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Clinician, researcher, and patients working together: progress aired at Indivo conference
I spent Monday in a small library at the Harvard Medical School listening to a discussion of the Indivo patient health record and related open source projects with about 80 intensely committed followers. Lead Indivo architect Daniel Haas, whom I interviewed a year ago, succeeded in getting the historical 2.0 release of Indivo out on the day of the conference. Read More »
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FCC to Look into Possible Problems Using Wireless Medical Devices
Studies show that mobile medical devices, such as the ability to recieve dialysis at home for kidney disease patients, could save as much as $197 billion over the next 25 years while improving patient care. Read More »
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IT Firms Vie for Federal Awards Worth $20 Billion
A total of 54 companies are eligible to compete for up to $20 billion in information technology and health IT products and services, primarily for the National Institutes of Health and its parent agency, the Health and Human Services Department. NIH is the executive agent. Read More »
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Latest news on White House 'Open Access' petition
A petition urging the White House to expand federal policies requiring free access to taxpayer-funded research papers has gotten the 25,000 signatures needed to trigger a response. Read More »
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National Cancer Institute RFI For Open Development Initiative
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology (CBIIT) is requesting information from open development community experts about models of open development applicable to the biomedical research community.
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Scary Science, National Security, and Open-Source Research
I've been following the story about the scientists who have been working to figure out how H5N1 bird flu might become transmissible from human to human, the controversial research they used to study that question, and the federal recommendations that are now threatening to keep that research under wraps. Read More »
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Scholars, publishers battle over access to agency research
In a matter of weeks, open-access advocates have gathered more than 26,000 signatures for a petition on the White House’s “We the People” website — above the threshold that triggers an automatic response from the Obama administration. The petition calls on President Obama to “require free access over the Internet to scientific journal articles arising from taxpayer-funded research” for all federal agencies.
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2019 Health IT Summit
AFCEA Bethesda will be hosting their 11th Annual Health IT Summit on January 29th and 30th at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center. This event will bring together more than 1,000 senior executives and IT professionals from across industry and government. They will explore strategies for leveraging modern IT technology and tactics to advance healthcare outcomes. Conference participants will discuss new and emerging trends in digital services, artificial intelligence, automation, health analytics, and cybersecurity.
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