OHNews Weekly Summary - 9/20/2013

September 20, 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 running through the news this week involved:  (1) Procurement of 'open source' IT systems; and (2) Major activity related to the implementation of the 'open source' VistA electronic health record (EHR) systems.

Roger Maduro
Publisher & Managing Editor, Open Health News

Headlines

OHNews-News & Blog Posts
• Banning Software Patents & 'Opening' IT Procurement Processes
• NY State Office of Mental Health to Implement DSS vxVistA System
• Open Source & IT Procurement Feature Article
• European Union (EU) Joinup Web Site

Selected News Clips
• Online and Open Source: The Health Insurance Marketplace at HealthCare.gov
• Physician adds Smartphone to Medical Tools to gather patient info
• WebRTC to enable Telehealth through your browser
• OKCon Highlights Use Of Open Data In Science & Health
• CGI to modernize EHR systems for the New York State Office of Mental Health
• Bossies 2013: The Best of Open Source Software Awards
• iPad-Toting Doctors Fuel Publisher Profits As Paper Fades
• Duplicate IT Systems Cost HHS Millions
• Open-Source Hardware In The Creative World
• Demystifying The Government's Fraud And Abuse Tools For Healthcare

Calendar of Upcoming Events
• Health 2.0: 7th Annual Conference
• Ireland Public Health (IPH) Open Conference
• Open World Forum 2013
• 2013 OpenMRS Implementers Meeting
• VISTA Academy & Expo 2013
• Open Access Week 2013
• The Open Group London 2013 Conference
• Open Source Developers Conference 2013
• LinuxCon Europe 2013