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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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VHA Business Architecture Announces Enterprise Architecture Driven Results Award

Press Release | Thomas & Herbert Consulting (T&H), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) | November 4, 2013

Thomas & Herbert Consulting LLC (T&H) announced today that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Business Architecture Service, part of Strategic Investment Management, Office of Informatics and Analytics, was awarded the Leadership in Enterprise Architecture Driven Results - Government Project, Civilian Award [...]. Read More »

VHA, Phytel Join Forces On Population Health

Bernie Monegain | Government Health IT | May 20, 2013

VHA, a nationwide healthcare network of 1,400 not-for-profit healthcare organizations that work to boost clinical performance while reducing costs, has cut a deal with Phytel to help its members tackle population management. Read More »

Vice President Biden Announces Public and Private Sector Actions to Advance Cancer Moonshot Goals

Press Release | White House | October 17, 2016

Today in the Oval Office, Vice President Joe Biden delivered the Cancer Moonshot report to the President and the American public. The report summarizes the work of the Cancer Moonshot Task Force since its creation in January, and lays out the Vice President’s strategic plan for transforming cancer research and care. The report also includes the Cancer Moonshot Blue Ribbon Panel’s identified areas of scientific opportunity. Accompanying these findings and recommendations, today’s report includes the announcement of new commitments toward the goals of the Cancer Moonshot from both the public and private sectors.

Victoria Govt Makes Its Spatial Data Available To Public [Australia]

Michael Lee | ZDNet | July 8, 2013

The Victorian government has released a new set of spatial data as part of its DataVic Access policy, which makes government information freely available to the public.

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Video Presentations Posted by VistA Community Members

Peter Groen | Open Health News (OHN) | March 25, 2011

The VistA Community is composed of a growing number of organizations that provide system implementation,  software development, training, and other support services for the open source VistA electronic health record (EHR) system. Watch selected video presentations from several VistA organizations in the VistA community on their versions of the open source VistA electronic health record (EHR) system that they have been posted on YouTube – click on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK_eIik37X4

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Video: Craigslist Founder Discusses His Role As VA 'Nerd-In-Residence'

Caitlin Fairchild | Nextgov | November 25, 2013

Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist, came to our Nextgov Prime conference this year to discuss his more recent work with the Veteran Affairs Department. Dubbing himself VA's "Nerd-in-Residence," Newmark has worked with the agency's Blue Button Initiative to make electronic health records available to all veterans. Read More »

VIDEO: Former NASA CTO Chris Kemp On OpenStack

Sean Michael Kerner | InternetNews.com | November 5, 2012

Chris Kemp, the first CTO of IT at NASA, helped to lead an effort at the U.S. space agency to create a cloud compute platform. The original 9,000 lines of code, known as Nova, have become the cornerstone of the OpenStack cloud project. Read More »

Video: Jon Stewart's 'Progress Report' On VA Claims Backlog

Ross Gianfortune and Katherine McIntire Peters | Nextgov | May 3, 2013

For the VA executives who won't be receiving bonuses this year, comedian Jon Stewart had this to say: "To have the government promise you a benefit and then not deliver it, I can't imagine." But maybe the nearly 900,000 veterans waiting for Veterans Affairs Department officials to adjudicate their claims can, he suggested. Read More »

Video: Robotic Exoskeleton Turns Everyday Houseplants Into Cyborgs

Christopher Mims | Nextgov | May 9, 2013

As if we needed more evidence that we have more technology than we know what to do with, a collaboration between an artist and an engineer has yielded something both whimsical and potentially useful. It gives houseplants autonomy. Read More »

Villanova University Partners With Kuali Foundation To Develop Library Management System

Luisa Cywinski | Villanova University | August 21, 2012

The announcement of Villanova University’s partnership with the Kuali Foundation in the development of the Kuali Open Library Environment (OLE) was made in June at the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference. [...] Read More »

Violent Behavior Linked To Nutritional Deficiencies

Press Release | Weston A. Price Foundation (WAPF) | August 30, 2013

Deficiencies of vitamins A, D, K, B1, B3, B6, B12 and folate, and of minerals iodine, potassium, iron, magnesium, zinc, chromium and manganese can all contribute to mental instability and violent behavior, according to a report published in the Spring 2013 issue of Wise Traditions, the journal of the Weston A. Price Foundation. Read More »

Viratech Announces Agreement For License Of Technology Platform For Cancer Patients

Press Release | Cancer.im, Viratech Corp. | May 30, 2013

Viratech Corp. (PINKSHEETS: VIRA), the first open source biotech research social network platform, announced today the signing of an agreement for a license issued from Chris Ryan and Kevin Buckman for a patent-pending, provisional application titled "Method of Lowering a Cancer Patient's Morbidity Rate by Increasing Quality of Life of Patient by Leveraging Cause-Based Electronic Social Support Networks." Read More »

Viratech Corp. Publishes e-Book On Open Source Biotech Research

Press Release | Viratech Corporation | February 27, 2013

[Viratech Corp.] announced today that it has published its e-Book on open source biotech research. The book [...] describes how the first open source biotech research social network platform works to make it possible for individuals or smaller companies to compete with larger companies in the race to patent new medicines or technology. Read More »

Viratech to Launch Weekly Educational Channel on Open Source Collaboration

Press Release | Viratech, Newswire | November 28, 2012

Viratech Corp. has created an open source biotech research and development platform, Viratech has created a unique platform leveraging the utility of social collaboration, which will allow cancer research the opportunity for the first time to become open sourced. Read More »

Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association’s Shared Hospital Services Corp. Partners With Axial

Press Release | Axial Exchange, Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association (VHHA) | October 23, 2013

Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association (VHHA), [...] through its shared services affiliate (VHHA Services), responsible for identifying technology solutions for Virginia's hospitals and health systems, and Axial Exchange, Inc., [...] recently announced that they have partnered to provide VHHA member institutions access to Axial Exchange's interactive health management application. Read More »