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Wikipedia Vs. Academic Papers – A Middle Ground
We’re trialling an experiment until the end of February. Can we assemble a review of an area of science on a wiki, allowing anyone to contribute, and then publish that in a peer-reviewed academic journal? (early description of this on G+) Read More »
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Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales Explains Its Mission To Be Mainstream
Wikipedians plan more outreach for teachers, better tools for developers and simpler editing tools to increase their audience Read More »
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Wiley Launches New Open Access Journal: Immunity, Inflammation And Disease
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., announced today the launch of a new open access, interdisciplinary journal providing rapid publication of cutting-edge research across the broad field of immunology. Read More »
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Will Apple’s Tacky Software-Design Philosophy Cause A Revolt?
Despite consistently glowing reviews from critics and consumers alike, iOS and OS X, Apple’s operating systems which tie Macs and iPads and iPhones together, have rubbed some the wrong way in recent years with their design directions.
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Will Carequality Lead EHR Vendors to EHR Interoperability?
The Sequoia Project and Carequality have taken significant steps forward in advancing EHR interoperability by brokering agreements with several health IT vendors to implement its framework for point-to-point health information exchange. Five big names in health IT — Epic Systems, athenahealth, eClincalWorks, NextGen Healthcare, and Surescripts — recently signed on to be the first implementers of the Carequality Interoperability Framework, the legal agreement that streamlines the sharing of health information between these various systems. Read More »
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Will Different Medical Devices Call For Different Cyber Standards?
An increasing number of medical devices, from pacemakers to insulin pumps, include components that could open them to cyber vulnerabilities. So will the Food and Drug Administration start taking into account the differences in these devices as the agency evaluates premarket submissions?...
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Will Health IT Failings Foil Accountable Care?
Although healthcare is awash in data, getting it into the hands of clinicians so they can provide coordinated, quality care at the bedside remains a huge challenge. Just ask the 32 Pioneer accountable care organizations--including the nine Pioneer ACOs that may opt out of the program altogether. Read More »
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Will Meaningful Use Lead To Reduced Costs For Hospitals?
One of the tenets driving the adoption of certified EHR technology as part of the EHR Incentive Programs is the belief that meaningful use will help improve healthcare costs. However, little information is available that speaks directly to the cost savings made possible by participating in meaningful use beyond the costs incurred by eligible hospitals and professionals in choosing, implementing, and maintaining their EHR systems. Read More »
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Will Obama’s New $100m Brain Mapping Project Be Open Access?
On Tuesday President Obama unveiled a new $100 million research initiative to map the human brain. Read More »
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Will Open Access Revolutionize Academic Publishing?
“Major players in the world of commercial scholarly publishing have little shame,” says Bryn Geffert, librarian at Amherst College and the man behind the new Amherst College Press. Read More »
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Will Open Source Architecture Help Win the DOD EHR Contract?
The Department of Defense’s solicitation for a new EHR infrastructure has put $11 billion up for grabs, and the large-scale contract has attracted interest from some of the biggest names in the EHR market. Each team is bringing something a little bit different to the table in regards to expertise and vision for the lengthy, complex project. While interoperability is a top concern for everyone involved in the bidding, there’s more than one way to achieve it.
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Will Open Source Democratize Architecture?
As much as we’d like to deny it, Niemeyer makes a valid point here. Architecture—as it's traditionally understood—is almost always “on the side of the wealthy”; the profession, as it has existed for about a century, rarely changes anything; and yet – and yet – it can make life better. If only for a select few. Read More »
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Will Open Source Drive CRM Growth?
Open source has its share of challenges, but its biggest fans extol the platform as open, malleable, flexible and cost-effective. Nowhere are these qualities more in demand — or lauded — than in the customer relationship management (CRM) market. [...] Read More »
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Will PRISM Hinder State And Local Open-Data Efforts?
In recent years, many state and local governments have put effort into open data projects that would inspire developers to create apps and find ways to use public data to bring value to their communities. Read More »
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Will Smorgasbord Approach Get More Patients Engaged?
Yesterday, we took umbrage at what struck us as a bit of “preachifying” by a health IT stakeholder. At issue was the apparent lack of support of EHRs by the public, and his reasons why that lack of support was “wrong”. So today let’s turn it around an look at a different, eminently more hands-on approach to patient engagement. Read More »
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