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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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Top 3 blockchain-based healthcare companies to watch in 2017

Peter B. Nichol | CIO | December 13, 2016

Game theory is the science of strategy. A branch of mathematics and economics that explores strategic situations across multiple stakeholders with different goals, whose actions can affect one another. Pioneering companies are changing the game with blockchain technologies. The new game of consumer interactions redefines transparency, immutability and security across industries. Much progress has been made with game theory. John von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern’s 1944 book Game Theory and Economic Behavior outlined classic game theory...

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Top 4 Care-Transition Benefits Of DoD, VA Joint iEHR

Benjamin Harris | Government Health IT | November 13, 2012

Caring for the nation's service members has never been easy. Providing world-class medical attention for the men and women of the Armed Forces from the front lines to the hospitals and clinics of the Veterans Administration (VA) is a daunting task that entails massive logistical and data hurdles. Read More »

Top 5 Open Source Project Management Tools In 2014

Robin Muilwijk | OpenSource.com | January 6, 2014

Last year, Opensource.com covered some popular open source project management tools (ProjectLibre, ]project-open[, and OpenProject.) We found these articles to be valuable to our readers, so here we take a look forward at what we think 2014 holds for these open source project management tools. Read More »

Top 5 Reasons The Ubuntu Linux Phone Might Make It

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols | ZDNet | January 11, 2013

True, Ubuntu on the phone has many obstacles in its way, but it also has many things going for it as well. Read More »

Top 5 Things Angie Bryon Loves About Drupal

Jason Hibbets | opensource.com | October 17, 2013

Angie Byron is an advocate for Drupal. Commonly known online as webchick, she is a Drupal core co-maintainer. She has her finger on the pulse of the community, helping to manage over 1,600 contributors from all over the world. Read More »

Top 5 Things Investors Look For In A Fundable Digital Health Startup

Saif Abed | HIT Consultant | June 24, 2013

Dr. Saif Abed shares his top five key investment criteria when reviewing a digital health startup. Read More »

Top Cardiologist Blasts Nutrition Guidelines

Larry Huston | MedPage Today | February 27, 2017

One of the world's top cardiologists says that many of the major nutrition guidelines have no good basis in science. "I'm not a nutrition scientist and that may be an advantage because every week in the newspaper we read something is good for you and the same thing the next week is bad for you," said Salim Yusuf, MD, DPhil, (McMaster University), at Cardiology Update 2017, a symposium presented by the European Society of Cardiology and the Zurich Heart House...

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Top HIT Trends For 2014: Accelerated Change Is Coming

Karin Ratchinsky | Healthcare IT News | January 16, 2014

Healthcare IT News recently published a series of articles looking back at the incredible progress HIT has made over the last decade. The last nine quarters in particular, starting not surprisingly when Meaningful Use checks got posted for EMR implementation, have seen remarkable accelerated change. [...] Read More »

Top Medicare Prescribers Rake In Speaking Fees From Drugmakers

Charles Ornstein, Tracy Weber, and Jennifer LaFleur | ProPublica | June 25, 2013

When the blood pressure drug Bystolic hit the market in 2008, it faced a crowded field of cheap generics. So its maker, Forest Laboratories, launched a promotional assault [...]. It flooded the offices of health professionals with drug reps, and it hired doctors to persuade their peers to choose Bystolic — even though the drug hadn't proved more effective than competitors. Read More »

Top Ten Healthcare Quotes For 2013

Dan Munro | Forbes | December 22, 2013

This list is by no means comprehensive – it’s simply a list of ten quotes I heard (or saw) throughout the year that made me grab a keyboard. Read More »

Top VA Tech Official Pushes Agile Development

Andy Medici | Federal Times | November 13, 2013

The Veterans Affairs Department should engage in more agile development in order to make more responsive and innovative programs, according to the agency’s top technology official. Read More »

TopCoder Teams With NASA And National Geographic Emerging Explorer Albert Lin To Create A Powerful Algorithm That Identifies Human-Built Structures In Genghis Khan's Homeland

Press Release | TopCoder, Inc. | September 12, 2013

Partnership will accelerate how NASA assesses planetary imagery and will better enable Lin to identify, protect and preserve the integrity of undiscovered sites of cultural and historical significance worldwide Read More »

TopCoder's Global Community Surpasses Half A Million Members

Press Release | TopCoder, Inc. | July 30, 2013

TopCoder®, Inc., the world's largest open innovation platform and competitive community of digital creators, surpassed half a million community members yesterday. Representing the world's best algorithmists, software developers and creative artists, the members compete and collaborate to create valuable, real-world solutions on TopCoder's state-of-the-art platform. Read More »

Torvalds Shares $1.5m Tech Prize After Split Decision

Bobbie Johnson | GigaOM | June 13, 2012

Linux creator Linus Torvalds has been honored with Finland’s prestigious Grand Millennium Technology Prize — often called the “Nobel of hi-tech” — for his work on open source software. But for the first time, the €1.2 million ($1.5 million) award will be split between two laureates, after the judging panel was unable to decide between them.

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TPP And Microtest Sign Up For MIG

Staff Writer | eHealth Insider | January 18, 2013

More than 99% of UK GPs will be able to share patient data following the integration of TPP and Microtest with the Medical Interoperability Gateway. Read More »