Open Health News - Top Stories in 2012

As the year comes to a close I wanted to do a quick review of the leading topics and top stories of the year for Open Health News.

Our site has grown exponentially this year and now we have over 50,000 readers. Based on the number of readers viewing news articles, the top 10 topics of interest included the following:

Top Ten Topics

• OpenMRS
• OSEHRA
• OpenEMR
• OpenClinica
• Open Source Business Models & Strategies
• VistA
• Open Data
• Open Access
• Blue Button Initiatives
• Ushahidi & Disaster Management Tools

Based on the number of OHNews readers viewing specific articles, the following are some of the top articles they focused on:

Top Ten Articles

• VA To Invest Billions in Open Source Transition
• The Anvil Podcast: OpenMRS 
• OpenEMR continues to make news 
• OpenMRS – Watch the continuing progress of this global eHealth solution 
• OpenClinica – a leading innovative 'open source' Clinical Trials solution
• Oroville VistA Implementation Raises the Bar
• Other People's Code – FOSS vs Proprietary Health IT
• Siaya District Hospital in Kenya Goes Live With OpenEMR
• Open Source & QR Codes in Healthcare
• OSEHRA Summit A Great Success

We look forward to seeing what will catch the attention of OHNews readers in 2013.

Roger Maduro
Publisher and Editor-in-Chief
Open Health News