Open Health News | The Voice for the Open Health Community

Open Source Recognized As A Key Economic Pillar In European Union Study

By James Lovegrove | October 28, 2021

A September 2021 study on the economic impact of open source software and hardware concluded that open source technologies injected EUR 65-95 billion into the European economy. This study is timely given the current rollout of the European Union's EUR 750 billion recovery investment, which has allotted 20% for digital transformation. Growing political efforts to understand and quantify the importance of open source in realizing EU digital sovereignty accentuate the study's significance. The European Union sponsored the study, which was written by Fraunhofer ISI and OpenForum Europe.

Read More »

Aligning with the Standards Development Community: The New Cycle for Standards Version Advancement Process

By Avinash Shanbhag, and Jeff Smith | October 15, 2021

As part of ONC’s ongoing charge to coordinate across federal and industry stakeholders, we determined it was necessary to adjust our Standards Version Advancement Process (SVAP) timeline. Although it may seem like this process has been around for a while, it’s still brand new and we’ve been looking at ways to optimize how the process aligns with other standards development work in the community. The changes we’ve made will help ensure timely publication of implementation specifications central to our cadence for new versions of USCDI.

Read More »

How to Use Content Marketing To Promote Open Source Projects

By Will Kelly | October 15, 2021

Both startups and more established firms are increasingly turning to content marketing as a way of reaching prospective customers. However, corporate marketers often consider the open source software (OSS) community a challenge to reach. This article features ways your technology and content marketing teams can work together to target and reach the community around an OSS project your organization supports.

Read More »

Latest News

Going To Market With An Open Source Product
October 13, 2021 -
Scott McCarty
- Open Health News
Many people with a long career in engineering, including me, have had misconceptions about sales and marketing. As an engineering community, we've...
Europe Pledges Support For Open Source Government Solutions
October 10, 2021 -
James Lovegrove
- Open Health News
It was thus fitting that Estonia, the current EU presidency, brought together Ministers from 32 countries (under the umbrellas of the EU and...
How Disagreement Creates Unity In Open Source
October 9, 2021 -
Kate Carcia
- Open Health News
Many people consider disagreement polarizing and uncomfortable, but it doesn't have to be. The open source way calls for sharing ideas and...
Upgrading the PULSE Emergency Response Tool to a Community Edition
September 27, 2021 -
Rachel Abbey
- Open Health News
Seven years ago the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) began work on the Patient Unified Lookup System for...
Why European Nonprofit Organizations Are Choosing Open Source Software
September 27, 2021 -
Michael Korotaev
- Open Health News
With tech and data safety awareness rising, open source software is becoming a go-to option for organizations of all classes more than ever....

Open Source Recognized As A Key Economic Pillar In European Union Study
October 28, 2021 - Open Health News
A September 2021 study on the economic impact of open source software and hardware concluded that open source technologies injected EUR 65-95...
Aligning with the Standards Development Community: The New Cycle for Standards Version Advancement Process
October 15, 2021 - Open Health News
As part of ONC’s ongoing charge to coordinate across federal and industry stakeholders, we determined it was necessary to adjust our Standards...
How to Use Content Marketing To Promote Open Source Projects
October 15, 2021 - Open Health News
Both startups and more established firms are increasingly turning to content marketing as a way of reaching prospective customers. However,...
Going To Market With An Open Source Product
October 13, 2021 - Open Health News
Many people with a long career in engineering, including me, have had misconceptions about sales and marketing. As an engineering community, we've...
How Disagreement Creates Unity In Open Source
October 9, 2021 - Open Health News
Many people consider disagreement polarizing and uncomfortable, but it doesn't have to be. The open source way calls for sharing ideas and...

HLN's Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) chosen as a Digital Public Goods Standard
November 1, 2021
Press Release

HLN Consulting

HLN Consulting is thrilled to announce that the Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) project has been chosen by the Digital Public Goods Alliance (...
European technology companies launch Coalition for Competitive Digital Markets
October 26, 2021
Press Release

Coalition For Competitive Digital Markets

A group of 23 technology companies operating in Europe from 14 different countries and a business association of more than 45,000 digital SMEs...
HHS Announces Synthetic Health Data Challenge Winners
September 21, 2021
Press Release

US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) today announced $...
Scientists Launch Open Source Computational Platform to Study Biological Processes
September 20, 2021
Press Release

University of Surrey

Agent-based simulations (ABS) are powerful computational tools that help scientists understand complex biological systems. These simulations are an...
CDC Stands Up New Disease Forecasting Center - To Use Open Source Software and APIs to Expand Data Interoperability
August 18, 2021
Press Release

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is announcing a new center designed to advance the use of forecasting and outbreak...
ASF Announces Program for ApacheCon@Home 2021
August 17, 2021
Press Release

Apache Software Foundation (ASF)

The Apache® Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of more than 350 Open Source projects and initiatives...
Health Gorilla and the Puerto Rico Department of Health Reach Milestone in Health Information Exchange Network
July 29, 2021
Press Release

Health Gorilla

Health Gorilla, the largest interoperability provider in Puerto Rico, in conjunction with the Puerto Rico Department of Health (PRDOH), today...
IBM Report: Cost of Data Breaches Hit Record High During Pandemic - Healthcare Breaches Cost the Most By Far, at $9.23 Million per Incident
July 28, 2021
Press Release

IBM Security, Ponemon Institute

IBM Security today announced the results of a global study which found that data breaches now cost surveyed companies $4.24 million per incident on...

Top Menu

Most Popular in the Last...

Open Source Recognized As A Key Economic Pillar In European Union Study

Aligning with the Standards Development Community: The New Cycle for Standards Version Advancement Process

How to Use Content Marketing To Promote Open Source Projects

Latest News

Feature Articles

Latest News Clippings

Bottom Menu