Past Events

How To for vxGroup Notes

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May 11, 2011 - 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Jeanette Klement

This training webinar will focus on reviewing the functionality of vxGroup Notes and streamlining the documentation process.


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Fedscoop's Open Government & Citizen Engagement Summit

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Type: 
Conference
Date: 
May 11, 2011 - 8:00am - 1:00pm
Location: 
Newseum Washington, D. C.
United States

FedScoop’s Open Government & Citizen Engagement Summit, part of the FedTalks event series, will bring together leading federal government and industry experts to discuss the state of open government and tech solutions to better engage citizens.

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eHealth Week

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Type: 
Conference
Date: 
May 10, 2011 (All day) - May 12, 2011 (All day)
Location: 
eHealth Week Budapest
Hungary

This year’s eHealth Week (www.ehealthweek.org) will be held in Budapest, Hungary, on 10-12 May, 2011.

Our parallel sessions will focus on ‘European Regions at the forefront of eHealth’ and ‘Developing Ideas for the Active and Healthy Ageing Innovation Partnership’.

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caBIG® Clinical Trials Management Systems (CTMS) / Population Sciences (PopSci) Joint Face-to-Face Meeting

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Type: 
Conference
Date: 
May 9, 2011 (All day) - May 10, 2011 (All day)
Location: 
Little Rock, AR
United States

The Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute is the official cancer center for the state of Arkansas and the only academic cancer institute in the state. The Cancer Institute also is one of six Centers of Excellence at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

 

 

OpenClinica 2011 Global Conference

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Type: 
Conference
Date: 
May 8, 2011 (All day) - May 9, 2011 (All day)
Location: 
Metro Meeting Centers
Downtown Boston, 101 Federal Street 4th Floor
Boston, MA 02110
United States

The 2011 OpenClinica Global Conference will be held May 8-9 in Boston, Massachusetts. Hundreds of  colleagues from industry, academic, and government organizations will meet to learn about OpenClinica and participate in many of the forums and activities. 


Consider attending this event if you want to:

  • Understand how open source can enhance clinical trial productivity
  • Interact with other people who use OpenClinica and develop code for the software
  • Learn about best practices for using OpenClinica in various settings
  • Share with others the work you have done around OpenClinica
  • Use OpenClinica in highly regulated settings
  • Learn how open source can facilitate leading-edge eclinical objectives such as integration of EDC and EMR
  • Obtain User, Developer, or IT System Admin training.

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VistA/vxVistA Patient Information Management System (PIMS)

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When: 
May 4, 2011 - 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Jeanne Newlin

 VistA Patient Information Management Systems (PIMS) Overview.  The presenter will introduce the module and its components, best practices and configuration recommendations.

V11-11 - Introducing M (MUMPS Language)

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April 27, 2011 - 2:00pm - 3:00pm

M is the latest name for the MUMPS language - which was revised as recently as 2005 by ISO. All the major VistA derivative solutions (WorldVistA, vxVistA, and Medsphere’s OpenVistA) are MUMPS (henceforth M) based solutions are derived from the FOIA release of VA/VHA VistA.  Join us for a webinar by Greg Kreis, former programmer and projects manager for the Veterans Administration, on the current status of M.

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Integrated Open Source District Hospital Information System Training - New Delhi, India

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Type: 
Training Event
Date: 
April 26, 2011 - 8:00am - May 6, 2011 - 5:00pm
Location: 
International Institute of Health Management Research New Delhi
India

Program title: Integrated Open Source District Hospital Information System
Duration: 25th April - 6th May, 2011

Venue: International  Institute of Health Management Research
Plot No. 3, HAF Pocket, Sector 18A, Phase-II, Dwarka
Near Veer Awas/Kargil Aprt. Sector- 12 Metro Station , New Delhi, India  – 110075 Read More »

Adding JIRA Issues Hierarchy with Structure Plug-In

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When: 
April 20, 2011 - 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Igor Sereda

Atlassian JIRA is a universal tool for keeping record of tasks, problems, defects, requests, and other “issues”, along with the ability to organize workflow around them. In this webinar, we will demo Structure plug-in, which adds support for multi-level, cross-project hierarchies of issues to JIRA, and show you how it can change the way you work with JIRA issues. This plug-in will assist developers and project managers in the administration of vxVistA/Vista development and implementation projects. Read More »

California eHealth Collaborative Webinar: Glen Moy, California HealthCare Foundation

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When: 
April 19, 2011 - 4:00pm - 5:00pm

On Tuesday, April 19 at 1:00 PM, California eHealth Collaborative is delighted to present Glen Moy, Program Director, California HealthCare Foundation. Glen will present an update on the Foundation's current Health IT projects. Read More »

Using the Collaboration Tools Provided to the Open Source Community to Manage vxVistA/VistA Implementation Issues

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When: 
April 15, 2011 - 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Fabian Lopez

 JIRA is the issues and bug tracking tool that we are offering to the open source community. During the webinar we will show how a community project can take advantage of this toolset that can be used in the whole cycle from concept to launch and implementation. Creating a project, adding comments, managing components and status transitions are some of the topics covered. We will also introduce basic Agile Project Management concepts and processes and how vxVistA.org environment can provide support to that effort.

