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Commentary: The Diminishing Returns Of Big-Data Campaigning

Brian Fung | Nextgov | May 8, 2013

What if we were all wrong about the Obama campaign’s vaunted technological advantage? That’s what two Harvard researchers are suggesting. In a new head-to-head comparison of voter turnout in battleground states, what many believe gave President Obama an edge—his data-driven efforts at getting out the vote—might not have mattered much after all. Read More »

Companies Making The Necessary Transition From Industrial To Service Robots

Frank Tobe | Singularity Hub | June 6, 2012

The robotics industry is on the cusp of a major transformation. Today’s factory robots are solitary precision instruments, mimicking the repertoire of capabilities of skilled craftsmen while repeating a handful of tasks thousands of times over. But future factory robots will likely have to be capable of thousands of tasks, performing each only several times, and they will work in collaboration with humans. Read More »

CONNECT Sprint Reviews are Now Open to the CONNECT Community!

Press Release | CONNECT | July 25, 2012

Work on CONNECT Release 4.0 has begun, and the CONNECT team wants to encourage active participation from the CONNECT Community in our development processes for the newest release. Release 4.0 sprint reviews and planning sessions are open to the public and a great way to engage with the CONNECT product team and community. Read More »

Context is King: Knowledge Sharing on Communications Tools at BBC Media Action

Amy O’Donnell | FrontlineSMS | July 6, 2012

Often when people first hear about FrontlineSMS, it’s not just the software which inspires them, but the valuable lessons we learn from how the tool is being used. BBC Media Action works to directly engage people in debate and discussion through programming and this workshop explored the potential of SMS to open up participation. Read More »

Continua Health Alliance Adds U.S. Department of Defense to Growing Roster of Industry, Provider and Government Members

Press Release | Continua Health Alliance | June 5, 2012

Continua Health Alliance, the international industry organization dedicated to advancing personal connected health by promoting end-to-end, plug-and-play connectivity of personal health devices and establishing standards-based guidelines for interoperability, today announced that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), Joint Program Committee-1, through the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC), has joined the Continua Health Alliance. Read More »

Continua Health Alliance Design Guidelines Now Available Free to Developers, Reducing Development Costs for Plug-n-play Personal Health Solutions

Press Release | Continua Health Alliance | April 12, 2012

Continua Health Alliance, the international industry organization dedicated to advancing personal connected health by promoting end-to-end, plug-and-play connectivity of personal health devices and establishing industry standards for interoperability, today announced the availability of its most recent Design Guidelines (2011, ‘Adrenaline’) to the public as a free download. Read More »

Data and Feedback for Development

Tariq Khokhar | Open Data: World Bank Data Blog | June 13, 2012

Even a cursory glance at the Internet would tell you there is a lot going on in the World Bank on Open Development. Add in cutting edge approaches using SMS messaging by Think Tanks, CSOs and Foundations and you quickly see that mapping for results, crowd-sourcing, beneficiary feedback, and Open Data hold out enormous promise of leveraging technology for more effective development - as the technology grows and cheapens, we've all only begun to scratch the surface of its full potential.

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Data.gov, World Bank to host 2012 International Open Government Data Conference

Luke Fretwell | FedScoop | June 4, 2012

The 2012 International Open Government Data Conference, co-sponsored by Data.gov and the World Bank, will be held July 10-12 at the World Bank headquarters in Washington, D.C.

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Datapalooza Spotlights Public, Private Hunger for Health Innovation

Mary Mosquera | Government Health IT | June 5, 2012

Innovators are using federal health and population data to jumpstart online and mobile applications to make information more usable and relevant to clinicians and consumers. The Health Data Initiative Forum is featuring the work of 100 companies or applications solutions culled from 245 that applied to demo at the show.

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Despite $70 Million Investment, Health IT Systems a Long Way from Prime Time in Vermont

Andrew Nemethy | VTDigger | July 18, 2012

The state’s efforts to digitize the world of health information, a costly multi-year endeavor that is approaching a $70 million pricetag, got a lousy diagnosis Tuesday. Read More »

Digital Political Candidates Driven by Technology

Jessica Meyer Maria | Govtech.com | June 29, 2012

What technology has done...is allowed candidates at every level to connect via personalized message with vast numbers of voters, creating platforms for two-way conversations and feedback. The future of campaigning will only grow more targeted and personal, merging the physical and the virtual. Read More »

DOD Health Record Procurement To 'Lead The Way' On Interoperability

Adam Mazmanian | FCW | September 4, 2014

...A new cross-cutting organization, the Defense Health Agency, was launched as a military shared service. Since being announced in September 2013, DHA has opened nine of its 10 shared service areas, including health IT...

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EHRs Become More Popular With Small Medical Practices

Ken Terry | InformationWeek | March 14, 2012

Cloud services, help from feds, and backing from parent institutions all credited for recent surge in adoption of electronic health records by small physicians' offices. Read More »

Electronic Records Mitigate Against Malpractice

John Pulley | NextGov | June 29, 2012

Electronic health records appear to significantly reduce the risk of malpractice claims, according to a study published this month in JAMA’S Archives of Internal Medicine. Read More »

Electronic-Records Goals Aren’t Met by 80% of U.S. Hospitals

Alex Wayne | Businessweek.com | May 1, 2012

More than 80 percent of hospitals have yet to achieve the requirements for the first stage of a $14.6 billion U.S. program to encourage doctors to adopt electronic medical records, the industry’s largest trade group said. Read More »