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Q&A: What the NwHIN Folks are Learning from DoD and VA Open Source eEforts
The DoD and VA are employing open source in their mammoth joint iEHR to an extent the federal government has not previously attempted – and among the agencies keeping a close eye on that is ONC. Read More »
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Q&A: Why The U.S. Actually Needs Those Crazy ICD-10 Codes
For a bit of perspective on medical coding: ICD-9 was developed in the 1970’s — in the 70’s people could smoke in the hospital. Fast forward to 2012 and the raft of ICD-10 jokes began [...]. But lost amid the comedy, particularly on the national level, has been anyone publicly challenging those punchlines and explaining exactly why the U.S. as a nation really needs the new code sets. Read More »
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Q&A: Why Was The VA Hacked?
In early June, a former Department of Veterans Affairs IT manager told members of the House Veterans Affairs Committee that the VA’s databases have been hacked by at least eight foreign organizations — notably by organizations linked with the Chinese military, which may have viewed (or taken) veterans’ personal identifying data, like Social Security numbers. Read More »
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Qbase Announces Enhanced Software Release 4.8 For MetaCarta Geographic Search And Referencing Platform
New release introduces Human Geography Entity Data Module (HG EDM), expanded street address country coverage and more Read More »
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Qbase Mobile Application Wins DoD/VA iEHR Award
Qbase Homeless REACH achieves more recognition; app helps caregivers for nation’s homeless access local services, resources. Read More »
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Qcloud Initiative Offers Open-Access Quantum Computing
A cutting-edge initiative allowing users to access a miniature quantum processor chip via the Internet is to be launched by the University of Bristol. Read More »
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QScience Now Publishing Open Access Ebooks
QScience has published it first open access ebook, ‘An Islamic Modification of the Person-Centered Counseling Approach’ by Aisha Salman Al-Thani of Qatar University. This book explores the possibility of applying a modified person-centered counseling approach (PCA) as a nondirective way of helping and supporting Muslim clients in the state of Qatar [...]. Read More »
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Qualcomm Exec: In Health, We're 'Driving Without A Dashboard'
Despite the boom in connected health devices and the ‘quantified self’ movement, Qualcomm exec Clint McCellan says people won’t get a fuller picture of the health until interoperable systems make it possible to correlate siloed streams of biometric data. Read More »
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Qualidigm Announces New Chief Executive Officer
Qualidigm, the national health care consulting company headquartered in Rocky Hill, Conn., has named Timothy M. Elwell as its new CEO following an extensive national search. Effective immediately, Elwell succeeds Marcia K. Petrillo as CEO. Petrillo, who announced her retirement last June, led the growing and award-winning organization for more than 37 years. Read More »
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Quality And Safety Implications Of Emergency Department Information Systems
The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services “meaningful use” incentive programs [...] have galvanized hospital efforts to implement hospital-based electronic health records. Read More »
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Quality Systems, Inc. Acquires Mirth Corporation
[Quality Systems, Inc.], announced today it has acquired Mirth Corporation, a global leader in health information technology that helps clients achieve interoperability. The acquisition will enhance the Company’s current enterprise interoperability initiatives and broaden its accountable and collaborative care, population health, disease management and clinical data exchange offerings. Read More »
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Quality, Disparity Reports Show Little Healthcare Improvement for Minorities
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) released two healthcare reports last Friday showing that overall in the years 2002 through 2008, quality, access and disparities in healthcare for most racial and ethnic groups improved minimally, if at all. Read More »
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Quanta Launches Open Compute Solutions, Including Open Rack
For years, Quanta Computer has been building servers for Facebook and Rackspace based on design concepts advanced by the Open Compute Project (OCP). Today Quanta QCT launched a line of hardware products making those Open Compute designs available to a broader pool of customers.
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Queensland Clinical Trials and Biostatistics Centre Selects OpenClinica Enterprise Clinical Trial Software
OpenClinica...announces that the Clinical Trials and Biostatistics Centre at the University of Queensland School of Population Health has selected OpenClinica Enterprise as their electronic data capture and clinical data management platform of choice.
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Queensland Health Accused of Bias Towards IT Supplier Cerner Corporation [Australia]
Confidential papers show a Health boss already was in talks with software company Cerner Corporation at least a year before consultants were hired to conduct an external investigation into potential suppliers. The electronic medical records project was even given the codename "Project Mango" to avoid constantly naming Cerner in official correspondence, the papers said. Read More »
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