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A Trip Through A 3D-Modeled Brain
Brains are, by design, incredibly dense. Whether a particular brain belongs to a human or a mouse, it features layer upon layer of matter that twists and turns and is almost incomprehensible in its complexity... Read More »
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4 Potential Candidates To Replace Mostashari
The announcement Aug. 6 that Farzad Mostashari, MD, would be stepping down from his job as national coordinator for health information technology this fall led much praise about his passion for the work, and his many achievements. Read More »
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Open Medical Hardware: The Open Stent
The stent pictured above is an example of an Open Stent from NDC, makers of nitinol materials and devices, particularly for medical applications. In their introduction to the project, they write: Read More »
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NHS Technology – Being Open To Open Source
For three years Wayne Parslow, vice president of Harris Healthcare EMEA, has called for the NHS to embrace open source technology. Now NHS England is promoting the benefits of moving in this direction but Parslow warns that we must walk before we try to run Read More »
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Health Care Officials: Lack Of Medicaid Expansion Will Put Va. Jobs, Hospitals At Risk
Southwest Virginia health care jobs and rural hospitals will be at risk unless state lawmakers agree to a Medicaid expansion, Wellmont Health System and Mountain States Health Alliance officials warned a room full of business leaders, insurers and government officials Wednesday. Read More »
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EHR Roulette: Gambling On Medicine's Future
As medical practices look to replace clunky ambulatory electronic health records systems, picking a winner can seem like risky business. Read More »
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Academics Agree MIT Should Have Done More For Aaron Swartz
In late July, MIT issued its report, written by computer science professor Hal Abelson, on the university's own actions in the Aaron Swartz case. Swartz, an information activist, faced extensive charges for downloading a huge number of academic articles from the online service JSTOR over MIT's network. Swartz committed suicide in January. Read More »
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Space station poised to launch open-source satellites
Want to do your own space experiment? From next week, you will be able to run science projects on the world's first open-source satellites. Read More »
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ONC Chief Farzad Mostashari To Step Down
Farzad Mostashari, the national coordinator for health IT at Health and Human Services [HHS], will step down from his position this fall Read More »
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Despite Scandal, Former UnitedHealth CEO Was Ninth Best Paid CEO Of The Decade
A little while ago, the Wall Street Journal reported on the highest paid US corporate CEOs of the past decade. One name stood out for those interested in health care: Dr William W McGuire, the former CEO of giant health care insurance company/ managed care organization UnitedHealth Group. [...] Read More »
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EMR-Using Patients More Loyal To Docs
Patients who have used electronic medical records are significantly more satisfied with their doctors overall, according to a new study. Read More »
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AnsibleWorks Releases AWX: IT Orchestration And Application Deployment For The Enterprise
AnsibleWorks, Inc., the company behind Ansible, the popular Open Source IT application deployment and configuration management solution, announced today the release of AWX, the company's first commercial enterprise product, addressing the need for simple, powerful and secure IT automation on premise and in the cloud. Read More »
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Beyond Property Rights: Thinking About Moral Definitions Of Openness
It is hard for Westerners to realize just how much we take for granted about intellectual property, and in particular, how much the property owner’s perspective--be it a corporation, government or creative artist--is embedded in our view of the world as the natural order of things. Read More »
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Libelium Sensors Launch Into Space In the First Open Source Satellite
With the successful space launch of ArduSat aboard a H-IIB rocket, the first open satellite platform that allows private citizens to design and run their own applications in space is now on its way to the International Space Station (ISS). Read More »
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Critical Access & Small Hospitals Falling Behind in Meaningful Use
A study from Mathematica Policy Research and the American Hospital Association, published in Health Affairs, finds many critical access hospitals and other smaller hospitals are at risk to fail achieving meaningful use and face Medicare payment penalties in 2015. Read More »
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