OHNews Weekly Summary - 6/21/2013

June 21, 2013  -  The following is a brief listing of some of the hot news items, selected news clips, feature stories, and blogs posted on Open Health News (OHNews) over the past week that  we believe will be of interest to our readers across the U.S. and around the world.

OHN News & Blogs

• YODA Project: 'Opening Up' Clinical Trials & Research Practices
• Alabama and Other Southern States Embracing 'Open Health' Solutions
• Red Hat Innovation Award Finalists in the Healthcare Arena
• OHN Report from the 13th Government Health IT Conference & Exhibition

Selected News Clips

• North American Healthcare IT Market Worth $31.3 Billion by 2017
• G8 Commitment to Open Data
• DoD Official Says VistA has an Outside Shot to Replace AHLTA
• FDA and Patient-Focused Drug Development
• The Days of Proprietary Software Platforms are Numbered
• Killing Gene Patents Could Revitalize Biotech

To see other OHN News, Feature Stories, Calendar of Events, Resources, and more - go to the Open Health News (OHN) Home Page.

Roger Maduro
Publisher & Managing Editor, Open Health News