Alembic Expands Open Source HIE
The Alembic Foundation has updated the features of the open source Aurion software, which is commercially available, to make it easier to identify individual providers that are part of a larger integrated organization and are participating in a health information exchange, according to David Riley, Alembic president.
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Advanced Practice RNs are Frugal Fix to Doc Shortage
Enabling nurses to perform to the fullest extent of their training and allowing them to act as full partners with other healthcare professionals will help the healthcare industry produce much needed caregivers, and at lower costs, according to an article in the April issue of John Hopkins' Nursing Magazine.
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Open Health Community 'Code of Conduct'
Many industries and/or organizations have chosen to establish professional ‘Codes of Ethics’ or ‘Codes of Conduct’. These codes serve several purposes:
· to provide ethical guidance for the professionals themselves,
· to furnish a set of principles and standards as a guide against which the conduct of the professionals may be measured, and
· to provide the public with a clear statement of the ethical considerations that should shape the behavior of the professionals themselves. Read More »
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“Clinical Trials & Diverse Communities” Symposium
Seyfarth Shaw LLP has agreed to host the June 24, 2011 Symposium on “Clinical Trials & Diverse Communities: Challenges and Opportunities for the Life Sciences Industry” in Chicago, IL, USA.
The “Clinical Trials & Diverse Communities" Symposium will be a half day conference for healthcare and life science executives, professionals, policy makers, and academics to interact, exchange ideas, and discuss challenges and opportunities the life science industry face in conducting clinical trials with members of diverse communities. The format will include keynote addresses, panel discussions, and ample time for informal interactions.
The three organizations leading this event have a vision to create the world’s preeminent annual conference focused specifically on the interface between life sciences industry and diverse communities. Our goals include (i) connecting and networking leading biotechnology and pharmaceutical executives, entrepreneurs, policy officials, researchers, scientists, technologists, academics, and service providers, (ii) creating a collaborative setting for discussing challenges and opportunities of conducting clinical trials with diverse communities, and (iii) exchanging best practices in the life science industries.
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Seyfarth Shaw LLP to host 6/24/11 “Clinical Trials & Diverse Communities” Symposium
The three organizations leading this event have a vision to create the world’s preeminent annual conference focused specifically on the interface between life sciences industry and diverse communities. Our goals include (i) connecting and networking leading biotechnology and pharmaceutical executives, entrepreneurs, policy officials, researchers, scientists, technologists, academics, and service providers, (ii) creating a collaborative setting for discussing challenges and opportunities of conducting clinical trials with diverse communities, and (iii) exchanging best practices in the life science industries.
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Community Code Contribution and Integration WG Wiki
The National Cancer Institute (NCI), through its cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid®, or caBIG®, initiative has developed an information network that connects the cancer research community and enables the sharing of tools and data through a common, standards-based electronic infrastructure. Since its inception, over 70 tools have been developed through the caBIG® program, all of which follow the caBIG® guidelines of "open source, open access, open development and federation" and are accordingly covered by a non-viral open source license.
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Open Source mHealth Solutions Spreading Rapidly
There are already over 4 billion mobile devices in use around the world — 64 percent of them are in the hands of people living in emerging market economies — and the numbers are only growing. In the coming decade, innovative mobile health (mHealth) solutions will dramatically change the daily clinical practices of many health care providers and the lives of their patients. Many of these will be open source solutions, e.g. Sana, eMOCHA, JavaROSA. Read More »
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VA-DoD Joint EHR to be Commercial, Not Necessarily Proprietary
The future Veterans Affairs and Defense Department joint electronic health record system will not necessarily be built on proprietary software, said VA Chief Information Officer Roger Baker--despite a leaked memo that emphasizes "commercial solutions" for the project.
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VA Awards Contracts for Healthcare Innovations
The Veterans Affairs Department has awarded a contract to enable providers to share elements of a patient's electronic health record on mobile devices in addition to three other contracts under its latest VA Innovation Initiative (VAi2) competition to use new technologies in the agency's facilities to improve the quality of veterans' patient care.
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Thinking Open Source: How Startups Destroy a Culture of Fear
Software engineers of corporate America are wired in a way that promotes fear. It hurts creativity and growth. And open source is finally changing that. I now find myself surrounded by a new generation of entrepreneurs that are defined by what my generation created: open source.
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