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Clear Health Costs Helps Consumers Determine If Medical Costs Will Be Just Expensive, Or Really, Really Expensive

Robin D. Schatz | Fast Company | November 27, 2013

Looking to buy a flat screen TV, a new condo, or a nonstop flight to Rio? It’s a snap to comparison shop online for the best deals. But what happens when you’re in the market for a spinal MRI, a vasectomy, or an STD test? Or what about a cardio stress test, a dental cleaning, or a little Botox? More often than not, you’re out of luck. Read More »

Health Devices in Homes Stimulate Global Telemedicine Market

John Pulley | NextGov | July 4, 2012

Growing acceptance of home patient monitoring technology will help to enlarge the global telemedicine market to $2.5 billion by 2018, more than triple the 2011 market of $736 million, according to the British market research firm Companies & Markets. Read More »

"The Year Of The Big EHR Switch" Confirms Physicians Favor iPad And Mobile Applications

Press Release | Black Book Rankings | May 30, 2013

As thousands of physician practices are opting to dump ineffective EHR systems, and others still scramble to select a first vendor, early adopters identify the firms that have delivered success, productivity, outcomes, meaningful use achievement and crucial stimulus fund requirements among mobile EHR applications. Read More »

10 Fastest Growing Cities For Concierge Medicine

Matthew Smith | Health Directions | July 23, 2013

In order to avoid the ongoing stress and health insurance headaches, many physicians have switched to cash-only practices and are saving their patients money in the process. Physicians throughout the country are setting up membership-based programs that offer discounts on services to customers. Read More »

10 Predictions For Open Source In 2014

Jack Wallen | TechRepublic | January 1, 2014

The year 2013 was a solid year for open source. There were plenty of highs and certainly a few lows. However, I believe that Linux -- continuing to build on its solid groundwork -- will have the best year yet in 2014. Read More »

3 Cloud Sweet Spots In Healthcare

Bernie Monegaine | Government Health IT | October 9, 2012

A recent MarketsandMarkets report forecasts cloud computing in healthcare to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 20.5 percent from 2012 to 2017. Although cloud computing offers significant advantages to healthcare organizations and other stakeholders, security of patient information, interoperability and compliance with government regulations are some of the factors that are slowing down the market, according to the report. Read More »

3D Printing Could Herald The Age Of Open Source Stuff

Brian Reale | OpenSource.com | January 20, 2014

3D printing is set to disrupt multiple industries thanks to its unique position at the intersection of three important trends in technology: the Internet of Things, our growing desire to personalize our things, and the coming revolution in the way things get delivered to us. Read More »

A Bold Move To Open Source Your Core Business

Kosta Peric | Forbes | May 21, 2012

The part of my job I enjoy the most is meeting interesting people and companies from all over the world. One such company is Allevo in Romania. They have decided to open source their core business... Read More »

A Few Thoughts About The Health-Care Marketplace

Jeanne Pinder | Clear Health Costs | February 27, 2013

Is it time for rate-setting in the health-care marketplace? Is it time for single-payer health care? Or an end to the entire for-profit system of mis-aligned incentives? Or transparency? Can we continue in this vein? Read More »

A Layer Above It All: Healtheway’s Value Prop

John Moore | Chilmark Research | October 25, 2012

Now that NwHIN has been spun-out into the public-private entity Healtheway one has to wonder exactly what value they can deliver to market that will sustain them as they attempt to ween themselves from the federal spigot. Healtheway has no lack of challenges ahead but they intend to target one area that presents an interesting opportunity. Question is: Are they too early to market? Read More »

A Single-Payer System Would Reduce U.S. Health Care Costs

Ed Weisbart | Virtual Mentor | November 1, 2012

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is introducing insurance reforms that will improve the lives of millions of Americans, but we need to go much further to solve the crisis in health care. Read More »

A Whole New Dimension As Manufacturing Goes 3D

John Hearne | Irish Examiner | January 11, 2014

If you want to get some idea of the hype surrounding 3D printing, check out what the stockmarket thinks. When Voxeljet, a German manufacturer of 3D, printers staged their initial public offering last month, its shares instantly doubled. [...] Read More »

Acquia Delivers Integrated Digital Experiences For Higher Education Institutions

Press Release | Acquia | October 16, 2013

Acquia, where great digital experiences begin, today announced it is working with more than 300 higher education institutions, helping them gain the freedom and agility to build great digital experiences and speed their time to market. With Acquia, colleges and universities are discovering how open source technology powerfully integrates both the real and virtual campus. [...] Read More »

Acquia Launches Digital Alliance To Provide Technology Ecosystem For Creating Next-Generation, Integrated Digital Experiences

Press Release | Acquia | October 22, 2013

Acquia, where great digital experiences begin, today launched its Digital Alliance program, bringing together digital marketing and infrastructure technology companies that provide a full range of digital skills and applications that build upon and integrate with the Acquia open cloud platform... Read More »

AHRQ's 10 Tips For Creating Consumer HIT

Mike Miliard | Government Health IT | November 14, 2012

More and more, health IT is expanding from the clinical into the commercial realm. With patient engagement so crucial to the transformation of care delivery, that's a good thing. But some consumer technologies are better than others. Read More »