The VISTA Expertise Network cordially invites you to the first-ever VISTA Expo and Symposium! Join us November 17-20 in Redmond, Washington where the VISTA Community will gather in Seattle to share what we’ve done and focus on where we’re going next. For more information, visit www.vistaexpo.net
Steve Jobs Has Died
Steve Jobs has died. Rest in Peace.
OpenEMR 4.1 is released
The OpenEMR project has released version 4.1.0. This version is 100% ONC-ATB Ambulatory EHR certified for 2011-2012 when used with a certified e-prescription solution. Kudos to the SourceForge project admin Rod Roark and Tony McCormick the project manager. The effort was accomplished by a consortium of small development companies with included SunsetSystems, MI-Squared, Visolve, Z&H Healthcare, Garden State Health Systems, and Ensoftek. There were a large number of individual contributors and there is at least a partial list on the copyright information page at http://www.oemr.org/wiki/OpenEMR_Copyright_Notice .
OpenEMR achieves full ONC certification
It’s official! OpenEMR has passed all ONC certification tests as a fully qualified emr that can be used to attest for incentive moneys. The official posting:
http://onc-chpl.force.com/ehrcert/EHRProductDetail?id=a0X30000003mNwTEAU&retURL=
appeared on the website 2011/08/19. Congratulations to all involved! OpenEMR 4.1 should be ready for download in a few weeks.
GNU Health training at the United Nations University
I’m happy to announce the succesful GNU Health Academia at the United Nations University, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, during the last week of June
The workshop was held at the International Institute of Global Health (IIGH), where I had the opportunity to train the United Nations team in GNU Health concepts, both from the functional and technical point of view.
Google Health Gone
Google Health is no more. Will HealthVault follow?
VA Awards TIAG $5 Million Open Source Contract
The VA has awarded the long-anticipated VistA Open Source custodial agent contract to TIAG. “…The vendor, TIAG, is a management and technology services company, which has performed business process and clinical applications work for the Defense Department…”
MinimPy: A minimisation program for subject allocation in randomised clinical trial
MinimPy is a free open source desktop application for managing the whole process of minimization. MinimPy provides easy control over complicated aspects of a minimisation protocols through a tabbed window interface. It is a platform independent open-source desktop software written in Python programming language. The program is freely available for download under GPL license.
A call for speakers
Ohio Linux Fest is calling for speaker and instructor submissions, including the medical track. Deadline is June 1, 2011 http://ohiolinux.org/
The 9th annual Ohio Linux Fest is an open source conference held in Columbus Ohio. The conference this year will be September 9-11, 2011. This is a free (enthusiast pass)- to $50 supporter pass conference. It is a nonprofit, totally volunteer organization. Over 1,000 participants attend annually.
RFI on Personal Health Record for Community Health Promotion
I have no association with this group. However, it seems to be a prime RFI for opensource projects to respond to.
See the announcement at:
http://www.ghdonline.org/tech/resource/rfi-on-personal-health-record-for-community-health/?id=3555373&format=text&type=instant