Open Health News (OHN) Weekly Summary - 10/26/2013

October 26, 2013 - The following is a brief listing of some of the hot news items, selected news clips, feature stories, and blogs posted on Open Health News (OHNews) over the past week that we believe will be of interest to our readers across the U.S. and around the world. We've also included links to some upcoming open source and health IT conferences and events.

Some of the key themes dominating the news this week involved:  (1) Continuing problems with the rollout of the national Health Insurance Exchanges (HIX) on HealthCare.gov as the Affordable Care Act (ACA) moves forward; (2) Open Access Week activities; and (3) news about a wide range of innovative 'Open Health' activity and solutions from around the world.

Roger Maduro
Publisher & Managing Editor, Open Health News

Headlines

OHN News, Features & Blog Posts

• VistA Expo 2013 is underway
• Health eTime Scheduler: the Winning Solution
• COTS, FOSS, or HOSS Solutions?
• Free Guide on "Contributing to OpenMRS" now available from FLOSS Manuals

Selected News Clips

• HHS wants wider use of its open data
• 4 Reasons U.S. EMR Firms Won’t Try China
• ObamaCare spending to contractors tops $1 billion
• White House Accused Of Letting Politics Influence HealthCare.gov Design
• Affordable Care Act (ACA) Web Site: Too Much Help Will Slow The Project
• Health Insurance Exchange Launched Despite Signs Of Serious Problems
• New Software Traces Origins of Genetic Disorders 20 Times More Accurately
• Rethink Robotics Enhances its Open Source Platform, the Baxter Research Robot
• Open Source Malaria Project Head Wins Accelerating Science Award
• The Past Year In Open Access
• Nobel Laureate Randy Schekman Advocates Open Access During Event Monday
• 4 Leading International Wiley Journals Become Open Access
• South American SciELO Open Access Site
• Elsevier Adds Open Access Journal: Annals of Medicine and Surgery to its Medical Journal Portfolio
• Health Officials Could Identify & Act On Crises Earlier With New Draper Biosurveillance Tool
• DoD, VA Pick A Vendor For Integrated EHR Project
• French Interior Ministry: open source 5 to 10 times cheaper
• Twitter turns to 'open source' to prevent service disruptions

Calendar of Upcoming Events

• EHI Live 2013
• Games For Health Europe 2013
• Open Data Institute Annual Summit 2013
• Open Access and Research Conference 2013
• Open Source Search Conference
• 10th Annual Open Education Conference