Positioning Mumps Into the Forefront of the Mobile Revolution

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When: 
April 13, 2011 - 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Rob Tweed

The growth of mobile computing has been phenomenal.  In just a few years, mobile devices have become the preferred way of accessing applications.  This incredible rate of change is causing a problem for existing application providers: How can they cope with the urgent need to redesign and redeploy legacy desktop applications for use on mobile devices?  Very soon, users will not simply be asking for mobile versions of their applications, they'll be expecting them and will look elsewhere if they aren't available. Read More »

Open Source Drug Discovery

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Type: 
Open Source Event
Date: 
April 12, 2011 - 11:00am - 12:30pm
Location: 
Arthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical Research, Botnar Auditorium Rehovot
Israel

Prof. Samir K. Brahmachari
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GlobusWorld 2011

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Type: 
Conference
Date: 
April 11, 2011 (All day) - April 13, 2011 (All day)
Location: 
TCS Conference Center (Outside Chicago)
Building 240
Argonne, IL
United States

GlobusWORLD 2011 will be held April 11-13, 2011, in Argonne, Illinois (near Chicago) in the TCS Conference Center. The event will be co-located with the Cloud Computing and Its Applications 2011 Conference.  GlobusWORLD 2011 will feature new user success stories as well as updates on the open source Globus Toolkit and associated grid development activities.  The Globus team will showcase innovative software-as-a-service capabilities that are the foundation for the next wave of distributed collaborative computation.

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Understanding the Escalating Data Challenges of 'Meaningful Use'

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When: 
April 7, 2011 - 2:00pm

Join Shahid Shah, the Healthcare IT Guy, to hear about the technical data challenges healthcare IT professionals face while implementing and integrating a new EHR, and a few innovative solutions to streamline this task.

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Open Source EHR – 5 Ways They Advance Meaningful Use Goals

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When: 
April 6, 2011 - 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Ron Byers

 As healthcare organizations work to meet meaningful use criteria, concerns continue to grow about the necessary capital investment in technology. The impact of electronic health records on provider workflow and data management is also of concern. Open-source systems offer a proven platform to help organizations overcome these issues. Read More »

Registration for the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs for Eligible Hospitals

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When: 
April 6, 2011 - 1:30pm - 3:00pm

This is an opportunity for Eligible Hospitals to learn how to register for the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs. Helpful resources will be discussed. There will be an opportunity to ask questions.

Target Audience: Eligible Hospitals under the Medicare EHR Incentive Program: Read More »

Transforming Healthcare: Information Technology Tools for Accountable Care Organizations

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Type: 
Open Source Event
Date: 
April 6, 2011 - 12:00pm - 1:45pm
Location: 
Room SD-562 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC
United States

Join us for the next Capitol Hill HIT lunch briefing program Wednesday, April 6th, 12:00 – 1:45 pm in Room SD-562 Dirksen Senate Office Building focused on: “Transforming Healthcare: Information Technology Tools for Accountable Care Organizations”. 

Join us for the next Capitol Hill HIT lunch briefing program Wednesday, April 6th, 12:00 – 1:45 pm in Room SD-562 Dirksen Senate Office Building focused on: “Transforming Healthcare: Information Technology Tools for Accountable Care Organizations”. 

Wikipedia defines an accountable care organization (ACO) as “a type of payment and delivery reform model that starts to tie provider reimbursements to quality metrics and reductions in the total cost of care for an assigned population of patients”.  The implementation of various healthcare information technologies are viewed as critical to the success of ACOs.  Many private sector healthcare organizations and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are actively exploring how IT can best be utilized for ACOs.

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Med-e-Tel 2011 Features FLOSS Health IT Track

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Type: 
Conference
Date: 
April 6, 2011 (All day) - April 8, 2011 (All day)
Location: 
Luxexpo - Luxembourg
10 Circuit de la Foire Internationale
Luxembourg
Med-e-Tel Call for Participation:
After the success of its first edition at Med-e-Tel 2010, the Free/Libre Open Source Software in Health Care (FLOSS-HC) track 2011 aims to create the leading European summit bringing together FLOSS-HC developers, service providers and users from all over the world to cross-fertilize Open technological, business and social initiatives to shape the future of open health care systems.

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Creating Powerful Wiki Pages in the Open Source Collaboration Environment

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When: 
April 5, 2011 - 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Roger Symonds

During this webinar we will present two Confluence plug-ins that will allow you to improve the quality and power of your collaboration wiki pages. The Confluence Scaffolding Plug-in section shows you how to create and use Scaffolding pages and templates. Attendees from this session will learn about basic and advanced data types and to use them in a regular Confluence wiki page. The Confluence Reporting Plug-in section includes a detailed view of the different report types, data suppliers and covers the concept of filtering and sorting data sets. Combining Scaffolding and Reporting is also covered.

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