OHNews Weekly Summary - 6/28/2013

June 28, 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.

OHNews-News & Blog Posts

• VistA and 'Open' EHR Systems Spreading Across Asia & Pacific Rim Nations
• Global Health 2040: Trends, Challenges, and Solutions
• Open Source EHR Systems Deployed in South Dakota & Surrounding States
• WHO Report on "World Health Statistics 2013"

Selected News Clips

• NHS Eyes Open Source Solutions
• Proprietary Software may be a Trap
• How Big Data can Revolutionize Health Care
• Open Source Software being used in Clinical Research
• Three Keys To Successful CPOE Implementation
• Oroville Hospital rolls out CPOE for their open source VistA Implementation
• Genoa and Other Cities Increase Their Use of Open Source
• Kitware Announces VTK 6.0.0 Is Available For Download
• HFMA Panel: Pressures for Hospitals to Merge Are Relentless
• Telemedicine Options Improve for IHS & VA Patients

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