If you or your family were injured during a disaster like a hurricane, earthquake or forest fire, wouldn’t you want your health data to be available to first responders and others who are there to provide care? We thought you might, and we are partnering with the State of California to pilot just such a project. Working at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), we have had the opportunity to leverage investments in health information technology to spur innovation in public health and preparedness...
Jerry Brown
See the following -
AB 609: California Leads On Open Access To Publicly Funded Research
Lisa Peet | Library Journal | November 6, 2014
California has become the first state to mandate open access for the products of some taxpayer-funded research. On September 29 Governor Jerry Brown signed into law the California Taxpayer Access to Publicly Funded Research Act, coauthored by Assemblyman Brian Nestande (R–Palm Desert) and Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D–Los Angeles)...
- Login to post comments
California's Move Toward MOOCs Sends Shock Waves, But Key Questions Remain Unanswered
Lee Gardner and Jeffrey R. Young | The Chronicle of Higher Education | March 14, 2013
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 »
- Login to post comments
How El Niño Will Change The World's Weather In 2014
Suzanne Goldenberg | The Guardian | June 11, 2014
With a 90% chance of the global weather phenomenon striking this year, impacts both devastating and beneficial will be felt from India to Peru
- Login to post comments
Joyce Terhaar: Senate Report On Caltrans Speaks To Culture Of Open Government
Joyce Terhaar | The Sacramento Bee | August 10, 2014
The recent state Senate investigative report into Caltrans and the Bay Bridge does more than deal with troubled decision-making and construction work. It also includes a strong push for greater public transparency throughout state government...
- Login to post comments
Making Personal Health Data Available During an Emergency
By Lee Stevens | March 26, 2017
- Login to post comments
We're Close To Strengthening The Privacy Of Your Cell Phone's Location (But Only In California)
Robinson Meyer | The Atlantic | August 24, 2012
On Wednesday, an American legislature took the most affirmative step so far to limit cell-phone location tracking by law enforcement. The California Location Privacy Act, passed with bipartisan support by the state's Assembly, could protect the location data created by citizens' cell phones, tablets and computers. Read More »
- Login to post comments
Why The Yosemite Fire Is Especially Scary
Maggie Severns | The Atlantic Cities | August 27, 2013
No one knows what started the Rim Fire, the 160,000 acre blaze that's ripping through the western side of Yosemite National Park. But nearly 4,000 firefighters have been dispatched to try to stop it using helicopters, bulldozers, and flame retardants. Although the situation is starting to look up—20 percent of the fire is now contained, up from 7 percent just two days ago—the authorities predict the fire will keep spreading... Read More »
- Login to post comments
Copyright ©2011-2020 Open Health Marketplace, LLC. All Rights Reserved.