Recent examinations of Oracle's strategy in its Java copyright infringement case against Google reveal tactics that could seriously jeopardize the US software industry, depending on how the Ninth Circuit Court rules. Read More »

As the Linux kernel celebrates its 20th anniversary today, the impact of open source and free software in broad areas of technology continues to be felt. A new report from Black Duck Software reveals that in the health care sector, the number of open source software projects has risen by 31 percent since last year. Read More »

A natural language processing search that extracts specific medical concepts via free text searches of electronic health records identified more postoperative surgical complications vs. the current automated method based upon discharge codes, according to new findings published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Read More »

The Homeland Security Department plans to acquire an electronic health record system to improve the quality and efficiency of its health care for illegal aliens and other foreign fugitives detained by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. DHS clinicians and staff at 22 locations will use the electronic health record (EHR) to replace the current manual and stand-alone automated sy Read More »

 As China invests heavily to become a biotech powerhouse, OpenClinica has struck an alliance deal with Shanghai-based Athena Healthcare to make inroads with its clinical trials software in the Chinese market. Read More »

OpenClinica, LLC has entered into a strategic alliance with Athena Healthcare Consultancy to bring the OpenClinica clinical trial software to the Chinese market. Headquartered in Shanghai, Athena will be the exclusive distributor of the OpenClinica Enterprise edition and provide localized support and services for Contract Research Organizations (CRO), pharmaceutical companies, and scientific institutes operating in China.

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Pharma urgently needs to produce innovative new therapies if it is to overcome its critical,
long-term challenge, ie the revenue gap produced by the industry’s failure to develop sufficient, new, patent-protected medical therapies to offset the revenues lost as existing products lose their patent protection. Read More »

Open Source for America recently celebrated its second anniversary, and plans to recognize the individuals, projects, and deployments that support its mission to encourage free and open source software adoption in the US government. Nominate an individual or project for an award. Read More »

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is now seeking input on its plan to reduce health IT disparities. If the public comments period of the superset Federal Strategic Health IT Plan serves as a precursor, this could be a vibrant and voluminous discussion, albeit more granular. Read More »