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A Fresh Look at the U.S. Draft Policy on 'Federal Sourcing'
In a recent article in Government Computer News, I looked at the challenge of reshaping federal IT with open source without go-it-alone government-off-the-shelf approaches to open source software. In that article, I noted that the growing use of open source software by governments has shifted from "whether to use" to "how to deploy." The latest evidence for this is a draft Federal Sourcing Policy announced by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB), which drives U.S. government (USG) procurement and IT policy...
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A Lesson In Interoperability With Malcolm Gladwell
On Feb. 6 at the HCI-DC 2014 in Washington, D.C.—a public conference co-hosted by the Gary and Mary West Health Institute (WHI) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)—Malcolm Gladwell, journalist, bestselling author, and speaker, gave three lessons in culture, framing and consequence in relation to interoperability in healthcare. Read More »
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A Marriage Of Data And Caregivers Gives Dr. Atul Gawande Hope For Health Care
Dr. Atul Gawande (@Atul_Gawande) has been a bard in the health care world, straddling medicine, academia and the humanities as a practicing surgeon, medical school professor, best-selling author and staff writer at the New Yorker magazine. His long-form narratives and books have helped illuminate complex systems and wicked problems to a broad audience. Read More »
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A Message From CTO Todd Park On Tech Inclusion
The US Chief Technology Officer Todd Park issues a call to tech innovators to work together to ensure that all youth—particularly those from underserved and historically underrepresented communities, including women and girls—have the opportunity to study STEM subjects and participate in the technology sector. Read More »
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A New Resource For Agriculture
Why is open access to research and other data important? Read More »
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A Perfect Streaming Storm
This entire project has been a unique opportunity for several different departments within Wayne State University School of Medicine to work closely with its medical students to create a rich new resource for everyone involved. The new streaming website is a perfect example of what Open Source Medicine has been trying to provide since it was formed in February of 2011: A venue for developing ideas and making new connections.
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A Pocket-Sized Retina Camera, No Dilating Required
It’s the part of the eye exam everyone hates: the pupil-dilating eye drops. The drops work by opening the pupil and preventing the iris from constricting in response to light and are often used for routine examination and photography of the back of the eye. The drops sting, can take up to 30 minutes to work, and cause blurry vision for several hours afterwards, often making them inconvenient for both patient and doctor. Now, researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine and Massachusetts Eye and Ear/Harvard Medical School have developed a cheap, portable camera that can photograph the retina without the need for pupil-dilating eye drops...
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A Sustainable National Healthcare System: Prevention Only
The current sickcare system will bankrupt the nation. One model of a sustainable national system would focus solely on providing preventative care. Read More »
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ACA & Open Data Could Drive Health IT Innovation
"Data that supports medical decision making and collaboration, dovetailing with new tools in the Affordable Care Act [ACA], are spurring the innovation necessary to deliver improved health care Read More »
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ACA Fosters 'Fertile Time For Healthcare Investments'
The healthcare industry has been notoriously slow at identifying methods and tools it needs to reduce costs and improve quality noted a report by healthcare investment firm the Psilos Group, but health reform is producing promising opportunities for investors to fuel needed innovations. Read More »
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Academic Publishers Have Become The Enemies Of Science
The US Research Works Act would allow publishers to line their pockets by locking publicly funded research behind paywalls Read More »
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Accountability Goes Both Ways
Back in 1999, when eZ Systems was founded, it became one of the first organizations to pioneer an open source business model. Years later, in 2009, a Community Board was put in place to govern and grow the community—and to implement a system of accountability that incorporated the commercial entity and the community surrounding it. I'm now Chair of that board. And as Community Manager at eZ Systems, I want to share some of my views on the relationship between the company and the board, in light of one core value of The Open Organization: accountability...
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Acquia Launches Digital Alliance To Provide Technology Ecosystem For Creating Next-Generation, Integrated Digital Experiences
Acquia, where great digital experiences begin, today launched its Digital Alliance program, bringing together digital marketing and infrastructure technology companies that provide a full range of digital skills and applications that build upon and integrate with the Acquia open cloud platform... Read More »
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Across Pharma, Few Open Arms For Trial Data Sharing
Industry inches toward consensus on limited sharing as EMA, GSK press for open access. Read More »
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Adarsh Desai, Program Manager, Open Development Techology Alliance At TechWomen
Adarsh Desai, Program Manager for the Open Development Technology Alliance (ODTA), with the World Bank Institute's Innovation department will participate in an interactive discussion on “Tech for Social Good” at the 2012 TechWomen conference. Read More »
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