The following are links to selected videos on YouTube about Electronic Health Record (EHR), Personal Health Record (PHR), Health Information Exchange (HIE) systems, and other useful Health Information Technologies (HIT) - Read More »

Mirth is an open source solution for healthcare interoperability consisting of several modules, e.g. an HL7 messaging interface; a clinical data repository; and a master patient index (MPI). It has a robust 'open' community of developers, users, vendors, and others supporting Mirth Projects. There is a rapidly growing 'open' community of Mirth software developers, users, and vendors around the world. Watch selected video presentations from several  Mirth community members that they have been posted on YouTube – click on  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzAOfMNxAHE Read More »

A wide range of free, online videos and webcasts by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) are posted on the HealthCare.Gov web site. They cover such topics as health care legislation, health care policy, consumer health issues, changes to Medicare, and much more. See list of official HHS Video Channels

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The Defense and Veterans Affairs departments aren't working effectively together to create a joint health architecture, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office. Read More »

The VA VistA system is so much better than any private medical records system I’ve experienced as a patient that it totally shows anyone who claims all important advances come from the profit motive is a liar. Read More »

Time has come for DoD to start considering the adoption of an open source version of Operating Systems software, such as one of the versions of Linux. Read More »

Although insurance companies have seen three straight years of record profits, they continue pushing for higher premiums that they say will protect against any sudden increase in demand or cost of care, reports the New York Times. Read More »

Open-source software will disrupt a range of existing industries. Computing is already undergoing radical upheavals, but eventually, even our banking system will transform due to the open-source revolution. Read More »

The nation's cryptologic intelligence agency is moving towards a cloud-centric approach to computing. In an interview with Information Week, National Security Agency CIO Lonny Anderson talks about the cloud, cross-agency information systems and open source. Read More »

In an exclusive interview, Lonny Anderson discusses plans for a shared development environment for U.S. intelligence agencies, cloud computing, and tech modernization. Read More »