News

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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TPP Announce Integration With The MIG

Staff Writer | TPP | January 17, 2013

TPP have announced that their clinical software, SystmOne, will link with the Medical Interoperability Gateway (MIG). Read More »

TracFone Wireless Lends Support to "Precision Medicine Challenge" to Benefit Underserved in U.S.

Press Release | Tracfone | November 10, 2015

TracFone Wireless Inc. (TracFone) is partnering with the National Health IT Collaborative for the Underserved (NHIT) to support the "Advancing Health Equity through Precision Medicine Tools" Challenge (www.PMIChallenge.org). TracFone and the other partners in the Challenge are being recognized here this week for their support during the HIMSS Connected Health Conference. The Challenge is an undertaking of the National Health IT Collaborative for the Underserved (NHIT Collaborative) to:

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Tracking Deadly Superbug Infections Across Europe with Web-Based Open Tools that Use Genome Sequencing and Open APIs

Press Release | Centre for Genomic Pathogen Surveillance, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute | May 5, 2016

For the first time, scientists have shown that MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) and other antibiotic-resistant ‘superbug’ infections can be tracked across Europe by combining whole-genome sequencing with a web-based system. In mBio today (5 May 2016) researchers at Imperial College London and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute worked with a European network representing doctors in 450 hospitals in 25 countries to successfully interpret and visualise the spread of drug-resistant MRSA...

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Tracking Disease One Text at a Time

Belinda Luscombe | TIME.com | August 15, 2012

How cheap cell phones — and quick thumbs — are saving lives in Uganda

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Tracking Healthcare Innovation At The World's End

Benjamin Harris | Government Health IT | May 30, 2013

Afghanistan doesn't come to mind when you ask me to list some of the top crucibles of innovation in healthcare right now. [...] Adversity, however, can be a prerequisite for change. Read More »

Tracking Real-Time Health With Twitter Data Serves As An Early Warning System

Sarah Fudin | OpenSource.com | May 1, 2013

As the open source ethic has changed the way that we share and develop resources, crowdsourcing is redefining how we can create new resources based upon that willingness to share. One example of crowdsourcing at work for the betterment of us all is public health researchers turning to Twitter to collect real-time data about public health. Read More »

Tractor Owners Using Pirated Firmware To Dodge John Deere's Ham-Fisted Attempt To Monopolize Repair

Karl Bode | Tech Dirt | March 29, 2017

We've been noting for a while how numerous states have been pushing so-called "right to repair" bills, which would make it easier for consumers to repair their own products and find replacement parts and tools. Not surprisingly, many tech companies have been working overtime to kill these bills. That includes Apple, which recently proclaimed that Nebraska's right to repair bill would turn the state into a nefarious playground for hackers. Opposition also includes Sony and Microsoft, which both tend to enjoy a repair monopoly on their respective video game consoles...

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Trade Group Calls For Level Playing Field, Publishes Guideline On Procurement

Gijs Hillenius | European Commission (EC) | March 19, 2014

Public administrations should give a fair chance to open source when procuring IT solutions, says the OSB Alliance, a trade group for some ninety German, Swiss and Austrian open source ICT service providers. "All other things being equal, open source software should be preferred because of its benefits." [...]

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Trafficked Into Slavery On Thai Trawlers To Catch Food For Prawns

Kate Hodal and Chris Kelly | The Guardian | June 10, 2014

The Thai fishing industry is built on slavery, with men often beaten, tortured and sometimes killed - all to catch 'trash fish' to feed the cheap farmed prawns sold in the west Read More »

Tragedy In Kenya

Paul Biondich | OpenMRS | September 23, 2013

Many of you are already aware that over this past weekend in Kenya, gunmen attacked a shopping center in Nairobi, taking hostages, killing many people, and wounding many more. The many images and stories that have come through the news outlets sadden us all within the OpenMRS community. [...] Read More »

Train Wreck Raises Questions About DISA Back-Up

Bob Brewin | Nextgov | August 24, 2012

A train wreck in Ellicott City, Md., Tuesday cut a fiber optic cable used to provide Internet service to Guantanamo Navy base, Cuba, Steven Doub, a spokesman for the Defense Information Systems Agency confirmed. Read More »

Trans Pacific Partnership: Why It Matters In The USA

Mitch Stoltz | Electronic Frontier Foundation | December 4, 2012

The U.S. and other governments are meeting yet again to hash out the secret Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP), this time in New Zealand. International trade agreements may seem far removed from our daily lives. Why should people in the U.S. take action against TPP? Read More »

TransCelerate BioPharma Inc. Releases First Update On Risk-Based Monitoring Of Clinical Trials Initiative, Yields Key Lessons And Training Materials

Press Release | TransCelerate BioPharma Inc. | January 30, 2014

In its continued effort to modernize and streamline the way clinical trials are conducted and monitored, TransCelerate BioPharma Inc.  ("TransCelerate") is providing the first update to its position paper outlining a methodology for risk-based site monitoring ("Risk-Based Monitoring" or "RBM") released in June 2013. Read More »

TransCelerate Identifies Pharmacovigilance as an Operational Challenge in Need of Transformation

Press Release | TransCelerate BioPharma Inc. | March 29, 2017

TransCelerate BioPharma Inc. today announced that it has added Pharmacovigilance to its portfolio, establishing two new global initiatives: 1.) Interpretation of Pharmacovigilance Regulations and 2.) Value of Safety Information Data Sources. Both initiatives aim to create solutions that will reduce resource inefficiencies, enhance information exchange with global health authorities and improve patient safety to drive more value for patients...

Transcribing Manuscripts With Crowdsourcing

Isaac M. Alderman | Bible Junkies | October 16, 2013

Over the past few years, there has been a growing interest in the power of crowdsourcing, or getting lots of people to each do a little bit of work.  Scientists in particular have utilized this to get people to go through huge amounts of data.  This approach has also been used in the humanities, in the collection of data for local histories, for example. Read More »