Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

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Access to Open Data ‘Key to Sustainable Development’

Open access to scientific and technological data could help Africa achieve sustainable development goals, a meeting has heard. According to information and communication technology (ICT) experts who attended the International Workshop on Open Data for Science and Sustainability in Developing Countries in Nairobi, Kenya, early this month (6-8 August), open access will enable researchers, policymakers, technology developers and the public access information and share knowledge for informed decisions. Read More »

Campaign To Reinforce Southern Voice In Research

T.V. Padma | SciDev.Net | August 28, 2012

An initiative has been launched to break the dominance of Northern agendas and practices in development debates and policy, and to increase the impact of Southern research on global development discussions. Read More »

Ethics And Risk In Open Development

Linda Raftree | Open Knowledge Foundation | November 5, 2013

Ethics around ‘opt in’ and ‘opt out’ when working with people in communities with fewer resources, lower connectivity, and/or less of an understanding about privacy and data are tricky. Yet project implementers have a responsibility to work to the best of their ability to ensure that participants understand what will happen with their data in general, and what might happen if it is shared openly...

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ICT Delivering 45% Reduction In Mortality Rates – Great News From The UK

Neelie Kroes | Blog of Neelie Kroes | December 9, 2011

I was very pleased to read recently about the promising results of a programme in the UK which shows the enormous potential if we integrate ICT into health care more deeply. Read More »

ICT Strategy Promises To Save Millions

Linda Davidson | eHealth Insider | March 30, 2011

A new strategy, which the government says will save millions that are currently wasted on public sector ICT, was published by the Cabinet Office today. Read More »

Indian Healthcare Industry Prescribing A Dose Of Technology

Ayushman Baruah | InformationWeek | October 22, 2012

Max Healthcare which has been at the forefront of delivering healthcare services in Delhi-NCR has moved to an Electronic Health Records (EHR) system from their existing Hospital Information System (HIS). The group implemented an open source EHR system, WorldVistA, with the goals of minimizing the need for paper records, allowing order entry by the doctors in the system itself, and enabling easy access to patient records. The system was hosted on a private cloud and was interfaced with laboratory, radiology and pharmacy to allow real-time access to any patient record.

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Moorfields NHS Trust Deploys Open Source Clinical Modules

Gill Hitchcock | Government Computing | September 12, 2012

Moorfields eye hospital NHS foundation trust has said that it has added three new modules for prescribing, operations notes and correspondence to OpenEyes, its open source (OS) e-patient record system. Read More »

Open Data For Development Camp Highlights Challenges And Innovations In Aid Transparency

Staff Writer | AidData | May 18, 2011

From May 12-13, AidData's Anna Lauridsen attended the Open Data for Development Camp (ODDC) in Amsterdam. The camp, hosted by Open for Change, allowed participants from the development and technology fields to discuss challenges, benefits, and lessons learned associated with open data. Read More »

Open Source Space Academy Opens in Nairobi

Nairobi's Tunapanda Institute has been using open source tools to provide technology, design, and business training in East Africa since its inception in 2013. Next year the school will launch a "space academy" to inspire young people to think about some of the most critical challenges facing humanity on this planet and beyond. Tunapanda's founders believe that everyone should have the opportunity to help shape the future, and in order for that to happen there must be learning materials and tools that are open, shareable, and unrestricted so that anyone, no matter their financial or educational background, can learn and be inspired.

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Open Standards Due In Autumn

Rebecca Todd | eHealth Insider | October 29, 2012

The public consultation on open standards for government IT is with ministers for consideration and the outcome is likely to be published this Autumn. Read More »

Rapid Prototyping And Tech Stewards: Reflections On Recent Field Work

Gordon Gow | FrontlineCloud | October 1, 2013

Having made some excellent contacts during our recent meetings and workshops in Sri Lanka, the project team now needs to consider how those will translate into pilot projects using low cost ICTs. Read More »

Rwanda: E-Umuganda - Development Through Voluntary Skilled Work

Patrick Buchana | allAfrica | November 23, 2014

AFTER MONTHLY community work, umuganda, Rwandan youth that make up different ICT communities gather at kLab in Telecom House for an event they have named e-umuganda.  It was originally meant to map all public and private places in the City of Kigali on the OpenStreetMap, but this has since developed into something much bigger than that...

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Shabir Launches e- Hospital Project At Gandhi Nagar Hospital

Staff Writer | Kashmir Times | July 22, 2013

Minister of State for Health and family Welfare, Shabir Ahmad Khan today launched hi-tech computerised services here at Gandhi Nagar Hospital created under the first phase of centrally sponsored e- Hospital Project. Read More »

The Future Of Health Care Access

John A. MacDonald, Anita M. McGahan, and Will Mitchell | Stanford Social Innovation Review | October 18, 2013

Traditional health care is a hands-on, brick-and-mortar affair. But across the developing world, a wave of technology-driven innovation signals the emergence of a compelling new model. Read More »

Trentino joins Italy's open source alliance

Philip Willan | PC Advisor | July 20, 2012

The Autonomous Province of Trentino - Alto Adige this week joined the ranks of Italian regional administrations that are turning their backs on proprietary software in favor of free and open source alternatives...New law affects the software choices of some 15,000 public offices in the region...

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