MyClinicalTrialsLocator - A new Information Portal for Patients
A US doctor has created a website to make it easier for the world's sickest people to connect with research that could potentially save their lives. Read More »
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ONC Releases "Governance Framework for Trusted Electronic Health Information Exchange"
The recently released "Governance Framework for Trusted Electronic Health Information Exchange" by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology’s (ONC) provides guiding principles on health information exchange (HIE) governance. The framework was developed as an alternative to the abandoned pursuit by ONC of a more formal, centralized governance structure for the U.S. Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN). Read More »
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Open Source Software Moves Into All Businesses
A Black Duck survey and the Linux Collaboration Summit both show that open-source software and the open-source method are moving well beyond where you think they live, and into all businesses. Read More »
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Open Source Is Taking Over The Software World, Survey Says
It's been only a few weeks since the Linux Foundation released its report that enterprise use of Linux continues to rise, but on Wednesday fresh data came out that suggests the same is true of open source software in general. Read More »
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Open Source Hardware And Maker Spaces Make Sense For Libraries
On Monday, April 8th, Jason Griffey presented at Computers in Libraries on open source hardware (slides will be available on his website soon). He is perhaps best known for his work on the Library Box, a portable device used for content distribution. I have previously written about the Library Box on Infospace. Read More »
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Open Access Repositories, Copyright, And Fair Use At ACRL
Open access repositories using DSpace or Fedora open source software are growing in numbers of installations worldwide (1,500+), as well as in the volume and diversity of resources that they help to make available... Read More »
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Open Access Aids Science Research
No one likes paying for the same thing twice. This holds true for federally funded scientific research. For years, scholarly journals have relied on taxpayers paying for research on the front end and access to the results on the back. It is past time to embrace an open access policy for scientific research. Read More »
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Obama Eyes $2B Increase In IT Budget
The president’s budget proposes nearly $2 billion in additional information technology funding for 2014, which would raise overall IT spending to $82 billion. Read More »
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Latest “Red Meat Study” Doubly Flawed
No, meat is not unsafe—nor is L-carnitine.A recent study published in the journal Nature Medicine associates the amino acid L-carnitine, found in red meat, supplements, and sports supplements, with the risk of heart disease. Read More »
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Kenya's Ushahidi Brings Tech Help Where It's Needed Most
“If it works in Africa it will work anywhere.” It’s something occasionally said about the mobile market on the continent. It’s something that Juliana Rotich has lived as the head of Ushahidi, a non-profit tech organization born during the chaos of post-election violence in Kenya... Read More »
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