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Opening Europe's Data
The European Public Sector Information (PSI) Directive was created in order to try to change this - to unlock Europe's data and to realise its value to society. Adopted in 2003, and implemented (at least in principle) by EU Member States in 2005, the Directive has the potential to become the basis for 'open by default' information policies across Europe. But has it opened Europe's data? Not exactly - at least not yet.
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Opening Up Open Data: An Interview With Tim O’Reilly
The tech entrepreneur, author, and investor looks at how open data is becoming a critical tool for business and government, as well as what needs to be done for it to be more effective. Read More »
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Opening Up The Indian Rare Disease Market: An Interview With ORD India
We here at Total Orphan Drugs, as part of this month’s focus on emerging markets for the orphan drug industry, have been speaking to Harsha K Rajasimha of the newly formed Organization for Rare Diseases India (ORDI). With a rare disease population estimated to be around 72,611,605 (more than the US and EU rare disease populations combined) the need for orphan treatments is huge, and with little in place so far, India represents a lucrative market to developers and pharma looking to expand their orphan operations.
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Opening Up To Open Source Author’s Book Sheds Light On Coding, Cost Advantages To Help School Curriculums
A local man has made it his mission to spread the word about open source software, hoping that school districts will take advantage of more affordable options to incorporate technology into classroom curriculums. Read More »
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Openly Streamlining Peer Review
We are delighted to host our first guest post on Biologue by James Rosindell and William D. Pearse from Silwood Park, Imperial College London. They share their view on how we might improve peer review. Read More »
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openMAXIMS CIC Founded as NHS Open Source Movement Gathers Pace
The NHS’ open source movement has reached a major milestone with the official launch of the openMAXIMS community interest company (CIC). This will guide the development of an open source electronic patient record system for the NHS. Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust formally signed an agreement on 18th December 2014 to become the initial members of the new organisation and have today received approved establishment from Companies House.
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openMDWS: Transforming VistA Into An Open Source Service-Oriented Platform For Healthcare
...Over the past few weeks I’ve been working on this and wish to announce what I am calling openMDWS. openMDWS is designed to be a fully open source architecture that addresses all the issues I’ve described above. It is completely compatible with and interoperable with the VA’s MDWS initiative, but will allow MDWS services to be developed and used on both Caché and GT.M systems, without requiring any additional technologies... Read More »
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OpenMRS & OpenEMR Community Members Join Forces - Announce LibreHealth
Senior contributors and leaders from OpenMRS & OpenEMR, the two leading open source Health IT platforms, have announced the formation of LibreHealth, a new initiative to expand on many years of work by those communities’ volunteers through increased focused on needs of its users in critical areas. After many years of growth under the sponsorship of organizations OEMR & OpenMRS Inc., key members of the two communities have joined forces to launch a successor free & open source software community to fulfill their vision of improved health outcomes around the world.
OpenMRS Community Announces Malawi will be the Host Country for OMRS17
OpenMRS Global Events Manager Christine Gichuki announced yesterday that Malawi has been chosen as the host country for the OpenMRS 2017 implemeters meeting (OMRS17). This is a major milestone for the OpenMRS project. OMRS16 was hosted by the government of Uganda last year. The conference was a major success as I decribed in a presentation at the recent OSEHRA 2017 meeting in Bethesda, Maryland. This will be the second OMRS meeting that is hosted the by a national goverment. The incredibly successful meeting in Uganda is described in this article.
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OpenMRS Conference in Uganda Redefines Global Health IT Collaboration
Hundreds of developers and health experts gathered in Uganda this past December to attend the OpenMRS Implementers conference. This event has in many ways redefined the global health IT landscape. This is the first OpenMRS conference that has been officially sponsored by the government of a nation, setting the stage for future conferences that can bring together open source developers and government officials to build national health IT solutions. Read More »
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OpenMRS Contributor of the Month Works on Rwanda eHealth Systems
...These days, I’m working in the Rwanda Ministry of Health’s eHealth Department as an implementation lead and program manager for the Rwanda Health Information Exchange (RHIE) initiative, under a contract to Regenstrief Institute. Our project tries to improve healthcare delivery through implementation of a health information exchange that allows healthcare providers to easily save and access patient information for specific care services... Read More »
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OpenMRS February 2013 Contributor of the Month: Roger Friedman
Each month, we highlight one of the contributors in the OpenMRS community, giving you the opportunity to learn more about the people involved in the project. This month, we’re featuring Roger Friedman, a long-time contributor to the project from the United States. OpenMRS community manager Michael Downey had a chat with Roger to talk about his experiences [...]
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OpenMRS Licensing Moves To MPLv2
In the process of upgrading the software license for OpenMRS, it seems like a good time to review how we got here and why we’re changing our license. Here’s a brief history of OpenMRS Licensing... Read More »
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OpenMRS Road Map Update
The OpenMRS leadership team met in Boston earlier this month to review OpenMRS priorities. Before meeting, we asked for your feedback on OpenMRS priorities to help guide the road map over the next year. Your feedback really helped inform our discussion and focus our priorities.
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OpenMRS Video Presentations Posted on the Web
The Open Medical Record System (OpenMRS) is an open source electronic medical record system (EMR) platform for developing countries supported by a non-profit collaborative led by the Regenstrief Institute and Partners In Health. There is a rapidly growing 'open' community of OpenMRS software developers, users, and vendors around the world. Watch selected video presentations from several OpenMRS community members that they have been posted on YouTube – click on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkGyNBYMTxM&feature=related
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