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Impact Case Studies and Knowledge Transfer Case Studies
AHRQ-funded studies in the 1990s on electronic order writing and computer reminders helped to inform and inspire a growing, global open-source medical record system community known as OpenMRS.
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India's 1st Online 'Open' Press Conference
The Institute of Palliative Medicine in Calicut invites you to a 'global' press conference to mark the launch of the Million Message March to the UN, and the 2nd World OPEN Health Assembly (WOHA) being held in tandem with the 64th World Health Assembly in Geneva. Read More »
How Open Source Projects Can Prepare Students for Better Careers
Free and open source software isn’t just a good way to program — it’s giving students a leg up in their education and job prospects. Here’s how. Read More »
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The Rise of Open-Source Electronic Health Records
Several developing nations are joining the revolution in electronic health records to improve efficiency in their health systems, but at a fraction of the usual cost. Luisa Sanchez-Garcia's praise for the VistA electronic medical record (EMR) system in the neonatal ward at the Centro Médico Nacional la Raza, a massive hospital complex in Mexico City, Mexico, is glowing. Read More »
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Health Insurers Making Record Profits as Many Postpone Care
The nation’s major health insurers are barreling into a third year of record profits, enriched in recent months by a lingering recessionary mind-set among Americans who are postponing or forgoing medical care...Yet the companies continue to press for higher premiums... Read More »
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Promoting Health in Developing Nations with Social Media
There has been a fair amount of discussion about how social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter can help increase health literacy, improve communication between health-care providers and patients and provide patients with support systems. But can such online tools effectively promote global health? Read More »
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HIStalk Interviews David Riley, President, Alembic Foundation
One of the things we were trying to do was to create an open community where the governance and the prioritization of features were a joint activity of the whole community. Up until then, the federal agency set the priorities. Read More »
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Building the mHealth Evidence Base
Last week at Stanford, innovation guru BJ Fogg hosted a conference called Mobile Health 2011: What Really Works. As a new member of the Pioneer team, the conference was a great opportunity to learn more about mHealth and meet some of the key players in the field.
As the title suggests, this year’s conference focused on what we know about how mHealth is changing behavior and improving health ou Read More »
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New Gov2 TV Launches ‘For What’s Hot in Open Government From Around the World’
Gov2 TV, a new television show focused on Gov 2.0 and open government, launched this week. Read More »
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Baker: VA Lacks a High-Level View of Its IT Architecture
The Veterans Affairs Department lacks a fully documented, detailed view of its information technology architecture and does not consider such a high-level view critical to developing an IT strategy, said Roger Baker, VA chief information officer. Baker testified during a May 11 hearing of the House Veterans Affairs' subcommittee on oversight and investigations. Read More »
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National Cancer Institute Develops A Research Cloud
Dr. Kenneth Buetow is leading an effort to develop caBIG - an ambitious community cloud platform designed to connect researchers and medical staff across the United States.The caBIG architecture is based on an open-source platform that allows the collaboration and exchange of data among 60+ cancer centers as well as government, educational and private oncology institutes. Read More »
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Watchdog Dings VA for Poor Management of Rural Health Program
The Veterans Health Administration has not adequately managed a large chunk of funds associated with a program that provides patient services to vets in rural areas, according to a report from the department's inspector general. Read More »
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Multi-dimensions of Healthcare
In the international presence of experts in the field of medicine, I thought of sharing Indian experience aiming bringing down the cost of new drugs, particularly TB and Malaria. This experience of India relates to healthcare domain through Open Source movement based on the new and innovative approach in soliciting the contribution from the young minds across the world.
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UBT Program: Preparing the Health IT Leaders of Tomorrow, Today
The modernization of health care through information technology calls for a much larger workforce than the one we currently have that will be required to help providers and hospitals make meaningful use of health information technology (health IT) including electronic health records (EHRs). Read More »
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The Social Life of Health Information, 2011
The internet has changed people’s relationships with information. Our data consistently show that doctors, nurses, and other health professionals continue to be the first choice for most people with health concerns, but online resources, including advice from peers, are a significant source of health information in the U.S. Read More »
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