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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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Omics Future On Personalized Medicine, Computer Breeding And Open Platform

Staff Writer | Phys.org | November 4, 2013

As one of the most influential and fruitful annual conference in "Omics", the 8th International Conference on Genomics (ICG-8) was successfully concluded on November 1st with numerous updates provided on on-going research applying today's accurate and affordable technologies to advancing human health and agricultural breeding. [...] Read More »

OMICS Group Declares The Acquisition Of The Journal-Immunome Research

Press Release | OMICS Group | July 25, 2013

OMICS Group Inc., a scientific organization that drives the progress of research through open access journals, announced a landmark agreement with Nikolai Petrovsky Publishing for acquisition of Immunome Research [...]. Read More »

OMICS Group International Is The New Publisher Of 14 Noble Laureates Supporting Cellular And Molecular Biology : 60 Years Old Reputed Medline Indexed Journal

Press Release | OMICS Group International, Cellular and Molecular Biology | September 14, 2013

Dean Dr. Raymond J. Wegmann, the founding editor of Cellular and Molecular Biology signed agreement at OMICS Office and stated that, “OMICS Publishing Group is a better publisher than any other publishing house.” Read More »

OMICS Group International Launches Its First Mobile App

Press Release | OMICS Group International | October 8, 2013

OMICS Group International, unveils its mobile application (app) today. Users can search, browse, read and bookmark full text content from over 300 peer reviewed OMICS Group journals and latest updates on conferences organized by OMICS Group. OMICS App is available free of charge and can be downloaded from the Google play store. Read More »

OMICS Group International Stretches Its Horizons By Venturing Into Outsourcing

Press Release | OMICS Group | August 21, 2013

OMICS Group International ties up with 100 global scientific societies and expands partnership with more associations. Read More »

OMICS Publishing Group And International Society For Ceramics In Medicine are Making Research On Bioceramics Open Access

Press Release | OMICS Group Incorporation, Ashdin Publishing | July 10, 2013

Strengthened by its Open Access initiatives, OMICS Group is pleased to publish the Bioceramics Development & Applications from 2013 onwards, the flagship journal of International Society for Ceramics in Medicine. Read More »

OMICS Publishing Group Ties Up With 100 Eminent Societies To Make Healthcare Information Open Access

Press Release | OMICS Publishing Group | August 9, 2013

OMICS Publishing Group has signed agreement with 100 prestigious organizations of scientific, academic and research excellence across the globe with a view to collaborate and make healthcare information Open Access. Read More »

Omidyar Network Releases African Entrepreneurship Report, It’s A Must Read

Nur Bremmen | Ventureburn | April 19, 2013

We have the pleasure of presenting the Accelerating Entrepreneurship in Africa report compiled by the Omidyar Network, the philanthropic foundation established by Pierre Omidyar — the founder of eBay — in partnership with global strategy consulting film, Monitor Group. Read More »

OmniOS Wants To Fill The OpenSolaris Void

Adrian Bridgwater | Dr. Dobb's | November 14, 2012

Open source software operating system has improved ZFS support and new tools Read More »

On EHR Data Integrity: A Patient's Perspective

Deborah Kohn | Government Health IT | May 14, 2013

Now that portions of patient EHRs and visit summaries are available via portals and meaningful use requirements, not only will the organizations’ internal users be complaining about system flaws, poor configurations or outstanding training issues — but so will the external users, the patients and recipients of the health information. Read More »

On Making Standards Organizations and Open Source Communities Work Hand in Hand

Benjamin Cabe | LinkedIn Pulse | May 25, 2016

Did you know that the Eclipse Foundation is home to many open source implementations of industry standards? From IETF to ISO to oneM2M or OASIS, we have many open source projects that provide industrial-grade implementations that anyone can use to evaluate a given standard, or to effectively use it in their commercial solution. We do believe that open source is key to the adoption of standards, and in a presentation I gave last week at an Open Source Think Tank organized by IEEE, I shared some thoughts on what makes a standard successful, as well as how Eclipse has proved with recent success stories that open source and open communities are a key factor.

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On Monographs, Libraries And Blogging: A Conversation With Duke University Press, Part One

Adeline Koh | Chronicle of Higher Education | April 9, 2013

This is part 1 of the ninth interview in a series, Digital Challenges to Academic Publishing, by Adeline Koh. Each article in this series features an interview with an academic publisher, press or journal editor on how their organization is changing in response to the digital world. Read More »

On MU Critics, HITECH, And Vested Interests

Jeff Rowe | Government Health IT | October 22, 2012

This being peak political season, it seems appropriate, given the opportunity, to pull the curtain back on how politics, for better or worse, often works. Read More »

On Open Access, #AltAc And The Future Of The Academic Press: A Conversation With Duke University Press, Part Three

Adeline Koh | The Chronicle of Higher Education | April 25, 2013

This is part 3 (the final part) of the ninth interview in a series, Digital Challenges to Academic Publishing, by Adeline Koh. Each article in this series features an interview with an academic publisher, press or journal editor on how their organization is changing in response to the digital world. Read More »

On Quora, Park Highlights White House Innovation, Entrepreneurship Efforts

Luke Fretwell | FedScoop | August 1, 2012

Following in the footsteps of his predecessor, U.S. Chief Technology Office Todd Park took to the question-and-answer social network platform Quora to provide a 1,600-word response on how the Obama Administration is fostering innovation and entrepreneurship in America. Read More »