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Allscripts has not launched open source medicine
I didn’t think it was possible. The people at Forbes are getting dumber. A Forbes blog post titled “open source makes debut in health care” is making its rounds about the Internet this morning. It describes an effort by Allscripts to build the equivalent of an “app store” within its online Electronic Health Record (EHR) system. It’s called the “Application Store and Exchange.” Apple’s app store is not open source. Even if Allscripts were making all its code visible (which is what open source means) this would not be its introduction to the health care market, either. Read More »
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Connect Software Gateway Loses Top Two Managers
The top two managers of the Connect exchange gateway are leaving the pioneering federal health information exchange (HIE) program as it sets new directions to advance the adoption of health information exchange for meaningful use.
Dave Riley, an independent consultant who is the Connect program’s lead technical manager, and Vanessa Manchester, an independent consultant who is Connect’s program manager, will be leaving by the beginning of December, according to a federal agency advisor. Both have helped shepherd the Connect exchange development community since 2007.
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The University Of Kansas – Open Access, Are You A Good Witch Or A Bad Witch?
One year has passed since the University of Kansas became the first public university in the US to adopt Open Access policy for public scholarship. The faculty has released a newsletter in which they have decided to evaluate their practice which has now grown from the campus level and was recently celebrated on a global scale during the Open Access Week. Read More »
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Vangent Builds Health Information Systems for IHS
Vangent Inc. will help the Indian Health Service deploy an information technology health information exchange and other services under a $3.3 million contract.
The IHS, an agency of the Health and Human Services Department, provides a comprehensive health service delivery system for approximately 1.9 million Native Americans and Alaskan Natives who belong to more than 500 federally recognized tribes in 35 states.
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On the Front Lines with FrontlineSMS
NDItech has recently been doing a lot with a slick piece of software called FrontlineSMS. It's not new, but it's been a powerful solution for us of late, so I thought I'd share. Read More »
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Novel IT Platform Helps Novartis Gain Control of Clinical Imaging Data
Researchers at Novartis in Basel have developed a powerful new electronic data capture (EDC) hub for clinical data that has allowed its investigators to control data across multiple trials as never before, according to David Tuch, head of clinical imaging at the Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research, Switzerland. “This is a game changer for managing clinical trials at Novartis.”... Read More »
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Open Source and the Federal Budget Squeeze, Part 1
Local, state, and federal government agencies across the U.S. share the common goal of serving the public. They also share another contemporary fact of life: They are running out of money. As a result, efficiency is becoming a major goal in government at all levels, and information technology appears to be a key target for getting more bang for the buck.
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Survey: Patient Data Protection Problematic in Large Hospitals
Stronger federal regulations over patient data protection have had no significant effect on the way 65 large health organizations manage records, according to a survey conducted by the Ponemon Institute. Read More »
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Open Source Clinical Portals: A Model for Healthcare Information Systems to Support Care Processes and Feed Clinical Research : An Italian Case of Design, Development, Reuse, and Exploitation
Open source is a still unexploited chance for healthcare organizations and technology providers to answer to a growing demand for innovation and to join economical benefits with a new way of managing hospital information systems.
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The Need for Indoor Plumbing
when developing software through large-scale research programs, the current process is relatively ineffective and wasteful. Rather than creating usable tools for scientists and engineers, often what is created are shiny toys with little practical use. Instead, as one of our collaborators Russ Taylor at UNC so aptly put it, we could use a lot more basic "indoor plumbing" to complement our bleeding-edge zero-G toilets with the latest bells and whistles. Read More »
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How Electronic Records Transformed Care for Veterans
Ken Kizer is the miracle man of U.S. health care. Mr. Kizer brought in bold reform that transformed the vast and woeful Veterans Health Administration into an efficient, effective model institution with sky-high patient satisfaction. Starting in 1994, it took him five years to reduce costs and increase quality of care, while nearly doubling the number of patients.
The measurable results included a reduction in medication errors and patient deaths.
“What's wrong with expecting the government to do a good job?” he would ask those professing amazement at the change.
Key to the VHA's stunning improvement was the implementation of easily accessible electronic health records (EHRs).
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LSIT to Feature Medsphere CEO Mike Doyle at November Executive Briefing
Healthcare IT executive Michael J. Doyle will be the featured executive at an upcoming Executive Briefing of the Life Sciences Information Technology (LSIT) Global Institute. A member of LSIT’s Industry Advisory Board, Doyle is president and CEO of Medsphere Systems Corporation, a leading open-source health IT company headquartered in Carlsbad, Calif. Read More »
Silver Hill Hospital Sees Clear Benefits from EHR Implementation
After OpenVista EHR adoption, leading psychiatric hospital enjoys improvements in clinical efficiency; New legislation would extend health IT stimulus to behavioral health facilities Read More »
Silver Hill Hospital Sees Clear Benefits from EHR Implementation
NEW CANAAN, Conn., and SAN DIEGO—November 5, 2010—Silver Hill Hospital and Medsphere Systems Corporation today highlighted a series of clinical and organizational improvements achieved by the nationally recognized psychiatric hospital since the implementation of Medsphere’s OpenVista electronic health record (EHR) in March 2010. Read More »
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U.S. Department of Defense Selects Mirth to Power Health Information Exchange Initiatives
Mirth Connect to help power health information exchange initiatives that enable medical information to follow active duty and retired military personnel throughout their lives Read More »