ClearHealth had a number of major announcements at TEPR detailed here (PDF), including HealthCloud, compatibility with GoogleHealth and being a Mirth reseller. One of these, according to Fred Trotter’s post on the Hardhats list, ClearHealth announced at TEPR that they have cross-compiled the VistA MUMPS code into PHP and have it running in Beta in a hospital: “…Apparently the strategy is to compile the MUMPS code to C, run it
through some extensive processing, and then it becomes available in a
fashion that can be called from php…”
Medsphere Announces New Client/Server, Move to AGPL
ALISO VIEJO, CA––May 21, 2008––Medsphere Systems Corporation, the leading provider of Open Source healthcare IT solutions, today announced the Open Source release of OpenVista Clinical Information System (CIS) version 1.0 Beta and OpenVista Server version 1.5.86. Available for immediate download at www.medsphere.org, these applications compose Medsphere’s Open Source electronic health record (EHR) system. OpenVista CIS provides a multi-platform (Linux and Windows), user-friendly and intuitive client interface through which clinicians can enter and view patient information. OpenVista Server is a commercialized version of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs VistA solution, developed over the course of more than 20 years and instrumental in a well-documented organizational turnaround at the agency.
Open Source at the European Congress of Telepathology and Virtual Microscopy
The last week Toledo hosted the biennial 9th European Congress on Telepathology and 3rd International Congress on Virtual Microscopy, thanks to the excellent organization of Marcial Garcia Rojo (Hospital General de Ciudad Real, Spain), Gloria Bueno Garc�a (University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain) and Jose Sagristan and colleagues (Health Care Service of Castilla-La Mancha, SESCAM, Spain).
ClearHealth Support For Google Health
With the public release of Google Health ClearHealth is happy to announce its support for the system. We expect to be able to release it pending legal review for some HIPAA issues to general availability within our 2.3 testing version tree. I would expect this in 2-3 weeks. The Google systems supports the CCR record which make this a nice means of standardized import/export and should do a lot for that standard. This also complements our HealthCloud services which will be announced at TEPR on wednesday.
Google Health Has Launched
openEHR ARB Has Openings!
Thomas Beale, Chair of the openEHR Architecture Review Board has posted an announcement calling for more community involvement in further solidifying the openEHR healthcare information specifications.
The email is posted below and it contains several good links regarding openEHR ARB activities.
Open Source Clinical Trial Software Gets Attention at DIA Annual Meeting
Open source in clinical research will be the topic of a panel discussion at the upcoming DIA Annual Meeting June 24th in Boston.
Join us for an interesting discussion on open source clinical trial software the DIA Annual Meeting June 24th in Boston. This presentation will evaluate how open, standards-based software can alleviate the challenges of flexibility, interoperability, and cost in regulated clinical research environments. Presenters will discuss the unique advantages and challenges in developing and using open source software for tasks such as electronic data capture, and provide an overview of other open source technologies currently being used in clinical trials.
GHIT: HIEs consider move to Mirth
Government Health IT is reporting what we are seeing on the ground, namely that Open Source looks like it is going to own the HIE space, particularly because of Mirth: ‘Mirth, an open source middleware solution, is gaining ground among health information exchanges. WebReach, a health information technology consultancy in Irvine, Calif., rolled out Mirth 1.0 as HL7-supporting messaging middleware in July 2006…HIEs using Mirth include HealthBridge in the metro Cincinnati area, an exchange in Tarrant County, Texas, and an exchange in Mendocino County, Calif. In addition, an HIE launching in Houston is evaluating Mirth, Teichrow said. He said other HIEs also may be using Mirthl, and noted that he is primarily familiar with those that purchase support from WebReach…’
Health Software Developer Ponders Licenses
Over at Curing Healthcare, Steve Beller has created a next generation personal health record that looks pretty interesting. He posts on the ins and outs of open source copyright and asks for comments and suggestions.
WorldVistA Education Conference: Early Bird Pricing runs out at Midnight!
The Early Bird Price break runs out today (May 5th) at Midnight. Save $250 over the regular price! The Second WorldVistA Education Seminar is being taught at the Robert Morris University this month, from May 27-30. Details here.