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Do We Need Five-Star Open Development?
According to Beth Noveck open data can probably not make government more transparent and accountable. Instead, she holds the value of open data is primarily in making use of the wisdom of crowds to solve complex problems in society. Read More »
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Do We Need Skinny Healthcare Interoperability?
I’ve written previously about the idea of skinny data in healthcare instead of big data. It’s an important concept that I think many are putting into practice. Today [...] Rolando Merino, MD suggested what I think could be called skinny healthcare interoperability. Read More »
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Do We Need To Know What’s In Junk Food?
In the continuing effort to fight obesity in the U.S., the Food and Drug Administration is reviewing its nutrition labeling guidelines. The agency is re-evaluating serving sizes and considering the placement of calorie and nutrition labels on the front of food packages, from cereals to soups to candy. Read More »
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Do You Like Open Source? See you at POSSCON!
Do you like Open Source Software and Development? Well…you should check out POSSCON! What is POSSCON, well it is the Palmetto Open Source Software Conference held in Columbia, SC. There are going to be a host of presenters from four different program tracks that pertain to you: Leadership, Technical, Healthcare, and Education. Open source software continues to be one of the hottest and most relevant topics in information technology as organizations strive to meet the increasing demand for innovation while struggling with shrinking budgets.
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Do You Want The Government Buying Your Data From Corporations?
A new bill moving through Congress would give the authorities unprecedented access to citizens' information. Read More »
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DOAJ Hits 1.5 MILLION Mark!
DOAJ reaches another milestone in 2013 Read More »
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Doc Helps Lead Blue Button 'Revolution'
Watch out for a French person talking about revolution. “The patient is the revolutionary in healthcare these days,” said Dr. Bettina Experton, a French-born oncologist turned U.S. citizen and health IT entrepreneur. “That is why I think Blue Button is revolutionary.” Read More »
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Doc Pay Method May Deter Shift To Value
Shifting doctors to pay-for-value models will not be simple. A recent report from the American Medical Association looked at proposed payment methods in models such as accountable care organizations, episodic bundles of care and risk-adjusted global budgets, to see how they line up with current approaches for compensation. Read More »
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DocGraph Launches Linea
DocGraph is launching a new web based portal Linea (http://www.docgraph.org/linea) to enable the health data science community to discover, aggregate and enrich new open healthcare datasets. DocGraph Linea is based on technology developed and contributed by Merck (known as MSD outside the United States and Canada). DocGraph Linea will provide data scientists a socially-enabled community open data platform that collects details about disparate healthcare datasets, and further allows the community to extend what data is available. Users will be able to search datasets, understand data lineage, view relationship matrices, add metadata, and see community algorithms.
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DocGraph Releases Browser Extension 'Batea' That Helps Medical Students Contribute to Wikipedia Medical Articles
Today DocGraph publicly released Batea, a browser extension that tracks clinical reference URLs visited by medical students when they study. Batea was built by DocGraph with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). Medical students across the country are encouraged to download the Batea extension for use on their personal computers. Browsing histories will be aggregated monthly and shared with WikiProject Medicine to help direct future improvements to Wikipedia medical articles.
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DocGraph: Open Social Doctor Data
An inside look at DocGraph, a data project that shows how the U.S. health care system delivers care. Read More »
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Docs 'Stressed And Unhappy' About EHRs
While physicians recognize the benefits of electronic health records, they also complain that many systems deployed nowadays are cumbersome to use and often act as obstacles to quality care, according to a new report from RAND Corporation. Read More »
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Docs Blame EHRs For Lost Productivity
Nearly 60 percent of ambulatory providers surveyed for a new IDC Health Insights report say they're unsatisfied with their electronic health records, citing frustrations with usability and workflow. Read More »
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Docs Favor Paper Over Portals, Study Shows
Patient portals will become a big part of the requirements doctors must fulfill for Stage 2 meaningful use in the HER incentive program. And that means, doctors have a long way to go to get there, because the vast majority still like communicating the old-fashioned way. Read More »
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Docs File Class Action Lawsuit Over Glitchy Medicaid IT
Among other issues identified by the audit, 12 of the 14 federal- and state-mandated capabilities had not been implemented by their target dates, including rehabilitation care pricing rules and the Medicaid pharmacy program. Read More »
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