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CLIR Reports on Open Access to Images from Museums
A new report, prepared for The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and published by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR), describes the current approaches of 11 art museums to the use of images from their collections, when the underlying works are in the public domain. Read More »
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Close the Gaps on VA Healthcare Services
The number of veterans returning home from the two wars wounded and maimed - broken - is staggering. Here's an area where health IT has proven to be a force for good, yet not forceful enough. The childhood sing-song rhyme that ends, "All the kings horses and all the king's men couldn't put Humpty Dumpty together again" may not be quite on point, but it keeps playing in the background, a reminder that we humans are fragile.
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Close To Thirty Institutions Receive Certificates At Berlin10 Open Access Conference
The Berlin10 Open Access Conference drew to a close on Thursday (8 November) when certificates were handed to 28 African institutions that had signed the Berlin Declaration.
By signing the Declaration, signatories commit themselves to promoting and following the principles of the open access movement. Read More »
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Cloud Could Save Health Industry $11B, Study Says
While 90 percent of healthcare CIOs view IT innovation as critical to success, the more surprising statistic is that fewer than one-fourth consider their existing infrastructure capable of supporting such technological advancement. Read More »
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Cloud devs: We Could Have Saved Buggy HealthCare.gov
Millions of Americans flooded the new health insurance marketplaces when they opened for business earlier this month. What we didn’t expect were the glitches, bugs, error messages, and a website that looks like it’s from 10 years ago. Almost two weeks later, people are still struggling to log in to the Obama administration’s online insurance marketplace, HealthCare.gov, let alone shop for insurance. Read More »
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Cloud Sherpas Releases Open-Source Framework For Short-Cutting Google Apps Development
The 'Ferris' platform uses Python development tools and is designed to dramatically reduce application development time. Read More »
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Cloud, Social, Big Data And Mobile Technology Reshapes One African City
As one of Africa's fastest urbanizing cities, Accra, Ghana needs to recognize the challenges it faces as it continues to grow. Read More »
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Cloud-Based EHRs Could Save Docs From Acquisition
Upgrading software to more fully integrate revenue cycle management, practice management and electronic health records may be the key to helping thousands of physician practices remain independent, according to a new Black Book survey. Read More »
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Cloud-Based EHRs With Integrated Billing Solutions May Save Thousands Of Independent Physicians From Acquisition, Reveals Black Book RCM Study
Nearly ten percent of physician practices are acquiescing to takeover offers from hospitals and larger medical groups, while more autonomous doctors confront the fallout from owning outmoded billing systems and unworkable electronic health records. However, Black Book surveys detect a defiant tipping point from the majority of independent physicians recently shifting to replacement EHRs... Read More »
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Cloud-Based EMRs
The concept of patient-centered health is a growing theme in healthcare. Terms such as "patient engagement," "patient-based" and even "patient-centric" are used ubiquitously as though they all mean the same thing and deliver benefits to both providers and patients. [...] But does patient-centered care actually activate patients to become more responsible for their health and wellness? Not quite, but EMRs are the start to that transformational model of care. Read More »
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Cloud-based Vendors Giving Health IT A Boost
According to a recent Black Book Rankings report, 17% of physician practices are considering switching EHR vendors by January 2014. So, it should come as no surprise that many are looking for health IT vendors with a fresh approach to fulfilling physician software needs. Read More »
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Clouded "Visionary" Leadership - Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center's EPIC "Business Cycle Disruptions"
A typical excuse for the multi-million dollar compensation now enjoyed by many leaders of health care organizations is these leaders' supposed brilliance. [...] Recent events, however, suggest that the "visionaries" may need new glasses. Read More »
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Cloudera And VMware Work Together To Accelerate Enterprise Use Of Hadoop In Virtual And Cloud Environments
Cloudera and VMware today announced that Cloudera Enterprise is now certified to run on VMware vSphere®. Read More »
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Cloudera Becomes Founding Member of Lockheed Martin Healthcare Technology Alliance
Cloudera, the leader in enterprise analytic data management powered by Apache Hadoop™, today announced it has joined a new healthcare technology alliance formed by Lockheed Martin. This alliance seeks to combine the expertise of leading health IT providers, medical technology companies, and academic institutions to advance public health.The members of the Lockheed Martin Healthcare Technology Alliance will collaborate on technology solutions that help improve care in rapidly evolving and growing areas of health technology, such as those that...
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Cloudera Democratizes Apache Hadoop For Enterprise End Users With Open Source, Interactive Search
Latest Offering From Leading Big Data Vendor Extends the Capabilities of Hadoop, Offering Easy and Familiar Access to Data for Increased Visibility and Quicker Time to Insight Read More »
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