Publications
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Open Source Technologies for Clinical Trials
"Open Source Technologies for Clinical Trials" demonstrates how open source technology presents an innovative solution to the challenging pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, and ultimately helps life science companies bring their medical innovations faster to patients. Read More »
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Open Source Trends and Business Models
This report on"Open Source Trends and Business Models" was prepared back in 2006 for the Ireland's National Policy and Advisory Board for Enterprise, Trade, Science, Technology and Innovation. The goals of the report were to: Read More »
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Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution
This book is an excellent compendium of essays by the major open source leaders, including Torvalds, Stallman, Raymond, O'Reilly, and others. While the book is now a bit dated, it is definitely worth reading to get a feel for the birth of the Open Revolution and the thoughts of its founders. A free, online version of this book is available from O'Reilly Books.
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OSEPA Publications
The Open Source for European Public Adminisration (OSEPA) project is dedicated to sharing knowledge and experiences in order to identify and analyze best practices with regards to the use of Free & Open Source Software (FOSS) in public administration. A series of publications have been produced related to usage, best practices, cost benefits, lessons learned, and much more. Read More »
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OSFA 2011 Study: Federal Government Open Technology Report Card
On January 13, 2011, Open Source for America (OSFA), published the results of a study measuring openness in government. The Federal Open Technology Report Card evaluated key indicators of open government and open technologies and looked at agency budgets, their use of social media, and stated open source technology practices. Read More »
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Pew Report: Mobile Health 2012
The latest report by the Pew Research Center entitled "Mobile Health 2012" is based on results from a nationwide survey of 3,014 adults living in the United States. The report found that 85% of U.S. adults own a cell phone, and of those 53% own smartphones. Read More »
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Physician Desk Reference (PDR)
PDRhealth™ is the consumer web portal of PDR Network , which includes the online Physicians' Desk Reference (PDR) and the Health Care Notification Network (HCNN). Read More »
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Project Gutenburg
Project Gutenberg offers over 36,000 free eBooks to download to your PC, Kindle, Android, iOS or other portable device. You can choose between ePub, Kindle, HTML and simple text formats. The Project Gutenburg web site carries high quality eBooks that were previously published by bona fide publishing houses. Read More »
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
The Public Library of Science (PLoS) is a non-profit publisher and advocacy organization. Their mission is to accelerate progress in science and medicine by leading a transformation in research communication. Everything they publish is 'open access' - freely available online for anyone to use.
PLoS goals are to: Read More »
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PubMed
PubMed is a free resource that is developed and maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), located at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). PubMed comprises more than 21 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Read More »
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PWC 2012 Report: Emerging mHealth Paths for Growth
In this recent report by Price Waterhouse Cooper (PWC) entitled "Emerging mHealth Paths for Growth", the current state and potential of mobile health (mHealth) in developed and emerging markets is examined, along with the ongoing barriers to its adoption and the implications for companies in the Read More »
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Realizing The Full Potential Of Health IT To Improve Healthcare For Americans: The Path Forward
In December 2010, the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) released a highly anticipated report providing detailed recommendations to the President of the United States and Federal Agencies about how to take better advantage of information technology to increase healthcare quality while reducing costs. Read More »
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Redesigning Health in Europe for 2020
The European Union (EU) eHealth Task Force just released a report entitled "Redesigning Health in Europe for 2020". You can download a copy at from eHealthNews.eu portal at - http://www.ehealthnews.eu/images/stories/pdf/redesigning_health-eu-2020.pdf Read More »
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Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO)
Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) is a model for cooperative electronic publishing of scientific journals on the Internet. Read More »
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Secrets of HIE Success Revealed
The National eHealth Collaborative (NeHC) released the Secrets of HIE Success Revealed: Lessons from the Leaders in August 2011. The report was commissioned by NeHC in order to provide an in-depth analysis of successful and mature health information exchange (HIE) systems in diverse geographies and ma Read More »
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