Last week, the second annual TEDxChapelHill filled the Varsity Theatre in Chapel Hill, NC. The seven amazing speakers—from the fields of ICT4D (information, communication, and technology for development), mHealth, engineering and design, and medicine—talked about their projects, trials, and vision for the future. 

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Centra Health in southwest Virginia has joined a growing number of providers in the exchange of health information with the Social Security Administration in order to accelerate disability claims determination. 

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In wake of the news that federal chief information officer Vivek Kundra would be stepping down, the inevitable question must be asked. Who will take over?

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The Social Security Administration named James Winn, executive counselor to the commissioner, as special advisor for health IT.

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With the announcement last month of its Community Health Data Initiative (CHDI), HHS has begun to pry the doors off some of its information storage sheds, inviting developers of Web services, mobile phone apps and social media to have at the data in the hopes it will yield tools and services that help the public make better decisions about their healthcare.

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Senator Bernie Saners has now introduced two bills that would create potentially giant funds for [...] an innovation prize system, where the government sets aside large sums of cash as a reward for those who create a drug-based cure for certain issues.

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Innovative tools and data that federal health agencies have released to the public can help healthcare providers meet meaningful use of electronic health records (EHRs).

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Pentagon, VA must speed up sharing health care records.

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On day two of DrupalCon, I listened to Tim O'Reilly, a web 2.0 guru, as he stated that not only has open source continued to drive our society's capacity to act together and collaborate effectively, it has also sprouted the DIY (Do-It-Yourself) movement.Recently, I had the pleasure of attending 

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Giving the students the option of print or free digital copies, costs drop precipitously. The only problem: textbook companies don't want them on the market.

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