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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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For Long-Term Care, Many HIE Miles To Go

Anthony Brino | Government Health IT | December 12, 2013

Many of the nation’s largest long-term care providers are using electronic health records and providing their residents with Internet access, but few of them are sharing health information with outside entities, creating potential gaps in the care continuum for patients. Read More »

For Many, Obama's Promise Of Health Care Choice Does Not Ring True

Laura Koran | CNN | October 31, 2013

In her grilling on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius reiterated a frequent assertion in the Obamacare sales pitch --- consumers have options when shopping for insurance plans on the health care exchanges.

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For Medicare, Immigrants Offer Surplus, Study Finds

Sabrina Tavernise | New York Times | May 29, 2013

Immigrants have contributed billions of dollars more to Medicare in recent years than the program has paid out on their behalf, according to a new study, a pattern that goes against the notion that immigrants are a drain on federal health care spending. Read More »

For National Health IT Week, A Look In The Crystal Ball

Jeff Rowe | Government Health IT | September 10, 2012

It being the beginning of National Health IT Week, it seems appropriate to spend a couple days considering some of the health IT predictions being offered by observers around the country. Read More »

For Patents, Against Open Access: The Sad State Of University Leadership

Michael Eisen | It Is NOT Junk | February 15, 2013

Quick. Name a leader of a major research university who has taken a courageous stand on any important issue in the last decade. I know they’re out there. They must be. But I can’t think of one. Instead, I’m left dumfounded reading this amicus brief filed in a case – Bowman v. Monsanto – about to be heard by the US Supreme Court. Read More »

For Some Practices, EHRs Aren't Worth It

Paul Cerrato | Healthcare IT News | October 17, 2013

Looking to sell your medical practice? Don't waste time and money upgrading your IT. Read More »

For Stage 2 MU, Don't Assume Vendors Have You Covered

Diana Manos | Government Health IT | March 4, 2013

A packed house at the Meaningful Use Symposium held March 3 at the 2013 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition couldn't help but inspire awe and possibly conjure a little concern in the hearts of those attending. Read More »

Force 3 Expands Medical Imaging Offering with Acquisition of Open Source secureRAD

Press Release | Force 3 | June 4, 2012

“The acquisition of secureRAD allows Force 3 to offer technology that addresses the significant market for medical imaging, building on our growing customer base in healthcare,” said Chris Knotts, Force 3 Vice President of Technology and Innovation. “secureRAD owns customer relationships in the commercial and government space and the company’s focus on open source software running on low-cost, off-the-shelf hardware has tremendous market potential.” Read More »

Forced Exposure

Pamela Jones | Groklaw | August 20, 2013

The owner of Lavabit tells us that he's stopped using email and if we knew what he knew, we'd stop too. There is no way to do Groklaw without email. Therein lies the conundrum. What to do? Read More »

Forces & Trends That Will Impact The Laboratory Informatics Market In 2014

Staff Writer | Labmate Online | December 3, 2013

[...] Michael Shanler, Research Director at Gartner, John Wise, Executive Director at The Pistoia Alliance and Gernot Goeller, Head O&I CoE ED &CMC at Bayer Pharma took part in a series of interviews surrounding the key trends that will impact the laboratory informatics industry in 2014 and beyond. Read More »

Ford Goes Open Source To Speed App Development

Doug Newcomb | Wired | March 1, 2013

In the ecosystem gamble of “open” or “closed,” Ford is putting all its chips on open. At this week’s Mobile World Congress, Ford announced it’s releasing the proprietary source code for its Sync AppLink platform to Genivi, an automotive-centric open source alliance. Read More »

Ford Loads Up Spotify As The First Apps Make It Through Its Open Dev Program

Kevin Fitchard | GigaOM | February 25, 2013

At Mobile World Congress, Spotify debuted in its first cars appearing in Ford’s already music-loaded Sync AppLink platform. Ford CTO Paul Mascarenas also told us that its graduate its first apps from its developer program. Read More »

Ford Thinks Russian Space Robots Could Help Make Your Car Safer

Damon Lavrinc | Wired | August 21, 2013

...The communication system between the International Space Station and Earth is one of the most robust ever created. And that’s why Ford is tapping Russian researchers to learn how they maintain the flow of information to both the systems and their robot caretakers, and then apply it to create safer cars that talk to one another. Read More »

Ford's New Custom Model Is An App Toolkit

Adrian Bridgwater | Dr. Dobb's | January 14, 2013

OpenXC vehicle open source hardware and software platform and toolkits for custom apps Read More »

Foreign Countries Hack VA System And Expose Vulnerabilities

Patrick Ouellette | HealthITSecurity.com | June 5, 2013

The Veterans Health Administration, the largest integrated health care system in the U.S., has reportedly been hacked numerous times by foreign countries such as China and Russia since 2010... Read More »