OHNews Weekly Summary - 10/12/2013

October 12, 2013 - The following is a brief listing of some of the hot news items, selected news clips, feature stories, calendar events, 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.

Two of the key themes dominating the news this week involved:  (1) Startup of the 'open' Health Insurance Exchanges (HIX) in the U.S. as the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, moves into the next stage of nationwide implementation; and (2) the impacts of the continuing U.S. Government shutdown on citizens and organizations across both the public and private sector.

Roger Maduro
Publisher & Managing Editor, Open Health News

Headlines

OHNews-News & Blog Posts
• State-wide Health Information Exchange (HIE) Implementation Activities
• DoD Request for Information and Vendor Demos of EHR Systems
• Upcoming Conference on Integrative Medicine & Health Information Technology
• Oroville Hospital’s Scheduler: the winning technology
• An Updated 2013 List of 'Open Source' Electronic Health Record (EHR) Systems

Selected News Clips
• How to get a job in healthcare IT
• Federal Shutdown: We Miss Our Data
• CDC Unable To Conduct Lab, Detection Work On Salmonella Outbreak
• Quality Systems Inc. releases Mirth Connect 3.0 Open Source Healthcare Integration Engine
• In Massachusetts, You Can Now Get Prices For Health Care In Advance
• Uninsured in U.S. Find More Success via Health Insurance Exchanges (HIX) Run by States
• Why the Healthcare.gov Launch of Obamacare Was Doomed To Fail
• DoD gives glimpse of imminent EHR procurement expectations
• Infographic: Patients Want Access To Their Electronic Medical Records
• Health Insurance Marketplace Plans Vary Widely in Price

Calendar of Upcoming Events
• VISTA Academy & Expo 2013
• Open Access Week 2013
• Open Source Developers Conference 2013
• LinuxCon Europe 2013
• AHIMA Convention & Exhibition 2013
• Games For Health Europe 2013
• Open Data Institute Annual Summit 2013