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VA Has Converted Over 30 Percent Of Disability Claims Into Digital Files

Press Release | Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) | July 18, 2013

165 Million Pages Have Been Scanned and Uploaded to Help Transform Paper-Based Claims Process to Digital Environment Read More »

Linaro Connect Europe 2013: People And Personalities Of Connect

Amber 'akgraner' Graner | Linaro Blog | July 18, 2013

Linaro Connect Europe 2013 (LCE13) in Dublin, Ireland was an amazing week long event complete will keynotes, planning sessions, afternoon hacking, social events, and more. Read More »

Open Access: Brought To Book At Last?

Paul Jump | Times Higher Education | July 18, 2013

A library-focused effort aims to take monographs off the analogue shelf Read More »

Is Most Of Modern Society Run By Linux?

Staff Writer | Bloomberg TV | July 18, 2013

Linux Foundation Executive Director Jim Zemlin discusses the ubiquity of Linux in supercomputers, Televisions, smartphones and "most of modern society" with Cory Johnson on Bloomberg Television's "Bloomberg West." Read More »

GSB Pushes For Online Education

David Furlonger | Financial Mail | July 18, 2013

Even by the usual standard of acronyms, Mooc is particularly clumsy. But is this new buzzword the future of education? Read More »

Usability Failures Heat Up EHR Replacement Market, Black Book Rankings Survey

Press Release | Black Book Rankings (BBRs) | July 18, 2013

Black Book resurveyed nearly 3,000 EHR users seeking a replacement system in the second quarter of 2013 to assess the impact of usability issues and physician practice satisfaction in the "Year of the Great EHR Switch." Read More »

MIT Delays The Release Of Aaron Swartz's Secret Service File

Abby Ohlheiser | The Atlantic Wire | July 18, 2013

A couple of weeks ago, it looked like the federal government would (finally) start releasing what amounts to thousands of pages of documents pertaining to the Secret Service's investigation into Aaron Swartz. [...] Read More »

9 Models To Scale Open Data – Past, Present And Future

Francis Irving | Open Knowledge Foundation Blog | July 18, 2013

The possibilities of open data have been enthralling us for 10 years. But that excitement isn’t what matters in the end. What matters is scale – which organisational structures will make this movement explode? Read More »

Public Health Departments Get Nods For Novel Data Use

Anthony Brino | Government Health IT | July 18, 2013

Three local health departments in Oregon, North Carolina and Colorado have won awards from the National Association of County and City Health Officials for data- and IT-driven projects in sustainable transportation planning, health disparity reductions and mobile immunization collections. Read More »

Telehealth From The Direct Service Provider Perspective

Roger Downey | Government Health IT | July 18, 2013

A couple of weeks ago, I had the opportunity to attend the American Telemedicine Association Policy Summit in Washington, D.C.  This turned into two very meaningful days for those of us who are involved in the industry, but I’m thinking the people who couldn’t go might appreciate what was said (or not said). Read More »

Kenyan Ushahidi Co-Founder Wins Award For Outstanding Social Commitment

Makumi Mercy | HumanIPO | July 18, 2013

Juliana Rotich, Ushahidi co-founder and managing director, has been honoured with with an Impact Award at the DLDwomen 2013 conference in Munich. Read More »

GEICO Selects ForgeRock To Support Online Customer Portal Initiative

Press Release | ForgeRock, Government Employees Insurance Company (GEICO) | July 18, 2013

One of the fastest-growing major auto insurers in the US leverages ForgeRock’s Open Identity Stack to create a secure, modern online experience Read More »

CACI Appoints Dr. Anthony Hess As Senior Vice President, Healthcare Solutions Group

Press Release | CACI International Inc | July 18, 2013

Accomplished Industry Leader Highlights Focus on Growth in Healthcare Market Area Read More »

VistA's Scarlet Letter: A Gartner Rating

Molly Bernhart Walker | FierceGovernmentIT | July 18, 2013

An analyst firm's rating is one major obstacle standing between the Defense Department and the Veterans Affairs Department's Veterans Integrated System Technology Architecture. Read More »

The OSEHRA Value Proposition

Keith McCall | Open Source Electronic Health Record Agent (OSEHRA) | July 18, 2013

This post is a follow-up to a presentation made at the OSEHRA lock-down and provides various updates in an attempt to engage dialogue supporting or rebutting various value elements of OSEHRA and the challenges OSEHRA has in becoming a successful organization. Read More »