A few days ago, a handset manufacturer and a telecom operator joined hands to launch a data service to provide Indian consumers with access to relevant content on agriculture, education, healthcare and entertainment. With data services becoming a focus for telcos and rural tele-density experiencing a bulge, there is immense potential for data services specially targeted at rural areas. Read More »

This case study documents technologies, processes, and methods of a 100%  automated conversion of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Veterans Information System Technical Architecture (VistA) system, written in 2.1 million lines of MUMPS, into Java compatible with the J2EE framework. 
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In yesterday's blog post, I posed the question: Why hasn't the U.S. Veterans Affairs Department taken its vaunted VistA electronic health-record system down to the neighborhood ONC-Authorized Testing and Certification Body to put it through its paces? Read More »

OpenClinica now has about 70 customers who pay monthly subscriptions to use the enterprise version of the firm's open source software, which comes with additional technical support services and capabilities that don't come standard with the free version that can be download from its website, Collins tells FierceBiotech IT. 

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CHICAGO -- Open-source drug development upstart Transparency Life Sciences has "raised a small seed round" of funding. It's using the funds to build an Internet presence, says Tomasz Sablinski, head of clinical development at private equity concern Celtic Therapeutics, in an interview at the recent DIA show. Sablinski also is founder of TLS . . . Read More »

After mapping various key locations and landmarks in the country, Google is now mapping Korogocho, one of Nairobi’s informal settlements.

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This Thursday, June 9th, innovators and entrepreneurs alike will gather at the National Institutes of Health for the 2nd Annual Health Data Initiative.

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The legal divide marginalizes people, communities, and institutions that are unable to engage with even the most basic government services. 

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Non-profit organization mPowering is developing customized mobile apps to help reach the ultra poor -- people living on less than $2 a day -- and connect them with funding opportunities and programs in the developed world.

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How is new media changing Africa, giving voices to the voiceless, improving governance and transparency, and changing narratives?

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