans Administration's electronic health records system for the future.  The core of the Veterans Administration's VistA electronic health records system will be broken down and rebuilt by ASM Research, part of Accenture Federal Services, under a two-year, $162 million contract.

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Access to Psychiatric Records in EMR Systems

Bernie Monegain | Healthcare IT News | January 2, 2013

Medical centers that elect to keep psychiatric files private and separate from the rest of a person's medical record may be doing their patients a disservice, a Johns Hopkins study concludes. Read More »

Achieve Internet, Achieve Health & Pillsbury Co-Host Panel Event With Healthcare IT Industry Experts

Press Release | Achieve Internet, Achieve Health, Pillsbury Law | June 12, 2014

Achieve Internet & Achieve Health will co-host a free executive breakfast on June 18th at 7:30AM with International Law firm Pillsbury in San Diego CA on How Open Source Software can benefit the Healthcare Technology sector...

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Achieving Integrated Health Care: Nine Key Lessons

Press Release | | April 9, 2014

Drawing on three decades of experience leading diverse efforts to achieve integrated and higher-value health care, Kenneth W. Kizer, distinguished professor and director of the UC Davis Institute for Population Health Improvement, identified nine key “lessons learned” about health-care integration based on efforts in California and nationally...

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ACRO Establishing CRO Forum To Interact With TransCelerate BioPharma Inc.

Press Release | Association of Clinical Research Organizations | October 27, 2014

The Association of Clinical Research Organizations today announced plans to constitute a CRO Forum in order to provide a formal mechanism for the CRO industry to furnish input into the work of TransCelerate BioPharma Inc. The CRO Forum, expected to commence operation in January 2015, is open to all CROs and participation is included as a benefit of ACRO membership...

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Activist Group Sues US Border Agency Over New, Vast Intelligence System

Cyrus Farivar | Ars Technica | July 21, 2014

The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) has sued the United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in an attempt to compel the government agency to hand over documents relating to a relatively new comprehensive intelligence database of people and cargo crossing the US border...

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Acupuncture Restores Hand Function For Paralysis Patients

Staff Writer | HealthCMi | July 3, 2014

New research proves that acupuncture combined with neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) is effective for restoring hand function in hemiplegic patients. Researchers measured significant improvements in both wrist and finger functionality...

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ADHD Drugs Greatly Decrease Academic Performance In Children, Study Finds

Ethan A. Huff | Natural News | January 3, 2015

Children who take mind-altering medications like Ritalin (methylphenidate) and Adderall (amphetamine and dextroamphetamine) for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have been shown in a new peer-reviewed study to perform worse in school than if they weren't taking the substances at all...

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