Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have developed a desktop genome analyzer and browser that allows biologists to rapidly and easily analyze and process their high-throughput data. The open-source software, called GenPlay, is described in the May 19 online edition of Bioinformatics. Read More »

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Eagle Genomics and IT business consulting firm Cognizant will partner with the Pistoia Alliance in a pilot project to develop a cloud-based platform that would provide easier access to gene sequence data. The conceptual platform Eagle Genomics and Teaneck, NJ-based Cognizant will develop will be aimed at enabling working group companies to share their bioinforma Read More »

This is not about the World Bank as the central repository of knowledge sharing its knowledge and wisdom with clients from the South. Instead, it’s about “democratizing development economics” in that it levels the playing field on knowledge creation and dissemination and opens the development paradigm to participation from researchers and practitioners, software developers and students, from north and south. Read More »

The [Federal Aviation Administration] plans to adopt security and acquisition standards for iPads by Oct. 1 so they can be bought throughout the agency, Bowen said. "We want to make sure that we have processes in place to make sure that people don't willy-nilly go out and buy these things," he said. Read More »

The Quantified Self health movement, once thought limited to elite athletes or patients suffering from chronic disease, has been steadily expanding beyond body hackers and body builders. Recent research on how the Internet is shaping healthcare from the Pew Internet and Life Project contained an eye-opening fact: fully one quarter of online adults were tracking their own health statistics. There's clearly something important going on here. Read More »

The Department of Health and Human Services should consider Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record (EHR) incentives and Meaningful Use in its retrospective review of existing regulations, the American Hospital Association (AHA) urges in a letter to HHS Kathleen Sebelius. Read More »

The biotechnology industry and governments must work hand in hand to promote innovation and drive down the cost of healthcare. That was among the messages taken from the Scientific American Worldview panel discussion at the recent 2011 BIO International Convention here. Read More »

Passionate people from around the world gathered for one purpose: to facilitate the engagement of egalitarian, community-governed healthcare. Read More »

This morning, Shahid Shah over at the The Healthcare IT Guy blog, published an article outlining why medical device data is the best way to fill meaningful use EHRs and conduct comparative effectiveness research (CER). What was of particular interest to me is the way in which Shahid elegantly broke down how unstructured and structured data is “sourced” today. Read More »

The United States federal government is reforming its Internet strategy. In the context of looming concerns about the debt ceiling, high unemployment, wars abroad, rising healthcare costs, and the host of other issues that the White House and Congress should be addressing, that might seem like a side issue. Read More »