Provider trust can cause an HIE to sink or swim

Ken Terry | Fierce Health IT | August 2, 2011

Amid the ongoing debate over the sustainability of multi-stakeholder health information exchanges, the National eHealth Collaborative (NeHC) has released a report explaining why some HIEs have been successful, profiling a dozen of them. A common denominator among working exchanges? Trust among its participants, the report's authors say. Read More »

IOM to FDA: Medical device clearance not cutting it anymore

Stephanie Bouchard | Government Health IT | August 3, 2011

The U.S. Read More »

Patents against Prosperity

W. W. | The Economist | August 1, 2011

America is still in denial, but among economists and wonks I think the hard truth is settling in: we're not as rich as we thought we were and our prospects for future high growth rates aren't looking so great. Read More »

Open-Source Medical Devices Conference

Event Details
Type: 
Conference
Date: 
December 1, 2011 - 9:00am - 5:00pm
Location: 
Morgridge Institute for Research
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI 53706
United States

The first Open-Source Medical Devices (OSMD) Conference is going to take place at the Morgridge Institute for Research/Wisconsin Institute for Discovery at the University of Wisconsin–Madison on December 1, 2011.

Initiated at the University of Wisconsin, the OSMD project aims to promote and facilitate medical research by developing affordable medical devices via an open-source platform for hardware, software and management systems. The project has begun the development of an open-source small animal imaging and radiotherapy system consisting of integrated micro CT/PET/RT systems. Upon completion, the system design will be freely available, thereby providing everyone, including developing countries, with access to cutting-edge yet affordable technology for medical research.

At the one-day conference, we will present the basic schematic and design of the system and we invite other groups to present their related work, potential contributions and collaborations. Interested groups are encouraged to pool their expertise during the conference’s presentation/discussion sessions...    

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Feds Release APIs For Tapping Government Data

Elizabeth Montalbano | Information Week | August 2, 2011

The federal government has released new software code and resources to let developers access data to create new applications as part of its ongoing open-data transparency effort. The Federal Register has released the application programming interface (API) for FederalRegister.gov, which allows developers to retrieve data from the website for reuse. The Department of Labor (DOL) has go Read More »

Ecosystems for Innovation: An interview with U.S. CTO Aneesh Chopra

Vikram Mahidhar | Deloitte Review | August 1, 2011

The fast-moving frontier of new technologies and business models is challenging traditional models of innovation. Historically, larger companies, universities or government agencies with deep pockets have often brought forth the ideas that shape business and society. Read More »

OpenClinica 3.1 Webinar

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When: 
September 14, 2011 - 9:00pm - 10:30pm

Join us for a free webinar presentation and demonstration of the newly released OpenClinica 3.1. This is a great opportunity to see the technology firsthand and ask questions. Read More »

OpenClinica 3.1 Webinar

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When: 
August 11, 2011 - 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Join us for a free webinar presentation and demonstration of the newly released OpenClinica 3.1. This is a great opportunity to see the technology firsthand and ask questions. Read More »

Debt deal could be a blow for cybersecurity

Aliya Sternstein | NextGov | August 2, 2011

The $2.1 trillion debt-cap pact that Congress passed Tuesday could hurt economic and national security as agencies postpone plans to invest in cybersecurity technology and hire more network specialists due to uncertainty over potential program cuts, computer security advisers say. Read More »

At POSSE, professors discover the value(s) of open source

Bryan Behrenshausen | OpenSource.com | August 3, 2011

In a conference room bubbling with excited conversations between professors of computer science, software development, and information systems, Dr. Read More »