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EHR And The VA: Part I – History

Kathy Tong | EHR Intelligence | April 19, 2013

One of the earliest EHR pioneers was the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The VA started its shift from a paper-based to computer-based records system in the 1980s (ideas for it were discussed a decade earlier). Called the Decentralized Hospital Computer Program (DHCP), the system was designed to bring consistent, standardized patient data into a locally centralized repository. Read More »

EHRs Can't Do Everything

Zach McCartney | Healthcare IT News | November 14, 2013

Like many other industries, healthcare is becoming more consumer-focused. As Eric Wicklund and Mike Miliard have recently documented for Healthcare IT News, patients and doctors alike have spoken out against EHR solutions for interfering with rather than facilitating doctor-patient interactions... Read More »

Electronic Medical Records for Cruise Ship Passengers

When I was on my last cruise, I started wondering if cruise ships have ever considered using some form of electronic medical record (EMR) system. It could come in very handy, especially the next time there is a disaster at sea – e.g. sinking ship, fire on board, breakdown at sea, an outbreak of disease, or... Not that that would ever happen. Cruise ships have been in the news a lot lately – and most of the news has not been good. That's too bad because I love cruising. I've been on multiple Carnival cruise line trips to the Caribbean and to the Mediterranean and have enjoyed them all. My latest cruise was a 2-week voyage on a Princess line cruise ship from Miami, through the Panama Canal, to Los Angeles. It was great. Read More »

eLife Joins Substance Consortium to Support Development of Open-Source Online Content-Editing Tools

Press Release | eLife | July 24, 2017

eLife is pleased to announce that we have joined a consortium of organisations committed to supporting Substance, a JavaScript library of tools for web-based content editing. As an open-source project first started in 2010, Substance provides the building blocks for realising custom text editors and web-based publishing systems that are critical in establishing an open-source ecosystem for knowledge creation and dissemination. The developers behind Substance – Michael Aufreiter and Oliver Buchtala – were key to the 2013 release of the eLife Lens Reader...

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Elsevier And Kitware Bring 3D Visualization Tools And Techniques To ScienceDirect

Press Release | Elsevier, Kitware, ScienceDirect | October 15, 2013

[Elsevier] and [Kitware] today announced that Elsevier journals offer the opportunity to upload 3D datasets when submitting a paper for publication. This way, once published, readers can interactively explore 3D datasets next to the online article on ScienceDirect. Read More »

Emergency Open Source EMR Created In A Week To Respond To Covid-19 Crisis

Press Release | Regenstrief Institute | April 22, 2021

A team from Regenstrief Institute leveraged OpenMRS, a global open-source electronic medical record (EMR), to create an emergency EMR for Indianapolis first responders preparing for a possible influx of COVID-19 patients. This process was completed in a week to allow Indianapolis Emergency Medical Services (IEMS) to register patients, collect basic clinical information, and send these encounters to Indiana's health information exchange, a crucial element to help the response to the COVID-19 pandemic...This work demonstrates that it is possible to leverage existing tools to create EMRs in emergency situations to improve crisis response. "We learned valuable lessons from this experience that can be applied to future emergencies. This system can be adapted to work in other states or even countries, and it can be done very quickly," said Burke Mamlin, M.D., a project leader and member of Regenstrief's Global Health Informatics program. "This shows the value of open source and how it can lead to global goods that can benefit us in the United States."

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EMI Health Successfully Launches Javelina

Press Release | Eldorado, EMI Health, MphasiS | June 11, 2013

Eldorado, a division of MphasiS, an HP company, announced today that EMI Health, formerly Educators Mutual Insurance Association of Utah, is now licensing Eldorado’s flexible payer platform, Javelina, to deliver benefits administration services to its large base of corporate, government and education clients located throughout Utah and Arizona. Read More »

EMR Direct Now Integrated with OpenEMR

is on a mission to modernize medical work flow and improve patient care by simplifying healthcare interoperability. The company is committed to developing technologies that protect patient privacy, improve the quality and coordination of care, increase productivity, and reduce costs. Recently, EMR Direct donated its code to OpenEMR which integrated their solution into OpenEMR version 4.1.2  They have also  announced their participation in the Tennessee Health eShare program, facilitating access to Direct messaging for healthcare providers across that state. Read More »

EMR Technical Solutions Announces Hosting Initiative For Health Insurance Exchange

Press Release | EMR Technical Solutions | August 14, 2012

Our comprehensive solutions integrate the multiple aspects of health insurance delivery—including a consumer portal, eligibility determinations, financial services, plan enrollment, call center and customer support, enhanced privacy, and program administration. EMR Technical Solutions can help your state deliver a comprehensive, interoperable HIX system that connects new and existing government and private sector systems within a consistent architecture. Read More »

Enabling ParaView Interaction with ITK and Slicer

Staff | Kitware Blog | June 18, 2010

A joint project by Johns Hopkins University's Center for Imaging Science, under Michael Miller, and Kitware, under Will Schroeder, is leading to new functionality in ParaView, to facilitate its use by JHU in order to empower its Computational Anatomy research. Read More »

Enabling The Internet Of Things: Q&A With Libelium CEO Alicia Asin

Will Dalton | ITProPortal | September 2, 2013

As part of a busy September for ITProPortal, we'll be attending GigaOm's Structure:Europe cloud conference from the 18th to 19th. We caught up with one of the event's headline speakers ahead of the London show - Alicia Asin, CEO and Co-founder of Spain's Libelium. Read More »

Enloe Medical Center In Chico And Oroville Hospital Honored For Value

Katrina Cameron | Oroville Mercury-Register | June 24, 2013

Enloe Medical Center and Oroville Hospital were both awarded for providing value by Cleverley + Associates, a health care financial consulting firm. Read More »

Enterprise Adoption Of Open Source Is On The Rise

Alan Ho | ZDNet | November 18, 2014

Enterprises are moving into open source - and for good reason...Open source software, which uses an open development process, is proliferating across the globe given the advantages it offers over traditional forms of software. Open source solutions can be modified and adapted to fit the needs of various companies - something that's often not possible with proprietary software.

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EnterpriseDB Joins Coalition for Enterprise Open Source Software for Government

Press Release | EnterpriseDB (EDB) | September 24, 2015

EnterpriseDB (EDB), the leading provider of enterprise-class Postgres products and database compatibility solutions, today announced it has joined the Coalition for Enterprise Open Source Software for Government (CEOSSG) to increase federal agency awareness of enterprise open source products and the need for greater adoption of open source software (OSS) across the federal sector. The CEOSSG is a non-profit member organization founded by Red Hat and Carahsoft Technology Corp., with government relations support provided by Efrus Federal Advisors...

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EnterpriseDB Sees Increase in Government Demand for Open Source Software

Maria Deutscher | Silicon ANGLE | July 23, 2013

Government agencies are increasingly turning to open source technologies in the wake of shrinking budgets and heightened cybersecurity concerns. Read More »