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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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J&J, Roche And Others Back Tech Platform To Bolster Translational Drug Research

Ryan McBride | FierceBiotechIT | April 10, 2013

Pharma experts and academics have joined forces to support an existing platform for managing digital translational research data, and their efforts could boost the plodding pace of drug research. The tranSMART Foundation incorporated as a nonprofit last week to organize the open source effort, Roche's ($RHHBY) Michael Braxenthaler, who serves as co-CEO of the foundation, told FierceBiotech IT. Read More »

Jack Andraka Talks Innovation, Open Access & Life As A Teen Scientist On Colbert Report

Deanna Pogorelc | MedCity News | October 31, 2013

In the midst of the health insurance exchange meltdown, it was nice to see late night TV take a break from criticizing Obamacare news to give healthcare some positive attention last night. Read More »

Jamaican Ministry Of Health Is The First To Adopt Free And Open Source Health System Nationwide

Gabriela Brenes | opensource.com | November 28, 2013

With a bright Caribbean sun and an even brighter welcoming crew, GNU Health unshipped in a new bay recently. In cooperation with the Jamaican Ministry of Health, a group from GNU Solidario visited the country and officially inaugurated the project of deploying GNU Health, a free health and hospital information system, within their public health care system. Read More »

James Risen's Risk Of Prison Means Journalism Is Being Criminalised

Lindsey Bever | The Guardian | August 10, 2013

That a New York Times national security reporter may be jailed for refusing to name a source is a total affront to press freedom Read More »

JAMIA: EMRs can improve quality of care in resource-limited countries

Press Release | Abbott Fund | March 21, 2011

Clinical summaries with computer-generated reminders significantly improved clinician compliance with CD4 testing guidelines in the resource-limited setting of sub-Saharan Africa, according to research published in the March 2011 edition of Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA).

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Japan To Launch National Open Data Portal

Clarice Africa | Asia Pacific Future Gov | March 1, 2013

The Japanese Government will be launching its National Open Data Portal as part of its commitment to create an environment where data is used by citizens to promote innovation, creative industries and knowledge-based services. Read More »

Japan Was The First To Ratify ACTA. Will They Join TPP Next?

Maira Sutton | Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) | October 26, 2012

Two of the biggest threats to the Internet are two international agreements: the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement (TPP) and the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). [...] With these two agreements, both of which contain intellectual property (IP) provisions that would negatively impact digital rights and innovation, the country that sits at the center of play is Japan. Read More »

Japanese Drugmakers Open 'Libraries' In $100 Million Health Project

Ben Hirschler | Reuters | May 30, 2013

Five top Japanese drug companies are to open their "libraries" of experimental compounds to scrutiny by scientists hunting new treatments for malaria, tuberculosis and other diseases affecting the world's poor. Read More »

Jeff Hawkins: Where Open Source And Machine Learning Meet Big Data

Simon Phipps | InfoWorld | August 9, 2013

The Palm pioneer has turned to neuroscience and big data to create a path to truly intelligent machines -- a path open to the community's contributions Read More »

Jembi Combines Efforts With Safe Blood For Africa & CDC!

Press Release | Jembi Health Systems | June 6, 2013

Jembi is excited to announce a promising collaboration with Safe Blood for Africa and CDC towards the objectives of expanding the knowledge pool and ability to support an existing Open Source Blood Service Management tool (V2V). Read More »

Jembi Participates In Artificial Intelligence Workshop In Cape Town

Press Release | The Health Architecture Laboratory (HeAL), Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research (CAIR), Alberta Innovates Centre for Machine Learning (AICML) | April 29, 2013

Jembi Board member, Dr Deshen Moodley, and Executive Director, Prof Chris Seebregts, participated in an artificial intelligence workshop in Cape Town from 24-25 April 2013. Read More »

Jenny Aker On Mobile Phones And Economic Development In Africa

Staff Writer | CDDRL News | November 9, 2009

Jenny Aker an Assistant Professor in the Economics Department and Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, provided an overview of the welfare impacts of mobile technologies and how current research is testing our assumptions about the benefits of mobile phones for individuals in developing countries. Read More »

Jeremiah Owyang: Why The Industrial Revolution Is About To Unravel

Fred Bauters | Silicon Valley News | February 1, 2014

There's a revolution coming, and Jeremiah Owyang wants you to be prepared. In 2005, social media was a nascent topic, viewed as a fad by brands and corporations. He saw it coming then, and believes the next step after social—a collaborative economy based on peer-to-peer transactions and co-innovation—is about to change our world. Read More »

JFrog And Black Duck Software Partner, Announce Integration Of Artifactory Pro And Black Duck Suite

Press Release | Black Duck Software, JFrog | April 3, 2013

Black Duck Software, the trusted partner for open source software adoption, management and governance, and JFrog, creator of the Artifactory Repository Management Solution, today announced a partnership under which JFrog Artifactory Pro is integrated with Black Duck Suite, providing unprecedented levels of control, efficiency and visibility throughout the development lifecycle when using open source components. Read More »

Jimmy Wales To Silicon Valley: Grow Up And Get Over Your Age Bias

Matt Asay | ReadWrite | September 27, 2013

Silicon Valley frowns on age, yet several of its most successful entrepreneurs argue experience tends to trump youthful exuberance. Read More »