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Healthcare.gov Faced Security Risks, Feds Were Told

Alex Kane Rudansky | InformationWeek | October 31, 2013

As HHS secretary Sebelius testified to Congress about the flawed rollout, a memo surfaced that predicted security risks due to inadequate testing. Read More »

Healthcare.gov May Be A 'Black Swan'

Patrick Thibodeau | Computerworld | October 25, 2013

One in six IT projects face out of control costs, and bring much disruption, making them 'black swans' Read More »

Heart Test Costs Rise As Cardiologists Flock To Hospitals

Alan Bavley | The Kansas City Star | December 29, 2013

It was late in 2009, and Willie Lawrence and the other heart specialists in his practice faced a dilemma. Should they renew their expiring office lease and commit themselves to their independent cardiology practice at Research Medical Center or shut down their business and take the jobs that local hospitals were offering? Medicare helped make the decision for them. Read More »

How Government Can Improve EMR Usability

Jonathan Baran | KevinMD.com | August 31, 2011

Government involvement in usability has been the talk recently.  In case your not aware, EMR usability is such as problem the government is exploring ways to get involved. [...] Read More »

How States Launched Successful Health Exchanges

Joseph Marks | Nextgov | November 1, 2013

In the second half of August, six weeks before rollout, the best tech minds building Washington D.C.’s Health Benefit Exchange gathered to test the system end to end... Read More »

If No One's To Blame For Healthcare.gov Glitches, Then Maybe Everyone Is

Jaikumar Vijayan | Computerworld | October 24, 2013

After listening to over three hours of testimony in Congress from some of the contractors behind the Obamacare Healthcare.gov site, one thing has become abundantly clear: No vendor is responsible for the problems that have plagued the health exchange since its launch nearly a month ago. Read More »

Program Chief: Software Problems Could Delay F-35’s Delivery Beyond 2017

Bob Brewin | Nextgov | April 25, 2013

Air Force Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan, program executive officer for the $397 billion F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, told Senate lawmakers yesterday he has concerns that software development challenges could further delay delivery of combat ready aircraft slated to complete final testing by 2019. Read More »

Signove And AT4 Wireless Successfully Work Together For Continua Health Alliance First Complete Application Host Device (AHD) Certification

Press Release | Signove, Continua Health Alliance | December 3, 2012

Signove has successfully completed the Continua Health Alliance certification at AT4 wireless laboratory for the Signove HM4A, an Application Host Device (AHD) supporting two wireless interfaces (Bluetooth® as a Personal Area Network interface (PAN), and 3G interface as a Wide Area Network (WAN)). Read More »

Testing 1-2-3: Open-Source Tools To Ensure Quality Applications

Neil A. Chaudhuri | GCN | December 10, 2013

When the HealthCare.gov rollout did not quite go according to plan, much was made about the absence of “testing.” There have been myriad newspaper columns, cable talk show segments, even exchanges at congressional hearings dedicated to the topic. Though the attention is gratifying to a software guy like me, implicit in the discussion is the premise that testing is a monolithic activity to be performed once development is complete. Read More »

The White House Comedy Club

Kathleen Parker | Washington Post | October 25, 2013

While the nation’s attention has been riveted on the Keystone Congress, the executive branch was busy developing its own comedy routine. Picture the cast (you know the characters) shrugging their shoulders in unison: “Who, me?” Read More »

Ubuntu Launches OpenStack Interoperability Lab

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols | ZDNet | November 6, 2013

Canonical and its partners will certify Ubuntu OpenStack cloud compliant hardware and software. Read More »

Unreported Robot Surgery Injuries Open Questions For FDA

Robert Langreth | Bloomberg Personal Finance | December 30, 2013

When Sheena Wilson, 45, underwent robotic surgery for a hysterectomy in May, she didn’t know the Intuitive Surgical Inc. system used by her doctor was previously tied to a variety of injuries for the same procedure. Read More »

What Is Agile Software Development?

Adam Zolyak | Segue Technologies | April 5, 2013

You may have heard the term “Agile” more frequently these days, especially in the world of IT. So what’s all the buzz about? Read More »

What Kind Of Problem Is The ACA Rollout For Liberalism?

Mike Konczal | Next New Deal | October 23, 2013

“This massive IT launch sure came in on time, under budget, and without headaches” is a statement that nobody has ever said. But even controlling for that, Healthcare.gov looks to be having a disastrous launch. Read More »

Why Didn't The White House Use WordPress?

Dylan Byers | POLITICO | October 24, 2013

HealthCare.gov is "a disaster," "a failure" and "excruciatingly embarrassing" for the Obama administration. Why didn't they just use WordPress? Read More »