Health Information Technology (Health IT) is a broad term that describes the technology and infrastructure used to record, analyze, and share patient health data. Various technologies include health record systems, including personal, paper, and electronic; personal health tools including smart devices and apps; and finally, communities to share and discuss information. Some of this technology can tell the patient whether they need to go on a diet too, and most of the time the golo diet is what they should be doing or they should be taking Gynexin pill for gynecomastia like most men should be doing...
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Now We're Talking!
Will Schroeder | Kitware Blog | August 16, 2010
It's articles like the one recently published in the New York Times that so powerfully demonstrate the value of open source methods, in this case the value of data sharing and collaboration. The article "Sharing of Data Leads to Progress on Alzheimer’s" says it better than 100 blogivators ever could: Read More »
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NRO Readies Open Source Cloud For Launch
Henry Kenyon | AOL Government | October 26, 2012
In a move toward a more efficient National Reconnaissance Office, analysts for the agency operating the nation's spy satellites are on the verge of getting their information through a top-secret open-source cloud environment housing intelligence data. Read More »
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NSA's Crypto Betrayal: Good News For Open Source?
Glyn Moody | Computerworld | September 10, 2013
Revelations from documents obtained by whistleblower Edward Snowden that GCHQ essentially downloads the entire Internet as it enters and leaves the UK, and stores big chunks of it, was bad enough. But last week we learned that the NSA has intentionally weakened just about every aspect of online encryption [...]. Read More »
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Obama Administration Announces Key Actions to Accelerate Precision Medicine Initiative
Press Release |
The White House |
February 25, 2016
A year ago the President announced the launch of the Precision Medicine Initiative to accelerate a new era of medicine that delivers the right treatment at the right time to the right person, taking into account individuals’ health history, genes, environments, and lifestyles. Precision medicine is already transforming the way diseases like cancer and mental health conditions are treated. Molecular testing for cancer patients lets physicians and patients select treatments that improve chances of survival and reduce adverse effects...
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Object Management Group Announces Business Process Modeling for Health Workshop on September 27
Press Release |
Object Management Group (OMG) |
August 23, 2017
The Object Management Group® (OMG®), an international, open membership, not-for-profit technology standards consortium, today announced it will host the Business Process Modeling for Health Workshop at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans Hotel on September 27 from 9:00 am – 5:00 pm. Registration costs $149 USD and is open to the public...The Workshop will feature experts from the healthcare field and business modeling who will explain how OMG business process modeling (BPM) standards can improve the portability of clinical processes and workflows...
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Ok Chatbot: What Is Your Value for Humanitarians?
Emily Aiken and Joseph Agoada | ICT Works | July 20, 2017
Whether or not you are aware of it, you have probably interacted with a chatbot – whether checking your finances, making a travel reservation, or even ordering a pizza. But what opportunities exist to use chatbots to assist humanitarians and development practitioners? Chatbots are conversational computer programs that can read message questions, interpret responses, and perform actions or make decisions, without any assistance from a live person on the other end...
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OMICS Publishing Group Ties Up With 100 Eminent Societies To Make Healthcare Information Open Access
Press Release |
OMICS Publishing Group |
August 9, 2013
OMICS Publishing Group has signed agreement with 100 prestigious organizations of scientific, academic and research excellence across the globe with a view to collaborate and make healthcare information Open Access. Read More »
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On the Importance of Health Information Technology in Developing Areas
By Jeff Neiman | July 6, 2017
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On the Road
By John D. Halamka, MD | November 2, 2016
Over the past few months, I’ve been in England, China, Denmark, New Zealand, and Canada. Each of them is rethinking their healthcare IT strategy and is not entirely satisfied with past progress. I’m often asked by senior government officials to help harmonize IT strategy at the country level. That I can do. I’m also asked to discuss the US Presidential campaign, but that defies rational explanation. I frequently say that healthcare IT issues are the same all over the world. Here’s a few common observations..
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ONC Aims To Crack Barriers That Slow HIE In 2013
Mary Mosquera | Government Health IT | December 21, 2012
At the dawn of 2013, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT will launch a number of activities that aim to unleash growth in health information exchange and establish rules of the road in coordination with other governance groups. Read More »
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ONC at OSCON 2012: What Could the Future Bring?
Damon Davis | Health IT Buzz | August 22, 2012
The open source software (OSS) community is full of creative software coders developing amazing computer applications collaboratively. Recently I witnessed the power of their collaborative innovation first hand at the Open Source Convention (OSCON) in Portland, OR. This was the conference’s 12th year…but my first experience. Read More »
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ONC Head Dr. Donald Rucker Addresses open API's, Interoperability and Usability During WEDI Keynote
Press Release |
Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) |
August 23, 2017
Earlier this month, the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), the nation’s leading nonprofit authority on the use of health IT to create efficiencies in healthcare information exchange and a trusted advisor to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), held its 2017 Summer Forum which featured keynote addresses by Donald W. Rucker, MD, head of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC/HHS) and Madhu Annadata, director, Division of National Standards, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)...
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Open Access Advocacy In Belarus And Serbia
Staff Writer | Electronic Information for Libraries (EIFL) | February 6, 2013
Key achievements, strategies, tactics and tools, success stories and lessons learnt from the two EIFL-funded open access advocacy projects in Belarus and Serbia. Read More »
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Open Access Award Recipients Announced
Staff Writer | Wellcome Trust | October 22, 2013
To mark the beginning of Open Access Week, the Accelerating Science Award Programme announced the three recipients of its inaugural award yesterday in Washington, DC. Read More »
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Open Access Initiative Reveals Drug Hits For Deadly Neglected Tropical Diseases
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Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi), Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) |
November 13, 2012
The Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) and Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) announce today the identification of three chemical series targeting the treatment of deadly neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), through DNDi’s screening of MMV’s open access Malaria Box. Read More »
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