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Raising Linux To Grow Open Source

Jack M. Germain | LinuxInsider | February 19, 2014

The biggest driving factor for software developers to work together with open source is cost. It is much cheaper for them to cooperate through open source than it is to remain isolated with proprietary software, asserted Inktank VP of Product Management Neil Levine. "You can no longer rely on one particular vendor to provide everything you need with regard to technology." Read More »

Ransford Health To Offer NexJ Connected Wellness To American Accountable Care Organizations

Press Release | Ransford Health, NexJ Systems | January 21, 2014

NexJ Systems Inc. (TSX: NXJ), a provider of cloud-based software delivering enterprise solutions to the financial services, insurance, and healthcare industries, today announced that Ransford Health will begin offering NexJ Connected Wellness to Healthcare Systems and Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) as part of its efforts to help them realize shared savings and improved outcomes through patient activation. 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 »

Red Hat's Gunnar Hellekson On Open Government

Andrew Gregory | TechRadar | December 23, 2012

INTERVIEW Red Hat's Gunnar Hellekson on open government
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Reform Update: JAMA Study Suggests Money Alone May Not Be Enough To Improve Performance, Reduce Costs

Melanie Evans | ModernHealthcare.com | September 11, 2013

One goal of health reform, among many, is to break the industry's dependence on incentives for hospitals and doctors to do a high volume of business. Incentives for volume invite wasteful spending, of course, and also can be harmful if patients receive unnecessary care as a result. Read More »

Regulatory Mandates Spark HIT Spending Uptick

Diana Manos | Government Health IT | August 29, 2013

Healthcare IT spending at large North American healthcare organizations is expected to increase to more than $34.5 billion next year, spurred by current regulatory trends. The trend is expected to open up new markets for many vendors. Read More »

Report: Most EHR Vendors Will Fail To Survive Through Meaningful Use Stage 3

Jasmine Pennic | HIT Consultant | July 17, 2013

A recent poll of industry insiders predict that the majority of EHR vendors will fail to sustain operations by the time Meaningful Use stage 3 is fully implemented, according to Black Book Rankings. [...] Read More »

Resisting The Healthcare Consolidation Frenzy

Philip Betbeze | HealthLeaders Media | December 11, 2013

Merger and acquisition activity shows no signs of slowing, yet some hospital and health system leaders see independence as a viable strategy. Read More »

Rise Of The Machines

Michael T. Burr | Fortnightly | August 1, 2013

This term “transactive grid” suddenly is getting a lot of attention. It seems the vacuum left by the late, great “smart grid” (ca.2004-2012) demands to be filled. So here comes another inscrutable buzzword to excite sales people, confuse politicians, and annoy engineers. Read More »

Roy Kaufman: Shifting Revenues From Post-Publication To Pre-Publication: The Impact Of Open Access

Roy Kaufman | Association of Learned & Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) | March 27, 2014

Roy Kaufman, Managing Director of New Ventures at Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), writes here in a guest post about the shift of revenue to pre-publication and what that means to publishers. Read More »

Short-Sighted Conservative Gloating On Obamacare

Ed Kilgore | Washington Monthly | October 23, 2013

Truth be told, some of the more interesting writing on the travails of the Obamacare enrollment system is coming from conservative Ross Douthat of the New York Times. On Sunday, he warned Republicans that their cackling over the enrollment mess was obscuring the realization that the Medicaid single-payer element of the Affordable Care Act was functioning better than the private insurance part of the insurance expansion... Read More »

Silicon Valley Gets Inspiration from South America at Endeavor Uruguay

Sergi Herrero | L'Atelier | December 23, 2011

While everybody looks at Silicon Valley as the mecca for innovation, local entrepreneurs and investors look at South America for inspiration. Read More »

Social Entrepreneurship On The High Seas

Ken Banks | National Geographic | February 27, 2013

Sailing some of the most promising socially and environmentally-focused technology companies around the world to meet local business leaders, investors and fellow entrepreneurs may not be the most conventional way of helping scale and grow their ventures, but that’s precisely what Unreasonable at Sea are attempting in a bold experiment in global entrepreneurship. Read More »

Startup Strategy: HIT And Device Entrepreneurs Name 2014 Risks And Opportunities

Staff Writer | MedCity News | February 12, 2014

While healthcare reform is well underway, a true shift in care delivery and economics appears to be more of a looming threat than a proven reality. The question remains: How do you manage and grow a successful business in the dynamic environment of today while positioning for the future? Read More »

Sub-Saharan African Countries Club Together To Speed Up Mobile Rollouts, Smooth Spectrum Use

Adam Oxford | ZDNet | September 13, 2013

A new cross-border group will meet regularly to discuss spectrum allocation, digital inclusion and increasing the pace of high-speed mobile network deployments. Read More »