OHNews Weekly Summary - 7/13/2013

July 13, 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

• Open Source EHR Systems in New Mexico & the Four Corner States
• Open source EHRs empower America's community health centers
• Health Affairs Briefing at the National Press Club on Health IT Adoption & Use
• Report on "National Strategy for Civil Earth Observations"
• Overview of Open Source and VistA in the UK's NHS
• Guest Article: Shakespeare in Namespace, or why Blue Button took off as fast as it did
• VHA Providing EHR Training for Health Professional across the U.S.
• Lessons Learned from Implementations of 'Open' EHR Systems

Selected News Clips

• Safety Net Providers find Benefits & Problems with Open Source
• Spread of DNA Databases sparks ethical concerns
• HIEs Struggle with Sustainability
• Massive Open Online Healthcare (MOOH)
• VA/DoD Health Records: It's the Data, Not the Software
• VA contractor digitizes VA benefits backlog now eyes joint EHR
• Florida Governor Signs Law That Accidentally Bans All Computers & Smartphones
• Obama touts free and Open Data, says it creates jobs

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