Innovation

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Cerner, McKesson Lead Alliance To Let Doctors Share Data

Alex Nussbaum | Bloomberg | March 4, 2013

Cerner Corp. (CERN) and four rival providers of electronic medical records said they will ease barriers preventing doctors and hospitals from sharing data, a potential breakthrough in the effort to get U.S. physicians to better coordinate patient care. Read More »

CES 2014: How 3D Printing's Changing Lives In S Sudan

Arthur Goldstuck | Mail & Guardian | January 9, 2014

Not Impossible, the company using 3D printers to provide hands and arms for amputees in South Sudan, has stunned CES with a life-changing initiative. Read More »

Chain Releases Open-Source Version of Chain Core Technology Powering Visa’s New B2B Connect

Giulio Prisco | Bitcoin Magazine | October 25, 2016

On October 21, 2016, Visa announced a new partnership with blockchain enterprise company Chain that will develop “a simple, fast and secure way to process B2B payments globally.” Dubbed Visa B2B Connect, the system will offer participating pilot financial institutions a consistent process for managing settlement through Visa’s standard practices...

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Challenging HIT Vendors To Contribute Solutions

Rupinder Colby | HITECH Answers | January 22, 2014

[...] Today’s environment largely consists of providers within a community that share patient information by pushing and pulling episodic data—mainly leveraging Continuity of Care Documents (CCD). Unfortunately, the first generation of exchanges are not prepared to meet healthcare’s long term needs and the time is now for HIE 2.0. Read More »

Changing The IT Culture At NIST

David Stegon | Fedscoop | March 18, 2013

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is known around the world for its groundbreaking research and innovations. Del Brockett, the agency’s chief information officer, wants the institute’s information technology services to be at that same level. Read More »

Charting A Locally Owned, For-Profit Future For Community News

Dan Kennedy | Nieman Journalism Lab | July 8, 2013

For those of a certain age, perusing the ads posted at The Batavian, the for-profit news site in Batavia, New York, can seem a lot like flipping through the pages of a weekly community newspaper a generation or two ago. Read More »

Chopra Defends Tech Policy Impact on Federal Workers

Alice Lipowicz | Federal Computer Week | February 8, 2012

Federal CTO Aneesh Chopra got a mostly warm send-off at a think- tank event during his last day on the job, but the conversation turned a bit heated when he was called upon to defend how his innovation policies have impacted federal employees.

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Chopra on Innovation (VIDEO)

David Stegon | FedScoop | November 21, 2011

U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra discussed strategies for American innovation at last month’s OSIsoft-Microsoft Executive Summit held October 26-27, 2011, in San Francisco. Read More »

Chopra Resigns From White House

Mary Mosquera | Government Health IT | January 27, 2012

Aneesh Chopra, the federal government’s first chief technology officer and assistant to the president, has resigned, the White House announced Jan. 27. He is expected to leave in early February. Read More »

Cigna Named 2013 Red Hat Innovator of the Year

Press Release | Cigna, Red Hat, Inc. | July 15, 2013

Cigna recognized for successful Infrastructure-as-a-Service transformation project built with Red Hat solutions Read More »

Cisco's Case for Service Providers as Tourniquet for Hemorrhaging Health System

Tine Christensen | Government Health IT | June 27, 2012

While uncertainty about the status of healthcare reform hangs over the healthcare field like a black cloud, there are persistent glimmers of sunshine in the form of emerging incentives for providers and insurers to contain costs. Technology can play a key role in delivering critical opportunities for these much-needed cost savings. Read More »

ClearCanvas To Showcase Its Imaging Informatics Infrastructure Portfolio At RSNA 2013

Press Release | ClearCanvas | November 27, 2013

Cleome and ImageDrive, ClearCanvas's Powerful New Informatics Solutions, Showcased at the World's Largest Radiology Innovation Gathering Read More »

Cloud, Social, Big Data And Mobile Technology Reshapes One African City

Joe K. Mensah | The Atlantic | December 12, 2013

As one of Africa's fastest urbanizing cities, Accra, Ghana needs to recognize the challenges it faces as it continues to grow. Read More »

Cloud-based Vendors Giving Health IT A Boost

Xavier E. Martinez | Power Your Practice | October 16, 2013

According to a recent Black Book Rankings report, 17% of physician practices are considering switching EHR vendors by January 2014. So, it should come as no surprise that many are looking for health IT vendors with a fresh approach to fulfilling physician software needs. Read More »

Cloudera Democratizes Apache Hadoop For Enterprise End Users With Open Source, Interactive Search

Press Release | Cloudera | June 4, 2013

Latest Offering From Leading Big Data Vendor Extends the Capabilities of Hadoop, Offering Easy and Familiar Access to Data for Increased Visibility and Quicker Time to Insight Read More »