Global Open Access Slowly Growing, Study Finds
One in five scientific papers is now available freely on the internet, the first global study of research papers across all disciplines has found. Researchers looked at global data for research papers published in 2008: almost nine per cent were freely available on publishers' sites ('gold' access) and another 12 per cent on authors' or departmental websites ('green' access), Read More »
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EpiSurveyor Creator Selanikio Shakes Up International Development
“I think EpiSurveyor is the most widely deployed mHealth application in the world,” says Georgetown University pediatrician Dr. Joel Selanikio, creator of the open access software that aids in disease surveillance and collection of public health data in underserved regions.
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NHS To Be Switched Over to Open Source
In a stunning U-turn the government has today announced that the NHS will be switched en masse to a new NHS-wide open source clinical system in just 12-months time.On the stroke of midnight, 1 April, 2012, all NHS trusts, primary care trusts and GP practices will have to simultaneously switch off all of their current systems to a new open source clinical system, codenamed NHS Mastadon.
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Not a Proud Day in the Annals of the Royal Society
The Royal Society's statement (below, with comments) is not only ill-informed, failing even to grasp what either Open Access or the proposed RCUK policy is about and for, but it is a statement for which the Royal Society (RS), a venerable and distinguished institution, will have profound reason to be ashamed in coming years.
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AGIMO [Releases] Open-Source Software Draft
The Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) has outed the draft of its open-source software guide, following a change to its policy forcing agencies to consider free and open software as seriously as proprietary offerings.
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A Truly Open VistA
The VA has released a draft RFP to create a new open source project around their electronic health record system, VistA. This is a landmark event for both the VA and the open source community. The need for cheap and robust EHR systems is clear, and the VA has one of the leading platforms.
See https://www.fbo.gov/notices/1b174bb5c6f6770e1032ef15ab3bcedb
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A New Challenge Looks for a Smarter Algorithm to Improve Healthcare
Starting on April 4, the Heritage Health Prize (@HPNHealthPrize) competition, funded by the Heritage Provider Network (HPN), will ask the world's scientists to submit an algorithm that will help them to identify patients at risk of hospitalization before they need to go to the emergency room.
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'Open' Revolution
I believe we have moved into a century of massive, global collaboration, innovation, and 'open' solutions. There is a revolution taking place in the high tech industry as we continue to move to open source solutions. In education and publishing we are moving to open copyright, open access, open knowledge, and open journals. We're seeing collaborative and 'open' news organizations, religious, and political movements. 'Open' health IT solutions and communities are proliferating. I think its very real, this period of 'open' revolution' on all fronts. I just haven't got a truly clear handle on what it really looks like, how it operates, and what its impact will be on us, our country, and our way of life. But something big is afoot - this is not just the Information Age, we've entered an Age of Open Revolution!
- COSI 'Open' Health
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RFP to Open Source VA VistA
The VA has released a draft RFP to create a new open source project around their electronic health record (EHR) system known as VistA. This is a landmark event for both the VA and the open source community. The need for cheap and robust EHR systems is clear, and the VA has one of the leading platforms out there. Stay tuned. Read More »
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California eHealth Collaborative Webinar: Linette T Scott, MD, MPH
On Tuesday, April 5 at 4:00 PM EST, California eHealth Collaborative is delighted to present Linette T Scott, MD, MPH. Read More »
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