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Summaries of open source, health care, or health IT news and information from various sources on the web selected by Open Health News (OHNews) staff. Links are provided to the original news or information source, e.g. news article, web site, journal,blog, video, etc.

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Digital Scholarship Centre Will Revolutionize Research

Wade Hemsworth | McMaster University Library | December 5, 2012

An emerging form of scholarship is getting a running start at McMaster, with strong support from a forward-looking couple who had a special understanding of the power of learning. Read More »

Digitized 'Passport' Plan Aims to Improve Doc-patient Interaction

Dan Bowman | Fierce Health IT | April 30, 2012

A Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center program to get patients more involved in their own care is getting a digital makeover, according to a report from Healthcare Informatics. Read More »

Direct Lab Transaction Guide Offered

Marianne Kolbasuk McGee | GovInfoSecurity.com | July 16, 2012

Federal officials have issued guidance on how to exchange lab test results using the Direct Project secure messaging protocol. Read More »

Direct Protocol May Favor Large Providers And Vendors

Scott Mace | HealthLeaders Media | December 10, 2013

A medical group's call for allowing licensed physicians, without vendor interference, to designate any recipients or senders of messages using the Direct protocol puts a spotlight on nagging EHR interoperability issues. Read More »

Direct Secure Messaging Makes Big Impact In Chicago Behavioral Health Community

Erica Galvez | Health IT Buzz | September 5, 2012

Individuals with serious mental illnesses are 2.6 times more likely than the general public to develop cancer and nearly twice as likely to end up in an emergency or inpatient department with a serious injury, according to recent studies conducted at Johns Hopkins. Read More »

Direct Submissions Of Data To ChEMBL And The Open PHACTS Project

Stefan Senger | ChEMBL-og | May 8, 2013

Don’t we just love the fact that these days so much bioactivity data is freely available at no cost (to the end user)? I think we do. The more, the better. So, what would your answer be if someone asked you if you consider it to be a good idea if they would deposit some of their unpublished bioactivity data in ChEMBL? Read More »

Direct-Pay Docs Continue To Tout Model

Debra Beaulieu | FiercePracticeManagement | June 12, 2013

With insurance hassles and high overhead continuing to frustrate doctors, news stories continue to roll in about physicians who've adopted a cash-only model and say they've never been happier. Read More »

Director Of Open Medicine Institute, Linda Tannenbaum: "We Have The Big Plan"

Linda Tannenbaum | ProHealth | June 11, 2013

Invest in ME, a UK charity, holds a yearly conference to explore biomedical research into ME. This year's conference, "Mainstreaming ME Research: Infections, Immunity and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis,”" was held on May 31st in London, and featured a roster of noted physicians and researchers... Read More »

DISA moves to sole source open source support contract

David Perera | FierceGovernmentIT | August 16, 2012

The Defense Information Systems Agency says it intends to sole source an open source support contract for software that in fact appears to be commonly supported. In an Aug. 14 notice posted onto FedBizOps, DISA says only Broomfield, Colo.-based Open Logic is able to provide support for open source software utilized by the Wounded Warrior traumatic brain injury and behavioral health project managed by the Defense Health Information Management System.

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Disaster Communications Goes High Tech [AU]

AAP | ZDNet | September 12, 2013

Summary: Victorian emergency personnel will soon be able to review vital data on their smartphones before they arrive at a disaster scene. A new system that will merge voice, text, email, and location services will allow emergency services workers to communicate via mobile and radio, in an Australian-first trial.

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Disaster Relief Now From DrupalCon

Michael D. Roden | OpenSource.com | June 3, 2013

In an overnight, grassroots movement, the open source platform Drupal has made an impact in Oklahoma. A group of more than 70 volunteer code sprinters—made up of developers, designers, and sys admins—congregated late Tuesday night at DrupalCon in Portland to create help4ok.org. Read More »

Disaster-Mapping Project Helps Spread Reports Of The Czech Floods

Molly Jane Zuckerman | Net Prophet | June 13, 2013

The Krizová mapa Česka, or Crisis Map Czech, an online disaster-mapping project created by a Czech television channel, has provided Czech citizens with up-to-date information about the flooding in the Czech Republic. Read More »

Disbursement Of Federal Health IT Incentives Tops $7 Billion

John Pulley | Nextgov | November 7, 2012

Federal funds continue to benefit health-care providers who demonstrate meaningful use of electronic health records. As of September, incentive programs have distributed more than $3.9 billion through Medicare, $3.5 billion through Medicaid, according to figures provided by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Read More »

Discussing The Benefits Of Open Access In Science

Lia Steakley | Scope | July 24, 2012

Last week, the European Commission pledged to offer free access to publicly funded scientific research and set a goal of making 60 percent of studies and papers produced with taxpayer dollars available by 2016. Read More »

Discussion Flows At YourTurn Sessions

Mike Miliard | Healthcare IT News | February 25, 2014

New this year at the 2014 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition, YourTurn has a democratic spirit. It's a collaborative series of free-flowing 45-minute forums where hosts and attendees are on equal footing: How the conversation unspools is left entirely to how the audience directs it. Read More »