Over the last few years, groups nationwide have adopted the open-source mantra of the software world and started financing open-source books. Experts — often retired teachers or groups of teachers — write these books and allow anyone to distribute them in digital, printed or audio formats...But progress with these open-source texts has been slow.
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DSS, Inc. Launches vxVistA.org Second Generation
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DSS, Inc. |
August 2, 2010
Six new functionalities now available with instructional webinars detailing each tool.
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Open Health Forum Workshop Discusses Stakeholder Involvement in ’Health in All Policies’
Staff Writer | European Public Health Alliance | July 28, 2010
Participants at the workshop gathered to discuss the involvement of non-health stakeholders in health policy decision making...The aim of the workshop was to discuss the opportunities and challenges in delivering the ’Health in all Policies’ approach, and how to implement joined-up health policies. Read More »
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U.S. Military Adopts More Open Source: Is That Secure Enough For You?
Julie Bort | Network World | July 27, 2010
The U.S. military and researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology are putting their heads together to help the military adopt more open source software. The military wants in on the cost savings, speed and flexibility which OSS offers to users, as opposed to being stuck waiting on proprietary software vendors to modify their tools when changes are needed.
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Celebrating a Year of Pushing the Feds Toward Open Source
Amy Vernon | Network World | July 23, 2010
To celebrate a year of championing the use of open source software in the U.S. government, Open Source For America has created an awards program to recognize those who took up the challenge. The Open Source Awards Program will recognize people and projects in three categories: individuals, projects and deployment.
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Open Source for America to Celebrate First Anniversary with Key Milestones for Open Source Technologies in Government
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Open Source for America |
July 21, 2010
Open Source for America (OSFA), an organization of technology industry leaders, non-government associations, and academic and research institutions promoting the use of open source technologies in the U.S. federal government, today marks its first anniversary and celebrates key milestones for open source in government during the past 12 months.
DSS, Inc. Presents a Panel Discussion on vxVistA.org at OSCON 2010
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DSS, Inc., O'Reilly |
July 20, 2010
VistA experts discuss the use of vxVista.org with Atlassian collaboration tools to build an online community for users and developers.
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Andinet Enquobahrie Featured in Healthcare Magazine
Staff | Kitware Blog | July 15, 2010
Healthcare Magazine is the highest circulation healthcare publication in Canada. Their May/June issue features Andinet's piece on the emergence of open source technology in IGI. The story appears in the digital version and can be read here. Read More »
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Medsphere Applauds Final Meaningful Use Criteria as ‘Accelerator’ for National Health IT Initiative to Improve Healthcare
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Medsphere |
July 13, 2010
Experts available to discuss new standards and affordable means for hospitals to achieve meaningful use Read More »
Beware the Foreign Expert; Or Why Coded In Country and Local Tech Capacity is the Way to Go
N. Lesh | MobileActive.org | July 12, 2010
It seems that a well-functioning ITIDO is more likely to build lasting, relevant, solutions that will actually be used in Tanzania.
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Akaza's OpenClinica open-source software hits 10K
George Miller | FierceBiotechIT | July 9, 2010
Akaza Research reports that its OpenClinica open-source software has hit the 10,000 individual-member milestone. That's a three-fold increase in two years. Users hail from 70 countries on six continents.
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Global Open Access Slowly Growing, Study Finds
Yojana Sharma | SciDev.Net | July 8, 2010
One in five scientific papers is now available freely on the internet, the first global study of research papers across all disciplines has found. Researchers looked at global data for research papers published in 2008: almost nine per cent were freely available on publishers' sites ('gold' access) and another 12 per cent on authors' or departmental websites ('green' access), Read More »
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Mobile Technology in Community Radio—Still Ad Hoc and One-Off.
Melissa Ulbricht | MobileActive.org | July 6, 2010
This report summarizes existing projects and success stories, highlighting the most popular uses of mobile technology. It concludes with a discussion of the challenges that community radio stations face in adopting SMS and mobile technology.
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IT projects at VA at risk, says GAO
David Perera | FierceGovernmentIT | June 30, 2010
Information technology management issues that caused the Veterans Affairs Department to spend $127 million on a failed outpatient scheduling application could harm a second attempt to create such a system. Read More »
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A New Approach to Quantifying Risk of Developing Lung Cancer Is Published in Academic Radiology
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Kitware |
June 29, 2010
Groundbreaking study finds a strong association between airway bifurcation CT densities, loss of lung function and lung cancer risk Read More »
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