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Drugs Are Killing So Many People in Ohio That Cold-Storage Trailers Are Being Used as Morgues
By about 3 p.m. Friday, a county morgue in east Ohio was already full — and more bodies were expected. Rick Walters, an investigator for the Stark County coroner's office, had just left for two death scenes: a suicide and an overdose. From the road, he called the director of the Ohio Emergency Management Agency to ask for help. He needed more space, he explained — specifically, a cold-storage trailer to act as an overflow morgue...
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Drupal Association Launches New Partner Program
Technology partner program aims to advance Drupal integration with ISV, tools & services ecosystem. Read More »
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DSI To Bring Together DoD And VA And Federal Health Agencies For Their 5th DoD/VA iEHR & HIE Summit
Defense Strategies Institute has announced the 5th iteration of their highly regarded DoD/VA iEHR & HIE Summit series that benefits the 501c3 Wounded Warrior Project: taking place September 30 – October 1, 2013 at The Carnegie Library at Mt. Vernon Sq, Washington, D.C. Read More »
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DSI’s 5th DoD/VA iEHR And HIE Summit Will Reconvene September 30 –October 1, 2013 In Washington, D.C. At The Carnegie Library At Mt. Vernon Square
Defense Strategies Institute recently announced that it will reconvene their highly regarded DoD/VA iEHR & HIE Summit September 30, 2013 at The Carnegie Library at Mt. Vernon Square, Washington, D.C. [...] Read More »
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DSS Announces Integration of SMART Alerts into VistA GUI
Document Storage Systems, Inc. (DSS)...today announced its successful integration of SMART Alerts into the Department of Veteran’s Affairs (VA) Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS) Version 31 to enhance patient care for female veterans and workflow for providers. Read More »
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DSS, Inc. and Hospira Complete the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Innovation Initiative Adverse Drug Events Pilot Program to Further Enhance Veteran Care
DSS, Inc., the leading provider of software development and support for VistA and vxVistA, in partnership with Hospira (NYSE: HSP), the world's leading provider of injectable drugs and infusion technologies, today announced the completion of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Innovation Initiative Adverse Drug Events (ADE) project. Read More »
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DSS, Inc. Presents a Panel Discussion on vxVistA.org at OSCON 2010
VistA experts discuss the use of vxVista.org with Atlassian collaboration tools to build an online community for users and developers.
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DSS, Inc. Unveils New Acquisition Purchasing Agent Tool to Benefit Veteran Care
Module Simplifies Procurement of Prosthetics with Automated Workflow to Better Manage Reporting Processes, Streamline Ordering and Reduce Associated Costs with Fewer Errors Read More »
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DSS, Inc., Announces Open Source Version of vxVistA EHR Framework, Joins Open Health Tools Foundation
Leading VistA developer release includes commercial enhancements for non-U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Providers Read More »
Dubai Reveals Master Plan For 500,000 Medical Tourists A Year
Dubai will build 22 hospitals as part of plans to attract 500,000 medical tourists a year and boost its economy by up to Dh2.6 billion by 2020. Thousands of staff will be hired and new visas offered as part of the emirate’s plan to become a major centre for medical tourism by the time it hosts Expo 2020.
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Dublin’s ‘Storyful’ Monetizing News Clips For Citizen Video Journalists
Having built a business verifying newsworthy amateur video for YouTube and several professional news organizations, Storyful now wants to have uploaders profit from their work as well as properly control their rights. Read More »
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DuckDuckGo Search Engine Gets Boost After PRISM Scandal
The 'anonymous' search engine DuckDuckGo is getting a boost off the PRISM scandal that is putting big tech companies like Google and Apple to shame. Read More »
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Dundee Scores Double Win at BBSRC Awards
The University of Dundee issued the following news release: The University of Dundee has won two of the three major prizes at the 2011 BBSRC (Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council) Impact Awards....'These awards from the BBSRC further boost our determination to turn out graduates and carry out research which will carry this impact forward into the future.' Professor Swedlow, based in the College of Life Sciences, was named Innovator of the Year 2011 for his work on the Open Microscopy Environment (OME) - a revolutionary venture into open source software.
Duplicate IT Systems Cost HHS Millions
An auditor found more than $300 million in duplicative IT systems at three different government agencies, including the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services--which has six duplicative systems costing $256 million alone--according to a new Government Accountability Office report. Read More »
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Dutch Libraries Go To Court To Make Sure They Can Lend Ebooks
As we've noted before, many publishers have the crazy attitude that ebooks shouldn't be lent by libraries, and that it should be made harder for people to access literature in these places if it's in a digital form. Read More »
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