Direct Project Reaches Consensus on Trust Framework
On Friday September 22, 2011, members of the Direct Project Rules of the Road workgroup reached consensus on a key component of the trust framework necessary to make Direct exchange expand nationally and be available to more users. Read More »
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AHRQ Tests Tool to Identify, Report Health IT Hazards
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is testing a tool among physicians to identify and report patient safety risks and near misses that may arise from the interaction of health IT with other systems or as a result of software design. Read More »
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VistA & the Underground Railroad
See this series of You Tube video presentations about the public domain VA VistA comprehensive health information system. The speakers were attending the latest gathering of the original developers who were members of a clandestine group of forward thinkers within the Veterans Administration (VA) known as the Underground Railroad. VistA is now one of the most well known of the open source Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems. See the video presentations on You Tube. Read More »
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What’s Happening in OSEHRA
OSEHRA announces today the launch of its new code repository and software quality certification process,. It’s a significant step in providing the tools that we will all rely on as we collaborate to use and improve open source electronic health record software. Read More »
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OSEHRA Launches Code Repository & Certification Process
The Open Source Electronic Health Record Agent (OSEHRA), a non-profit foundation recently created to continue the development of the VA's VistA software using an open source collaborative development model, announced today the launching of its Code Repository and Software Quality Certification Process. The establishment of this repository and certification process is a major step towards providing the tools that will enable users, developers, and researchers to engage with and advance electronic health record technology.
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'Open' Health Education & Training Solutions
The use of 'open source' software to deliver global health education and training solutions to health care provider organizations and medical schools is an important trend to watch. The number of open source and/or public domain health education and training software solutions currently available or under development has grown to be quite substantial.
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Trading Knowledge As A Public Good: A Proposal For The WTO
Years of deadlock in the Doha Round of trade negotiations at the World Trade Organization (WTO) has prompted some to question the institution’s effectiveness, and even, its relevance. But for others, the stalemate seems to be favourable for new ideas and new ways to think about global trade. Read More »
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Microsoft Embraces Elephant of Open Source
It took more than three years, but Microsoft has finally learned to stop worrying and love Hadoop. Read More »
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The digital revolution in sub-Saharan Africa
Much has been written about the role technology played in bringing social and political change across much of the Middle East and North Africa, but less is known about the technological revolution that is taking place and transforming people's lives in sub-Saharan Africa. Read More »
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A passionate call for more African media
When Africa is covered in the media, the stories are often about famine, drought, and war. Blogger and social entrepreneur Marieme Jamme is fed up. "My question is why do they have to always report you know, the small negativity that will completely eclipse the rest?" She told PRI's The World: "That's my question to the Western media." Read More »
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