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Record Profits Haven't Stopped Premium Hikes
Although insurance companies have seen three straight years of record profits, they continue pushing for higher premiums that they say will protect against any sudden increase in demand or cost of care, reports the New York Times. Read More »
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DOD Releases Open Source Development Guide
The Department of Defense (DOD) has released a landmark guide for using open-source and open-standards technology to develop software in the U.S. military. Read More »
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Another State Considers Single-payer Health System
Like Vermont, lawmakers in California are now considering legislation that would create a single-payer system, reports the Merced Sun-Star. Read More »
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InterSystems Globals and GT.M Compared
InterSystems, producers of the Caché database, have launched Globals, a fast, proven, simple, flexible and free databases, 2 months ago. But after the initial announcement, I couldn’t find and didn’t hear much about it. This until Rob Tweed[1] and K.S.Bhaskar[2] took the time to explained some of the differences between InterSystems Globals and GT.M, both systems being implemented on top of the MUMPS Global Persistent Variables .
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Hospitals with Advanced IT Have More Admissions, Better Profits
Not-for-profit hospitals that have advanced IT systems--and/or have received quality awards--tend to be more profitable than other hospitals, according to a new report from Fitch Ratings. Read More »
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iHRIS Data Used For Public Registration Website in Uganda
The Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Council recently launched a registration website that makes it easy for employers and managers of health professionals and the public to check on which medical officers are licensed to work in the country. Read More »
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Open Data For Development Camp Highlights Challenges And Innovations In Aid Transparency
From May 12-13, AidData's Anna Lauridsen attended the Open Data for Development Camp (ODDC) in Amsterdam. The camp, hosted by Open for Change, allowed participants from the development and technology fields to discuss challenges, benefits, and lessons learned associated with open data. Read More »
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OpenClinica Global Conference Features Industry Thought Leaders, New Release
The second annual OpenClinica Global Conference took place last week in Boston. The venue at the Metro Meeting Center in Boston’s financial district attracted members of the OpenClinica community, many of whom traveled overseas to experience firsthand the collective effort that is reshaping clinical research. Read More »
NHS IT System Condemned
In what read as a final pronouncement, the NAO reported that after nine years and £2.7bn, the NHS has failed to deliver its primary aim of an electronic care record for everyone in the country.
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U.S. DOD releases “Open Technology Development Guide”
The U.S. Department of Defense has just released a pretty amazing document: “Open Technology Development: Lessons Learned and Best Practices”. (Warning: if you don’t like reading rave reviews, stop now.)
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Open Source Software Is Now a Norm in Businesses
We've already seen mounting evidence that the numerous benefits of open source software are making a big impression on businesses far and wide, and this week saw the release of yet more data corroborating that fact. Read More »
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VA, DoD to Deliver iEHR User Interface by July
Within two months from now the departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense will have completed a graphical user interface for its integrated electronic health record, or iEHR, said VA Deputy Secretary Scott Gould, during a May 18 hearing of the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs. Read More »
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Systems Made Simple Receives 2011 Veteran-owned Business Achievement Award
Systems Made Simple, Inc. (SMS),...has been awarded the 2011 Veteran-owned Business Achievement (VOBA) Award by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)...SMS has also been recognized for product ingenuity of the following systems:
Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record (VLER) [which] seamlessly integrates DoD data to VA data in order to create a single electronic record of health, benefits and personal data.
SMSTester for Android: Project and Source Now Open
SMSTester is the first tool the SaferMobile project is publicly releasing within this category, and it is free, freely licensed and open-source. Our first trial run with Short Message Service Tester (SMSTester) was completed in April 2011. The results are written up here. Read More »
Lynn Cites Progress in DOD, VA Partnership
The partnership to ensure seamless transitions for wounded warriors from military to Veterans Affairs medical care has made significant progress, but work remains to be done, Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III said here today. Read More »
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