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Gates, Shinseki Detail Joint Health Record Management and Development Plans
The top officials at the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments approved a management structure for development of a joint electronic health record, and confirmed plans to use commercial software for the project "wherever possible and cost effective." Read More »
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Fewer Than Half of Apps are Cloud Candidates, Study Says
Never again let it be said that healthcare IT shops are behind the technological times – at least not when it comes to cloud computing. A new study published by CDW lists healthcare among the top three cloud computing adopters, trailing large businesses and higher education. Read More »
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ER Docs Order Tests to Avoid Lawsuits First, Help Patients Second
A patient's best interests may not be motivating emergency room doctors to order tests as much as self-protection from medical liability lawsuits, a new survey from the American College of Emergency Physicians finds. Read More »
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CMS Begins Pay-Outs of Medicare EHR Incentives
The first incentive payments from Medicare officially rolled out to physicians and hospitals last week to those successfully demonstrating Meaningful Use of electronic health records during Stage 1. Read More »
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Agencies Identify 78 Services for Cloud Transition
Federal agencies have identified 78 computer systems they plan to migrate to the cloud within a year, according to the Office of Management and Budget. Read More »
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Need Open Source Policy? Ask the DoD.
Today, we see that measured consideration of open source and its adoption has served the DoD well, given it just published a guide (PDF) regarding its experience with policy and adoption of open source software. This provides a valuable lesson to enterprise organizations considering use of, participation, increased adoption of open source software. Read More »
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Baker: VA committed to open-source VistA
Members of the VistA community gave Roger Baker a standing ovation Tuesday after the assistant secretary for information technology at the U.S. Veterans Affairs Department told them—at least in part—what they've been waiting nine years to hear.
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'Open Source’ Technology Firm, Phyaura, LLC Acquires EHR Live, LLC
Phyaura, LLC, a healthcare technology firm, has acquired EHR Live, LLC, a West Palm Beach company that shares PHYAURA’s focus on developing ‘open source’ Electronic Health Records (EHR) solutions in full compliance with government regulations.
‘Open Source’ Technology Firm, Phyaura, LLC Acquires EHR Live, LLC
Phyaura, LLC, a healthcare technology firm, has acquired EHR Live, LLC, a West Palm Beach company that shares PHYAURA’s focus on developing ‘open source’ Electronic Health Records (EHR) solutions in full compliance with government regulations. Read More »
Open Access Approach to Medical Research Publishing Will Continue to Grow, Experts Predict
An online, open access approach to publishing scientific and medical research is proving successful and will continue to develop, MPs have been told. Read More »
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An Open Source Web Application For the Surveillance and Prevention of the Impacts on Public Health of Extreme Meteorological Events: the SUPREME System
Several jurisdictions worldwide have developed intervention plans that are applied in case of extreme heat events; beyond their emergency sections, these plans generally include preventive measures to be implemented every year. Read More »
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Health IT Hits the Open Road
Talk about health care on the go. Ford Motor Co. is driving into the health IT world with in-car systems that will monitor heart rate, glucose levels and other symptoms of chronic illness and alert drivers to seek treatment. Read More »
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DOD Blamed For Duplicative IT Systems
The department is spending more than it needs to on health IT systems and could reduce overlap to save money, the U.S. comptroller said. Read More »
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An Open Source Web Application for the Surveillance and Prevention of the Impacts on Public Health of Extreme Meteorological Events: the SUPREME System
In the context of the 2006-2012 Action Plan on Climate Change of the Government of Quebec, a real-time, integrated system for the surveillance and monitoring of extreme heat events has been implemented, within a more general approach dealing with all types of extreme meteorological events. Read More »
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A Liberating Betrayal?
Just two short weeks after assuring us Skype was safe in their hands, Microsoft seems intent on cutting its link with Linux. Read More »
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