OHNews Weekly Summary - 8/30/2013

The following is a brief listing of some of the hot news items, selected news clips, feature stories, and blogs posted on Open Health News (OHNews) over the past week that  we believe will be of interest to our readers across the U.S. and around the world.

OHNews-News & Blog Posts

• OpenMRS in Latin America
• National Health IT Week - 2013
• Latest news on the 'open source' Integrated Human Resource Information System (iHRIS)

Selected News Clips

• Oroville Hospital's CEO to Reveal Key EHR Success Factors at OSEHRA Conference
• Embracing Open-Source Biotech: DNA Freeware May Out-Innovate Patented Genes
• Sutter’s $1 Billion Boondoggle-New Electronic Records System Goes Dark
• Australian government can't recruit fast enough for Open Source
• Ushahidi Blog Excerpts - August 2013
• What open source means for the Average Joe or Jodi
• OSEHRA Summit: Plenary Session Speaker Presentation on VistA Installations & Users
• About 30% of Doctors in the U.S. starting to use Doximity to Share Patient Data

To see other OHN News, Feature Stories, Calendar of Events, Resources, and more - go to the Open Health News (OHN) Home Page.

Roger Maduro
Publisher & Managing Editor, Open Health News