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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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Forest Services Seeks Online Storefront For Digital Maps

Joseph Marks | Nextgov | February 15, 2013

The U.S. Forest Service wants to contract with online retailers so it can sell digital and digitally-enhanced versions of its national forest maps and atlases along with forest map-based mobile apps, according to solicitation documents posted Thursday. Read More »

ForgeRock Grabs $15M to push Access & Identity Management Software

Jordan Novet | GigaOM | April 8, 2013

Formed after the Oracle bought Sun, ForgeRock has emerged as a contender in the access and identity management space, and it seeks more consumer-facing deployments. Read More »

ForgeRock Joins Open Invention Network as Licensee

Press Release | ForgeRock, Open Invention Network | August 10, 2012

Open Invention Network (OIN) today extended the Linux ecosystem with the signing of ForgeRock as a licensee. Read More »

ForgeRock Launches Open Identity Stack To Protect Enterprise, Cloud, Social, And Mobile Applications

Press Release | ForgeRock | November 14, 2012

ForgeRock Inc., the pioneer of open source Identity and Access Management (IAM), today announced availability of the first and only unified, 100% Open Source Stack to secure applications and services across enterprise, cloud, social and mobile environments. Read More »

ForgeRock Releases Breakthrough Identity Bridge For Cloud Service Providers

Press Release | ForgeRock | July 30, 2013

Service providers can now synchronize cloud and traditional enterprise identity infrastructures and accelerate cloud adoption with the ForgeRock identity bridge, a new customizable on-premises software appliance Read More »

ForgeRock Spring 2013 Open Identity Stack Enables Easy And Secure App And Access Management

Peter Bernstein | TechZone 360 | February 19, 2013

One of the hardest nuts to crack has been for the industry to develop a capability for IT professionals that makes identity authentication easy while at the same time making it more secure... Read More »

ForgeRock Summit At French Chateau Draws International Identity Experts, Analysts And Community

Press Release | ForgeRock | August 14, 2013

ForgeRock, the leading commercial open source provider of identity and access management (IAM) security solutions, will hold its first European Open Identity Stack Summit, October 14-16 at Domaine de Béhoust in the Yvelines region of France, near Paris. Read More »

ForgeRock’s First Summit Geek Out Goes Big

Rebecca Golden | ForgeRock | June 21, 2013

You probably thought the big news last week was the Snowden leak. But the REALLY BIG news was the smashing success of ForgeRock’s first Open Identity Stack Summit! Read More »

Formedix Partners With OpenClinica To Deliver Automated End-to-End Clinical Trial Builds

Press Release | Formedix, OpenClinica | October 25, 2013

Clinical trial automation solutions provider, Formedix announces the launch of Transform for OpenClinica, with latest technology partner OpenClinica, helping companies to drive efficiencies in study set-up and study build of their clinical trials. Read More »

Formedix Releases Transform for OpenClinica to Drive Efficiencies in Clinical Trials

Press Release | Formedix, OpenClinica | November 19, 2013

Clinical trial automation solutions provider, Formedix announces the release of Transform for OpenClinica, with latest technology partner OpenClinica, delivering automation to companies in clinical trial set-up and build.

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Former FCC Head: In Times Of Crisis, Open WiFi Can Keep Us Connected

Michael Morisy | Boston.com | June 6, 2013

After the Boston Marathon bombings, the traditional cellular networks went down hard and fast. Could generous strangers and ad hoc access help us weather the next disaster without losing touch? Read More »

Former Microsoft Executive Says CEO Ballmer Culls Internal Rivals To Retain Power

Bill Rigby | Reuters | January 21, 2013

Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer is not the right leader for the world's largest software company but holds his grip on it by systematically forcing out any rising manager who challenges his authority, claims a former senior executive who has written a book about his time at the company. Read More »

Former ONC Chief Kolodner Named CMO At Telehealth Company ViTel Net

Joseph Conn | ModernHealthcare.com | May 6, 2013

Veteran physician informaticist Dr. Robert Kolodner, the former head of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology at HHS, has been named VP and chief medical officer at ViTel Net, McLean, Va., a provider of telehealth software and services, the company has announced. Read More »

Former ONC Leaders Cite Challenges in Maximizing EHR Benefits

Joseph Goedert | Health Data Management | September 12, 2017

Four former national coordinators for health information technology have penned a perspective on achievements made in using electronic health records under the HITECH Act and where providers and the HIT industry still must go to continue past progress. The law spurred rapid progress toward digitizing the industry, which now is at an inflection point, say the authors, who include Vindell Washington, MD, Karen DeSalvo, MD, Farzad Mostashari, MD, and David Blumenthal, MD. EHRs have primed the industry to now achieve several positive results, including improving clinical guidelines, and sharing patient data seamlessly and securely...