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Will Open Source Architecture Help Win the DOD EHR Contract?
The Department of Defense’s solicitation for a new EHR infrastructure has put $11 billion up for grabs, and the large-scale contract has attracted interest from some of the biggest names in the EHR market. Each team is bringing something a little bit different to the table in regards to expertise and vision for the lengthy, complex project. While interoperability is a top concern for everyone involved in the bidding, there’s more than one way to achieve it.
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Winner Of The 2012 Government Big Data Solutions Award
The Government Big Data Solutions Award was established to highlight innovative solutions and facilitate the exchange of best practices, lessons learned and creative ideas for addressing Big Data challenges. The Top Five Nominees of 2012 were chosen for criteria that included: Read More »
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With Open Compute, Facebook Is Saving Billions And Moving Markets
Facebook might have launched the Open Compute Project to force server vendors to build higher-effiency gear, but it’s having a much greater impact than even Facebook anticipated. Read More »
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World Bank Promotes Open Data In Myanmar
More than 120 members from civil society organisations, research institutes and government ministries participated in the recent “Open Development” workshop organised by the World Bank, as part of its on-going efforts to encourage the use of publicly accessible data and research [...] to tackle development challenges. Read More »
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World Health Care Congress: HHS CTO, Premier CIO Talk Data Liquidity
This week’s 10th Annual World Health Care Congress in Washington, D.C., saw a lively discussion April 9 involving a panel of experts on innovation, including Bryan Sivak, chief technology officer of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and Joe Pleasant Jr., senior vice president and CIO of the Premier health alliance. Read More »
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World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) & Harvard Model U.N. 2012 Meeting
...Access to Knowledge - A movement that has taken innumerable forms in World Politics. Led by developing countries who face intense competition in the light of stringent Global Intellectual Property Laws, it aims to create more equitable public access to the products of human culture and learning.
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Xen To Become Linux Foundation Collaborative Project
The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced the Xen Project is becoming a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project. Read More »
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Yes, I Still Write Code
Let me start by admitting to an open secret: I still write code. If you are like many people whom I share this secret with, you're probably thinking that's a crazy thing to do. Well I'm not going to argue the point, after all the business folks talk at length about the role of a CEO and management, and believe me it does not include writing software. Read More »
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You Don’t Need an Exciting Mission to Foster Innovation
Technology has dramatically transformed the way federal employees perform their jobs --from cloud computing to telework --but when to comes to finding new, innovative ways of doing things, most feds lack the appropriate support. Read More »
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ZH Healthcare Announces New Program For Non-Profit And Charitable Health Clinics
Quality health care isn’t always affordable to those that need it. Federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) and free health clinics provide services to nearly 20 million patients in under served populations. Delivering high quality patient care on a tight budget is hard so ZH Healthcare has created a new program to help these health clinics. Under this new program, ZH Healthcare will offer their cloud-based ZH OpenEMR Patient Package at no cost. The meaningful use certified ZH OpenEMR will allow these clinics to be more efficient, train volunteers more easily, see more patients and provide best possible care to their patients.
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‘Arduino’, Sharing Innovation through Open-source Hardware
Trade secrets are overrated. Well, it is if you look at Arduino – the open-source microcontroller and physical computing platform that anyone can use to develop their own electronics projects without the fuss of microcontroller programming and licensing permissions. Read More »
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‘Badass Innovators’ Get Down To Work
Eighteen Presidential Innovation Fellows, sworn into government service by Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry on Thursday, have six months to get five major government initiatives up and running. Read More »
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“OK Glass: Hand Me The Scalpel, Please…” GoogleGlass During Surgery!
Obviously, the one of the MAIN concerns regarding the use of Google Glass during surgery, with live streaming of data, would be to take every measure and to ensure the privacy of the patient’s health information (PHI). Read More »
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“What Is The Value Of Health IT?”
For its second year of celebrating National Health IT Week, HIMSS is asking a simple question: “What is the value of HIT?” [... Instead] of offering my lone — and probably less than expert – opinion I’ve asked a variety of folks who are probably better able to give more insightful and valuable opinions than mine. Read More »
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John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington D.C. Hosts TEDMED 2012 Conference
TEDMED announced that the 2012 edition of the conference will take place in Washington, DC at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts from April 11-13, 2012. From 2009 to 2011, San Diego hosted TEDMED, drawing strong attendance from regional biotech companies and technology developers. The move to the Nation's Capital and the Kennedy Center will place TEDMED in the center of healthcare policymaking, regulation, and research funding and will accelerate collaboration among government, science, industry, academia, technology, media and the arts... Read More »
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