Clinovo Shares Expertise in Clinical Trial Management at SCDM 2011

Press Release | Clinovo | September 8, 2011

Clinovo, a leading clinical data solutions provider in the Bay Area, showcases its expertise in Clinical Data Management at 2011 SCDM Global Conference in Baltimore from September 11 through September 14. Read More »

Intel to Universities: No Patents, Please, Just Open Source

Melba Kurman | Innovation Excellence | September 12, 2011

What would you do if you were the university official in charge of company research partnerships and a Fortune 100 tech company offered to fund a research center at your university to the tune of $2.5 million dollars a year?  If it were me, in these tough financial times, I’d say “great, tell me more,” visions of a nice press release dancing in my head. Read More »

Diplomats use wikis and blogs to share vital information

Amrita Khalid | NextGov | September 14, 2011

Unlike most other federal agencies, the State Department for many years took pride in its lack of technological advancement. Read More »

Bosch Healthcare chief is bullish on telehealth-enabled care management

Neil Versel | Mobi Health News | September 15, 2011

An article in the September issue of policy journal Health Affairs looked at a CMS demonstration project involving care coordination with Robert Bosch Healthcare’s Read More »

Big data meets Bruce Perens: an open-source “covenant”

Derrick Harris | GigaOM | September 14, 2011

Balancing an open-source community with commercial interests can be difficult, which is why HPCC Systems sought the help of Bruce Perens before open-sourcing the code for its eponymous big-data-processing software. I covered the open-source news last week. Read More »

AT&T Foundry innovation center opens its doors in Palo Alto to help devs do what they do

Michael Gorman | Engadget | September 15, 2011

We've heard of keeping up with the Joneses, but this is getting ridiculous. Read More »

Risk Management & Open EHR Solutions

As reported in a recent article in the online Fierce Health IT magazine, "Financial issues for a software company could result in medical procedures going unscheduled and needy patients going without beds at a hospital across the pond, providing a cautionary tale for U.S. hospitals about the importance of vendor selection." There are some real risks to be considered when choosing an electronic health record (EHR) system for your organization. Read More »

An Open Source Skunkworks

Malcolm Newbury | EHI | September 14, 2011

If you couple this natural human drive to be free from rules with the world-wide open source software phenomenon, you could have a formula to re-engage clinicians and developers in meaningful and productive activity, which could help to reenergise UK Healthcare Software Plc. Read More »

VLER Opens to More Vets in More Places

Molly Merrill | Government Health IT | September 9, 2011

The pilot for the Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record (VLER), which enables sharing of Veterans' health records will be expanded, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced Thursday. Read More »

VA Expands Lifetime Electronic Record Pilot

Marla Durben Hirsch | Fierce EMR | September 14, 2011

The Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) is expanding its Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record (VLER) pilot program to share the electronic health records of more veterans, it announced announced last Thursday. Read More »