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Press releases from open source and health IT organizations about their products and activities.

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DSS Inc Introduces Secure Direct Messaging to Improve Care Delivery for Hospitals and Health Systems

Press Release | Document Storage Systems, Inc. (DSS) | July 16, 2016

Document Storage Systems, Inc. (DSS), a leading provider of health information technology (HIT) solutions for federal, private and public healthcare organizations, today announced the availability of a Direct Messaging system that allows payers, providers and health systems to securely share information, replacing time consuming manual processes, reducing overhead costs and enhancing patient engagement. These new capabilities are integrated with DSS’ EHR system, vxVistA, through the Access My Records (AMR) Portal Suite...

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DSS Inc. to Upgrade VA’s Non-VA Care Claims Management System FBCS with Web-Based Centralization and Auto Adjudication Functionality

Press Release | Document Storage Systems, Inc. (DSS), Alpha II | December 17, 2015

Document Storage Systems, Inc. (DSS), the leading commercial provider of VistA-based systems, today announced valuable operational enhancements to its Fee Basis Claims System (FBCS) application. The new functionality enhances the claims management process for the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA) Non-VA care claims by centralizing data and further automating the adjudication process. The new browser-based version of the application suite complies with VA Enterprise Technical Architecture (ETA) as well as VA future-state design patterns and is scalable to support current and expected increases in claims processing workload...

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DSS Integrates LiveData PeriOp Manager with VistA Architecture

Press Release | Enhanced Online News | November 11, 2013

LiveData, Inc. today announced that the Department of Veterans Affairs [VA] Healthcare Facility in Miami is installing LiveData PeriOp Manager, the company’s operational intelligence solution for healthcare, throughout its full perioperative environment. LiveData and partner Document Storage Systems, Inc. Read More »

DSS Recognized on 2016 Healthcare Informatics’ Top 100

Press Release | Document Storage Systems, Inc. (DSS) | May 25, 2016

Document Storage Systems, Inc. (DSS), the leading provider of VistA integrated healthcare solutions, today announced that it has been recognized in Healthcare Informatics’ 2016 HCI 100 listing of top healthcare IT vendors for the second time. As interoperability and coordinated care remain top priorities, DSS collaborates with its customers to continuously meet their unique electronic health record (EHR) integration needs, whether government or private sector healthcare organizations, ultimately improving patient outcomes...

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DSS, Inc. Acquires Patient Engagement and Scheduling Solutions

Press Release | Document Storage Systems, Inc. (DSS) | December 1, 2016

Document Storage Systems, Inc. (DSS), the leading provider of software development and support for VistA and vxVistA, today announced a strategic agreement to acquire the Best in KLAS ForSite2020 patient engagement suite of products from Streamline Health, Inc. The acquisition includes theproduct suite, current customer base and personnel. The product suite consists primarily of Patient Scheduling and Surgery Management software and is based upon the ForSite2020 solution which Streamline Health acquired in connection with its acquisition of Unibased Systems Architecture, Inc. (USA, Inc.), in February, 2014 (and which Streamline Health subsequently branded as its Looking Glass® Patient Engagement)...

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DSS, Inc. Launches vxVistA.org Second Generation

Press Release | DSS, Inc. | August 2, 2010

Six new functionalities now available with instructional webinars detailing each tool.
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DSS, Inc. Releases New Version of Open Source EHR, vxVistA, to Healthcare IT Community

Press Release | Document Storage Systems, Inc. | June 28, 2016

Document Storage Systems, Inc. (DSS, Inc.), a leading provider of health information technology (HIT) solutions for federal, private and public healthcare organizations, today announced the release of the latest vxVistA Open Source electronic health record (EHR) version 15.0 under Apache 2.0 license. The latest version of vxVistA will improve workflow efficiency, enable interoperability and enhance patient safety through modernizing the Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA) legacy system. Hospitals, clinics, physician practices and community health organizations are able to access vxVistA 15.0 via The VistA Extensions Hub...

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Duke Clinical Research Institute and SAS Open Heart-Disease Data to Researchers

Press Release | Supporting Open Access for Researchers (SOAR), Duke Clinical Research Institute, SAS | May 4, 2016

A new collaboration will give more researchers access to the largest and oldest cardiovascular database in the world. The Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI) and analytics leader SAS will provide researchers worldwide with data management and analytics tools to explore 45 years of cardiovascular patient data collected by the Duke University Health System. The DCRI and SAS share the goal of greater transparency and openness in research to improve patient care to find new ways to treat heart disease, the leading cause of death in the United States...

