The last company still manufacturing VCRs announced it has ceased their production. VCRs had a good run, most households had one, but their time has passed. Meanwhile, the stethoscope is celebrating its 200th birthday, and is still virtually the universal symbol for health care professionals. There has got to be a moral in there somewhere. VCRs revolutionized our TV viewing experience. We could record television shows to not only watch programs at our own convenience, but we could also fast forward through commercials! We could watch the movies we wanted, when we wanted to, in the comfort of our own homes. Video rental outlets popped up everywhere, from boutique neighborhood stores to wildly successful chains like Blockbuster...
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OpenEMR Android app now on Google Play
Palmdoc | The Palmdoc Chronicles | July 20, 2012
If you are an OpenEMR user, you may be interested to know that the developers of the Android app have now pushed it to Google Play. It’s still in beta development but usable, though the authors caution that it’s “not yet recommended for regular use in a working medical environment.” If you are an Android user you can download and try it out – it has it’s own demo OpenEMR server.
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OS Wars: Three Alternatives To iOS, Android, Windows Phone
Tony Crammond | The Full Signal | July 23, 2013
The smartphone world appears to be all but divided up. You’re either an Android user, a follower of Apple’s iOS, or loyal to the mighty Microsoft and its Windows Phone 8 platform. But there are alternatives out there... Read More »
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Out With the Old...Wait, Not in Health Care
By Kim Bellard | August 14, 2016
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Ouya Launches Open-Source Android Console in UK
Staff Writer | Huffington Post | June 25, 2013
The Ouya open-source Android console has launched in the UK. Read More »
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Patent War Goes Nuclear: Microsoft, Apple-Owned “Rockstar” Sues Google
Joe Mullin | Ars Technica | October 31, 2013
Rockstar paid $4.5 billion for Nortel patents and has launched a major attack. Read More »
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Pentagon App Store Is Open, But The Shelves Are Pretty Bare
William Matthews | Nextgov.com | May 8, 2014
The Defense Information Systems Agency’s new Mobile Applications Store is open for business, but don’t expect to shop there for military-grade killer software...But of the 19 apps available in the store as of April 30, only one is a unique military application—DoD Safe Helpline...
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Pentagon Approves Use Of Samsung Android And New BlackBerry Devices
Bob Brewin | Nextgov | May 2, 2013
The Defense Department has approved the Android Knox smartphone made by Samsung and new BlackBerry smartphones and tablets running Enterprise Service 10 software for use on its networks. Read More »
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Post-PC Microsoft Signs Its Death Warrant -- With An iPad
Jonny Evans | Computerworld | April 11, 2013
A leaked report claims Microsoft [MSFT] intends bringing Office to Apple [AAPL] iPads -- but not until 2014. Meanwhile IDC informs us that PC sales have slumped to a 20-year low. Microsoft's refusal to follow trend means it has signed its own death warrant, and here's why: Read More »
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Predictions 2012 – The View From an Open Source Foundation
Paula Hunter | Open Source Delivers | January 11, 2012
Projects aimed at improving health IT will continue to spark interest, and those funded and fostered at the government level have the best chance of widespread adoption. Some of the largest healthcare initiatives are open source, and funded at the federal level for several years to come. Thus they can ride out the financial and regulatory uncertainty currently plaguing our HC industry. I do expect that on the back end of these projects there is great commercial opportunity.
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Publish Or Perish? Now It’s Publish, Share, Track Or Perish
Roger Tagholm | Publishing Perspectives | March 27, 2014
Jan Reichelt, co-founder and president of Mendeley, at the Digital Minds Conference prior to the London Book Fair on Monday, April 7, 2014. The publishing industry, in common with many other content-based industries such as music and news, faces a challenge of “user engagement and technology disruption,” says Jan Reichelt, co-founder and president of Mendeley, the platform for managing and sharing research papers.
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Quest Opens Direct Access To Lab Results
David F Carr | Information Week | April 11, 2014
Quest Diagnostics capitalizes on regulatory change and gives patients access to their own lab results on the web and mobile devices, boosting its own EHR software in the process.
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Quest Opens Direct Access To Lab Results
David F Carr | Information Week | April 11, 2014
Quest Diagnostics capitalizes on regulatory change and gives patients access to their own lab results on the web and mobile devices, boosting its own EHR software in the process.
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Regenstrief Institute Hopes to Create Comprehensive Patient Profile by Leveraging FHIR
Mark Taylor | MedCity News | August 23, 2016
In the quest for interoperability, Regenstrief Institute, the Indianapolis-based healthcare research and informatics organization, is piloting a heavily touted method of compiling healthcare information electronically. The not-for-profit Regenstrief’s Center for Medical Biomedical Informatics has developed a platform for merging data from different electronic health records systems to produce a comprehensive patient health profile for hospitals and physicians...
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Report Finds Health, Fitness Apps Lag in Privacy Polices Compared to Other Apps
Heather Mack | mobihealthnews | August 18, 2016
Health and fitness apps may potentially reveal data-enabled insights into the daily lives of those who use them, but what they sometimes fail to reveal are the ways they use the data collected on users. A recent study from the Future of Privacy Forumfound that -- compared with other apps in the iOS and Android marketplaces -- health and fitness apps lag in privacy policies, with about 60 percent offering such information compared to 76 percent of general apps...
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Review: Innovations Abound Beyond iOS And Android
Anick Jesdanun | Top Tech News | February 28, 2014
Gartner says 94 percent of smartphones sales last year were either iPhones or Android devices; Windows Phone and BlackBerry devices made up another 5 percent combined. What about the remaining 1 percent? They are the wannabes such as Firefox, Sailfish and Ubuntu, and these alternative contenders boast some features you just may envy. Read More »
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