OHNews Weekly Summary - 7/20/2013

July 20, 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

• It's Going to be Huge! Google Glass, Open Source, & Healthcare
• HIMSS Releases "Health IT Value Suite"
• VistA & 'Open' EHR Systems spread across West Virginia & Appalachia
• OpenEMR v.4.1.2 - Planned Release
• Latest Data on Medicare & Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs
• Most popular Hot News items posted on OHNews so far this year

Selected News Clips

• Springer Renews Its Commitment to Open Access
• Most Health Care Records are now Electronic
• 3 Things To Know About Geomedicine
• State HIEs Prep For Disaster Recovery
• GitHub Finally Takes Open Source Licenses Seriously
• DoD Has Earned EHR Oversight
• Forrester: $2.1 Trillion will go into IT Spending in 2013; Apps and the U.S. Lead the Charge
• OMB Okays VA / DoD iEHR Data-Sharing Plan
• A Pilot Site for NHS VistA in the UK

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