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Mainstreaming ME Research: The 8th Invest In ME International ME Conference, 2013
Mark Berry reports from London on the 8th Invest in ME International ME Conference. Read More »
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Maxims Code To Be Released On GitHub
IMS Maxims will release the source code for its electronic patient record system on GitHub, the company announced today. Speaking in the open source pavilion at the HC2014 conference in Manchester Paul Cooper, IMS Maxim’s head of research, said the company has been in talks for several months about how best to go about open sourcing parts of its Maxims EPR.
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MedeAnalytics Study Shows How U.K. Healthcare System Could Save $2 Billion Annually — Findings Could Hold Important Lessons For U.S. System
Groundbreaking study identifies eight key metrics that could bend cost curve in U.S., U.K. Read More »
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Microsoft Eyes Hybrid Open Source Approach to Public Sector Work
Microsoft is increasingly looking at a hybrid approach that takes advantage of both proprietary enterprise IT and open source technologies for public sector projects to better meet the needs of customers in a multi-platform technology environment. Michael Wignall, national technology officer at Microsoft UK, said that despite being a company long associated with proprietary software and technology changing user needs had facilitated a switch towards providing solutions that offer at least some open source components in the area of Android devices and other platforms...
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Mike ONeill: Making VistA More Accessible
In this slideshow, Mike ONeill, Senior Advisor to the Director, VA Innovation Initiative (VAi2), US Department of Veterans Affairs, outlines the need for a new approach to electronic health record systems and draws on the benefits of establishing a new and international open-source community. Read More »
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Moorfields Develops Virtual Glaucoma Clinic
Moorfields Eye Hospital has developed a pilot iPad application to enable the running of virtual glaucoma clinics. Read More »
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Moorfields NHS Trust Deploys Open Source Clinical Modules
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 »
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New NHS database will succeed with open source and agile, says supplier
The success of the NHS’ new national database, dubbed SPINE 2, will be down to the use of open source technologies and agile development techniques, according to its supplier BJSS. The original SPINE database was core to the previous government’s failed National Programme for IT (NPfIT). Read More »
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New Smartphone App Promises Easy Eye Testing Worldwide
The team behind a smartphone-based portable eye examination kit have just launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise money for new innovation...
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NHS & VHA: Transatlantic Exchange of Ideas and 'Lessons Learned' on Adoption of Health IT Solutions
Britain's 2020Health.Org has just released a major report outlining how the United Kingdom can transform its healthcare system by enhancing its existing collaboration effort with the U.S. Veteran's Health Administration (VHA) and by sharing technology, knowledge and lessons learned on the effective use of Telehealth, PHR, and EHR systems. Entitled "Making connections - A transatlantic exchange to support the adoption of digital health between the US VHA and England’s NHS", the report lays out step by step how Britain's National Health Service (NHS) can create a digital revolution that can significantly enhance its ability to provide health care. Read More »
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NHS 'To Benefit From Agile Development' With Selection Of Open Source Database Riak For Spine2
The NHS has selected US developer Basho's open source database Riak to underpin its efforts to rebuild its Spine infrastructure. Read More »
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NHS Cancer Diagnostic Pathology Thriving In Open Source
Many cancer laboratories in the UK are using antiquated reporting software. Read More »
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NHS Delays e-Referral Service Launch Until 2015
The launch of the new NHS e-Referral service has been delayed until spring 2015, the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) has announced...
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NHS England Collaborating with U.S. on 'Open' Health IT Solutions
The NHS is spending nearly £300,000 on an exchange programme with the US Veteran’s Health Administration to investigate its use of open source software and telehealth. Read More »
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NHS England Open Source Plans Revealed
NHS England is looking to create a series of community interest companies to act as custodians for open source products introduced to the NHS. NHS England revealed in mid-2013 that it wanted to encourage an open source option for trusts looking to invest in electronic patient record systems, and that some of the £260m ‘Safer Hospitals Safer Wards: Technology Fund’ would go towards this.
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