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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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Oversight Committee Passes IT Reform Act, Giving CIOs Budget Authority

Joseph Marks | Nextgov | March 20, 2013

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee unanimously passed legislation on Wednesday that would mark the most significant reform in more than a decade to the way the government purchases information technology. Read More »

Oversight Holds Hearing Tuesday On Wasteful IT Spending

Press Release | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | January 17, 2013

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., has called a hearing next Tuesday at 1 p.m. focusing on the wasteful and dysfunctional fashion in which the federal government acquires information technology (IT) systems and services. Read More »

Overview of Open Source and VistA in the UK's NHS

By Ewan Davis | July 11, 2013

There is much widely publicised interest from NHS England in encouraging the development and implementation of open-source software in the National Health System (NHS) with the debate raging in a number of forums, notably on EHI where this article and the comments it has generated are vital reading for anyone interested in this issue. This debate has been fueled by the availability of NHS England’s £260 million Technology Fund which is actively soliciting open source projects include bids to implement an NHS VistA... Read More »

Overwhelming Majority of European Parliament Members Vote To Strike-Down ACTA

David Hammerstein | David Hammerstein's Blog | July 4, 2012

It is the first time the European Parliament has rejected an international treaty already signed by the European Commission (and by 22 of 27 EU member states). The power of the EU´s legislative branch has been clearly reinforced. This time the Parliament has not been the usual a rubber-stamp for questionable EU trade proposals. Read More »

Overworked EHR Vendors Not Big On Tech Support

Paul Cerrato | InformationWeek | August 6, 2012

Don't expect much help after signing on the dotted line for a new electronic help record system. EHR vendors' resources are stretched thin as they struggle to meet demand, and you'll have to find ways to fill the inevitable gaps in support and employee training. Read More »

OW2 Announces OW2con'12: “The Open Source Alternative”

Press Release | OW2 | July 19, 2012

Today, at the O'Reilly OSCON Open Source Convention, OW2, the global open source community for open source infrastructure software and applications platforms, announces OW2con'12, the fourth edition of the community's annual conference, to be held in Paris, November 28-29, 2012. Read More »

Oxford University's OSS Watch Looking for Open Source Community and Development Managers

Sander van der Waal | OSS Watch | June 10, 2012

The University of Oxford hosts OSS Watch, an open source advisory service to the UK higher and Further Education sector. We assist in the use and development of open source solutions. We are currently looking for a Service/Community Manager and a Development Manager.

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Pahlka Named Deputy CTO Of Innovation

Camille Tuutti | FedScoop | May 30, 2013

Jennifer Pahlka, founder and executive director at Code for America, announced May 30 she is joining OSTP to serve as deputy chief technology officer for government innovation under U.S. CTO Todd Park. Read More »

Pakistan Uses Smartphone Data To Head Off Dengue Outbreak

Susan Young | MIT Technology Review | October 30, 2012

Algorithms tell government workers where to seek out the telltale mosquito larvae that causes the disease. Read More »

Palomar Health And Qualcomm Launch Glassware Medical Incubator

Press Release | Palomar Health, Qualcomm Life, Inc. | July 25, 2013

Glassomics Will Discover How Wearable Computing Devices Can Impact the Healthcare Industry Read More »

Palomar Health Now Testing DIRECT Messaging Technology For Secure Exchange Of Patient Information Among Health Care Providers

Press Release | Palomar Health | April 16, 2013

Pilot implementation in San Diego County health care district allows participating providers to exchange patient health information per the secure messaging protocols defined by the DIRECT Project. Read More »

Panama Hopeful US Will Finally Clean Up Chemical Weapons Left From WWII

Staff Writer | RT.com | October 9, 2013

Panama and the United States are locked in a dispute over unexploded chemical weapons US soldiers left on an island of the Central American country over 60 years ago, now in the way of a major canal expansion project. Read More »

Panasonic To Adopt Mozilla Firefox OS Open Platform For Next Generation Smart TVs

Richard Harris | App Developer Magazine | January 12, 2014

Mozilla has scored another win in its efforts to expand its Firefox Os with the announcement that it is joining with Panasonic to bring Firefox to the next generation of smart TVs. Read More »

Pandemic and all-hazards preparedness, response law emboldens U.S. disaster recovery efforts

Kim Reilly | Homeland Preparedness News | June 25, 2019

The Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing (PAHPA) Innovation Act, S. 1379, became law on Monday with the president's signature, prompting accolades from national stakeholders, company executives and federal lawmakers. The far-reaching law ensures the United States will be better prepared to respond to a wide range of public health emergencies, whether man-made or occurring through a natural disaster or infectious disease. Overall, the law aims to bolster the nation's health security strategy, strengthen the country's emergency response workforce, prioritize a threat-based approach, and increase communication across the advanced research and development of medical countermeasures (MCMs), among numerous provisions contained in the law.