Pfizer's Virtual Trial: Open-source Meets Old Pharma

George Miller | FierceBiotechIT | June 21, 2011

Drug giant Pfizer revealed more details of its all-electronic clinical trial at the DIA's 47th annual show here, going to great lengths to acknowledge its partners in the endeavor and to credit collaboration for the achievements to date.

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Pfizer Embarks on a 'First' All-Electronic Clinical Trial

Ryan McBride | FierceBiotechIT | June 7, 2011

The study is being called the first all-electronic, home-based clinical trial to gain an OK from U.S. regulators because patients can report their progress via smartphones and their computers rather than going to clinics.

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Park: Agency Data Should Be Released More Quickly, as 'Beta'

Molly Bernhart Walker | Fierce Government IT | October 25, 2010

According to panelists speaking at the ACT-IAC Executive Leadership Conference on Oct. 25, collaboration shouldn't just be around the mashups, but around the data set itself.

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OpenMRS 1.8 Now Available!

Wyclif Luyima | OpenMRS | June 20, 2011

I’m pleased to announce the availability of OpenMRS 1.8. 

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Open Source is More than Throwing Code

David Nalley | OpenSource.com | April 19, 2011

Open source doesn't just mean showing source code.

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ONC's popHealth Automates Meaningful Use Reporting for Docs

Mary Mosquera | HealthcareIT News | June 20, 2011

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) has made available a free tool to simplify the reporting by physicians and practices of clinical quality measures for meaningful use.

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ONC Funds Developer Challenge to Spur Health IT Innovation

Mary Mosquera | Government Health IT | June 9, 2011

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has launched a program to spur innovation that uses prizes and developer competitions to expedite the creation of tools to solve health IT challenges.

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ONC Chief Pushes for Stronger Health IT Marketplace

Tom Sullivan | HealthcareIT News | June 16, 2011

Even doctors who have purchased and successfully implemented electronic health records do not always know what they’re buying until the system is up and running.

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ONC Awards $60M for Health IT "Breakthroughs'

Mary Mosquera | Government Health IT | April 2, 2010

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT today announced $60 million in grant awards to four advanced research institutions to promote "breakthrough research" and innovative methods to solve health IT challenges.

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An Update on Google Health and Google PowerMeter

Editors | Official Google Blog | June 24, 2011

In the coming months, we’re going to retire two products that didn’t catch on the way we would have hoped, but did serve as influential models: Google Health...and Google PowerMeter.

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