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12 Ideas To Improve Development Research Access And Uptake
Our expert panel suggests how to ensure that research is open, accessible and still of high quality Read More »
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3 Steps To Improving Medical Data Error Reporting
As is often the case in life, we hope to learn from our mistakes, and not repeat them. The same could be said for our healthcare system. Read More »
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A Big Step Forward: Subterranean Biology Journal Moves To Advanced Open Access Publishing
Subterranean Biology now fully joins the peer reviewed open access family of journals published by Pensoft Publishers, who also publish ZooKeys, PhytoKeys and others. Read More »
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A Time Out For Health IT?
A recent RAND(1) study has concluded that the implementation of health information technology (HIT) has neither effected a reduction in the cost of healthcare nor an improvement in the quality of healthcare. Read More »
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Accelerating Electronic Information Sharing To Improve Quality And Reduce Costs In Health Care
Health information technology (IT) and electronic health information sharing play critical and foundational roles in addressing the cost, quality, and access challenges of the United States health care system. Read More »
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AHRQ Eyes Quality Improvement Project
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has requested that the Office of Management and Budget approve funding for a new information collecting project aimed at bolstering efficiency and value in hospitals and medical offices. Read More »
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AMA Pleads For More User-Friendly EHRs
The American Medical Association is targeting the usability—or lack thereof—of electronic health-record systems as part of a broader campaign to improve physician satisfaction...
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An Open Source Vision
A campaign is attempting to bring VistA, an open source IT system, to the NHS. Why should you consider it? Read More »
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Better Quality Measures Mean Better Quality Care
Healthcare has a long way to go to close quality and cost gaps, a task that requires meaningful, well-understood quality measures, former Medicare Administrator Mark McClellan, M.D., told the Senate Finance Committee yesterday at a hearing on healthcare quality. Read More »
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Busting The Top Five Myths About Open Access Publishing
Rather than lock up knowledge in costly journals, increasingly universities and governments are recognising that publicly funded research should be open to all. Read More »
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California's Move Toward MOOCs Sends Shock Waves, But Key Questions Remain Unanswered
Supporters of newly proposed legislation in California hope to reduce the number of students shut out of key courses by forging an unprecedented partnership between traditional public colleges and online-education upstarts. But on Wednesday specific details of how the deal would work were hard to pin down. Read More »
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Can Public And Private HIEs Get Along?
Public health information exchanges (HIEs) have expressed concerns about compatibility and sustainability as the number of private HIEs continues to rise, according to eHealth Initiative's 12th Annual HIE Survey. Read More »
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CMS' 5 Questions On Hospital Readiness To Use EHRs For e-Reporting
Certified electronic health records will make it easier for providers to report clinical quality measures for not only meaningful use but other federal programs. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) plans to align some of those measures. Read More »
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Cost Reminders Via CPOE Lead To Fewer Test Orders
Displaying the cost of a test via computerized provider order entry systems prompted a 9 percent reduction in the number of tests ordered, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine. Read More »
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Couchbase and the Future of NoSQL Databases
Couchbase is a NoSQL, document-oriented database for building interactive applications. Trends in the open source database industry show positive growth as NoSQL is used for web, mobile, and the Internet of Things (IoT). In this interview, Arun Gupta, VP of Developer Advocacy at Couchbase, shares his views on how open source has made an impact on the database industry, and the challenges that lie ahead for the NoSQL industry. Also, find out which open source tools and methodologies Couchbase has adopted...
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