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VA, Stanford Test 'Point-of-Care' Diabetes Research
A team from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Stanford University is exploring a new approach to clinical trials that may be easier to translate into practice. An online article in the journal Clinical Trials describes a “point-of-care” study now under way that will involve more than 3,000 veterans with diabetes. Read More »
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Marketing Makes Medicines Worse?
Medicines are sometimes withdrawn from the market or heavily restricted in their use, when the risks are judged to outweigh the potential benefits. Is this just a case of bad luck or an unavoidable risk when it happens, or is it something more?
According to a fascinating article in the American Journal of Public Health (Am J Public Health. Read More »
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The Case for Developer Driven Open Source Governance
This conflict—managing controls in an open environment—is where mere paper policy fails. Implementing proper governance requires one to take the “people” perspective to be the most effective: How can we help the developers to do their work more efficiently? What are their suggestions? And, how can we help them “not” make their work more bureaucratic and cumbersome? Read More »
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VA Unveils MVP -- Million Veteran Program
The Department of Veterans Affairs went national May 5 with a genomics research program that officials call a “game-changer." The initiative, which relies heavily on databases, is underpinned by the use of healthcare information technology.
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VA Putting “Point-of-Care Research” to the Test
A team from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Stanford University is exploring a new approach to clinical trials that experts say will cost less and be easier to translate into practice.
VA and Defense Eye DISA Data Centers for Joint Health Record
The Veterans Affairs Department plans to use data centers operated by the Defense Information Systems Agency to store its electronic health records as part of a project to develop a joint record for both departments, VA Chief Information Officer Roger Baker disclosed this week.
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OpenClinica to Unveil Major New Software Release at Global Conference
Culminating 18 months of research, development and testing, OpenClinica will formally unveil a new version of its innovative software package—Version 3.1—at its Global Conference in Boston on May 8-9.
Alembic Expands Open Source HIE
The Alembic Foundation has updated the features of the open source Aurion software, which is commercially available, to make it easier to identify individual providers that are part of a larger integrated organization and are participating in a health information exchange, according to David Riley, Alembic president.
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Financial Ties Bind Medical Societies to Drug and Device Makers
From the time they arrived to the moment they laid their heads on hotel pillows, the thousands of cardiologists attending this week’s Heart Rhythm Society conference have been bombarded with pitches for drugs and medical devices. Read More »
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Cell Phones Saving Lives in Tanzania
he Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania (ELCT) has introduced telemedicine- a distant diagnosis platform in which health workers use cell phone technology to carry out distance diagnosis through a web-based programme. Read More »
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Physicians Drive Up Medical Costs With Frivolous Tests
Despite the constant controversy surrounding high healthcare costs, physcians aren't doing their part to curb such trends, and in many instances, are only concerned about their financial bottom lines
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Ten Rules for Health Care Organizations Interested in Using Social Media
After doing some reading and talking to some colleagues in the disease management industry, here are ten insights that can help other health care organizations such as accountable care organizations, integrated delivery systems, medical homes or other provider organizations build followers, tweeps, and friends the opt-in world of social media.
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VA CIO Describes Cloud, Blue Button and EHR Programs
Those programs, in addition to modernization of the “VistA” electronic health record system and its path toward a joint system with the Defense Department, indicate that the VA is transforming itself into a more efficient and effective agency, Baker, who also is CIO, said at the Input industry forum on VA IT acquisition held May 5. Read More »
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NQF Founder: Quality Measure Science Still 'Immature'
"Now everyone is talking about measuring quality," he said, "But that wasn't how it was 11 or 12 years ago when I started NQF. No one really wanted to engage in measurement. Now, it's in a different place, but it clearly is not being used as much as it should be.
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Interactive Mapping and Open Data Illustrate Excess Federal Property
Last week, I reported how open source tools make mapping easier. Yesterday, the White House showed how open data can be visualized in a massive new interactive feature posted at WhiteHouse.gov. Read More »
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