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DXC Technology Unveils DXC Open Health Connect Platform Globally to Create a Connected Ecosystem for Better Healthcare Outcomes

Press Release | DXC Technology | February 28, 2018

DXC Technology...today announced DXC Open Health Connect, a digital health platform that enables healthcare providers to give better quality of care and patient outcomes by enabling interoperability between disparate environments to provide data when and where it’s needed across the healthcare system...A connected healthcare ecosystem — including integrated delivery networks, accurate patient data and increased access to information — is essential to lowering costs, improving care quality and boosting patient outcomes. DXC’s agile, cloud-based DXC Open Health Connect enterprise platform delivers the necessary tools and blueprints to healthcare providers and payers to quickly and securely integrate and flow data across the healthcare network.

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e Foundation Announces Financial Grant From SIDN Fund For Integrated App Privacy Center For /e/OS

Press Release | SIDN Fund, e Foundation | September 21, 2020

SIDN Fund will support the development of an integrated privacy center for Android™ that will be included in /e/OS. The project will span over the next two years and aims to help users gain better control of their personal data on their smartphones.../e/OS delivers on its promise of a clean, privacy first, and fully deGoogled mobile Operating System on your phone, but the minute you install an app to hail a ride, book a restaurant or chat with your friends and family, you might unknowingly be compromising your personal data all over again. Most apps include trackers, software that monitors your activity, captures your location or even accesses the documents on your phone without you knowing. This is where our Privacy Center application will come into play.

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eCampusOntario, Ryerson University to Create Open Publishing Infrastructure for Ontario Post-Secondary Educators, Learners

Press Release | eCampusOntario, Ryerson University | May 16, 2017

This summer, eCampusOntario and Ryerson University will be spearheading an open publishing infrastructure project designed to enhance and expand eCampusOntario's planned Open Textbook Library. This library, developed and shared by BCcampus, will provide access to over 180 high-quality, academically reviewed textbooks and open education resources (OER) for Ontario post-secondary students...

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eClinicalWorks Announces the Support of Patient Access to Physician Notes Through OpenNotes

Press Release | eClinicalWorks | October 10, 2017

eClinicalWorks®, a leader in healthcare IT solutions, today announced that it now supports OpenNotes, an international movement dedicated to making healthcare more open and transparent. The news supports enabling clinicians to easily share visit notes with patients using the eClinicalWorks Patient Portal. More than 130,000 providers using eClinicalWorks will now have the ability to share notes with their patients, with the goal of building stronger patient-provider relationships and empowering them to take control and be more confident in their healthcare decisions...

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ECRI Institute Committed to Building National Health IT Safety Collaborative

Press Release | ECRI Institute, Alliance for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (AQIPS), Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC), Pew Charitable Trusts | March 16, 2018

Building on the Partnership for Health IT Patient Safety, a multi-stakeholder collaborative, ECRI Institute is now responding to the call for a national program focused on improving health IT safety. ECRI Institute, together with the Alliance for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (AQIPS), the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC), and the Pew Charitable Trusts, sent a letter to the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) informing them of their shared vision for a national health IT safety collaborative. The letter includes the key characteristics needed for its success.

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EdLogics Addresses Health Literacy Gap with Linux Container and Cloud Solutions from Red Hat

Press Release | Red Hat, Inc. | November 7, 2016

Red Hat, Inc., the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that EdLogics, a health education-based consumer engagement company and innovator in game-based learning, has built its digital health literacy platform on container and cloud solutions from Red Hat, including Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform, Red Hat JBoss Middleware, and Ansible by Red Hat. EdLogics’ Education-as-a-Service offering, based on Red Hat technology, is aiming to transform the way consumers learn about health and improve health literacy while simultaneously cutting consumer costs...

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eDoctor, Inc. Announces e-Prescribing Integration Service for OpenEMR Vendors

Press Release | eDoctor, Inc. | December 31, 2011

eDoctor, Inc., a premier provider of innovative Healthcare IT solutions, now offers Surescripts-certified Newcrop e-Prescribing for OpenEMR vendors seeking to integrate safe, easy e-Prescribing within the OpenEMR to qualify for Medicare Meaningful Use incentives.  Read More »