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CA Hospital Adds CPOE To VistA Implementation
It’s still rare these days to see a private hospital roll out open source EMR VistA, despite VistA’s excellent reputation. But one such hospital has not only implemented VistA, it’s added CPOE to its VistA rollout. Read More »
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Cabinet Office Seals Open Data Plans
The Cabinet Office has released an open data white paper and relaunched its flagship data portal - which includes new health datasets - as it aims to deliver a “21st century democracy.” Read More »
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CACI Appoints Dr. Anthony Hess As Senior Vice President, Healthcare Solutions Group
Accomplished Industry Leader Highlights Focus on Growth in Healthcare Market Area Read More »
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CACI Awarded $14 Million Contract to Enhance Interoperability for Department of Veterans Affairs Benefits Records Systems
CACI International Inc (NYSE:CACI) announced today that it has received a task order award to provide core development support on the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record (VLER) program. Read More »
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CACI Chief Medical Information Officer Dr. Keith Salzman Receives Healthcare IT Physician Leadership Award
CACI International Inc (NYSE:CACI) announced today that its Chief Medical Information Officer, Dr. Keith Salzman, has received the 2013 Physician IT Leadership Award from the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), a global network of health IT professionals. [...] Read More »
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Calculating Barack Obama's Geek Quotient
Does Barack Obama's have "very high" "geek quotient" as chief technology officer -- a.k.a official White House geek -- Todd Park claimed today in a CNN interview?...Park claims Obama deserves this "very high" ranking as a "a hugely enthusiastic proponent of the power of data, technology and innovation to advance national priorities," he told CNN's undefined.
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Calif. Expected To Lose 100 Dairy Farms
The nation's drought and high corn prices are devastating California's $8 billion dairy industry to the point where farmers can't afford to feed their cows - and their professional trade organization has been regularly referring despondent dairymen to suicide hotlines. Read More »
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California Could Be Hit by an 8.2 Mega-Earthquake, and It Would Be Catastrophic
The magnitude 8.2 earthquake that ravaged southern Mexico on Sept. 7 was the largest to shake the country in nearly a century. Like California, Mexico is a seismically active region that has seen smaller quakes that have caused death and destruction. But the Sept. 7 temblor is a reminder that even larger quakes — while rare — do occur. Scientists say it’s possible for Southern California to be hit by a magnitude 8.2 earthquake. Such a quake would be far more destructive to the Los Angeles area because the San Andreas fault runs very close to and underneath densely populated areas...
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California HIE Taps iBlueButton
Humetrix, a provider of consumer-centric mobile healthcare applications, and the developer of the iBlueButton app, announced Tuesday that the State of California Office of Health Information Integrity (OHII) has chosen iBlueButton to participate in its upcoming Health Information Exchange (HIE) pilot. Read More »
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California Lawmakers Put Open-Government Measure On Ballot
California voters will get a chance next year to change the state constitution to make sure local government agencies provide open access to public records and meetings. Read More »
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California Open Access Legislation Clears Latest Hurdle
The House Assembly today passed the California Taxpayer Access to Publicly Funded Research Act (AB 609). Read More »
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California's Move Toward MOOCs Sends Shock Waves, But Key Questions Remain Unanswered
Supporters of newly proposed legislation in California hope to reduce the number of students shut out of key courses by forging an unprecedented partnership between traditional public colleges and online-education upstarts. But on Wednesday specific details of how the deal would work were hard to pin down. Read More »
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California’s Dream To Be The Saudi Arabia Of Solar Dries Up In The Desert
Three years ago California regulators in quick succession approved nine multibillion-dollar solar thermal power plants. They were to be built in the desert and would generate 4,142 megawatts (MW) of carbon-free electricity. The state, it was said, was on its way to becoming the Saudi Arabia of solar. Read More »
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Call For Participation: State And Local Government Study On Open Source Adoption
If you’re a U.S. State or Local technology professional with experience in open source software for your organization, your participation is being sought for a national study. Read More »
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Calling for Semantic Interoperability Standards That Enable Clinical Data Discovery
There are many promising initiatives underway that seek to combine rich clinical data from electronic health record systems running in provider sites across the county into large patient cohorts and then combine that data with genetic sequences created from samples provided by each patient in the cohort. The sponsors of these initiatives span industry, private foundations and the federal government. While the ambitious goals are commendable and the potential for discovery is worthy of the effort, there are data quality and semantic interoperability requirements that must be met prior to the combining of the clinical data...
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