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		<title>Who will do the open source health IT study?</title>
		<link>http://medc2org.wordpress.com/2009/03/31/who-will-do-the-open-source-health-it-study/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:25:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dandeakin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://healthcare.zdnet.com/?p=2058
by Dana Blankenhorn
In practice, studies like this can easily be a political sop. They are easier to bury than your kids&#8217; pet goldfish. Had the election turned out differently, that&#8217;s what likely would have happened, because the previous government was deeply attached to proprietary models.
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		<title>EHR adoption &#8216;abysmally low&#8217; in hospitals By Nancy Ferris, Government Health IT</title>
		<link>http://medc2org.wordpress.com/2009/03/30/ehr-adoption-abysmally-low-in-hospitals-by-nancy-ferris-government-health-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:37:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dandeakin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
http://govhealthit.com/articles/2009/03/25/ehr-adoption-abysmally-low-in-hospitals  tiny percentage of U.S. hospitals use e-health records, according to a new survey by a team that includes the incoming national coordinator for health information technology. Fewer than 8 percent of hospitals have EHRs in even one clinical department, and only 1.5 percent have EHRs for all clinical departments, the researchers reported in today&#8217;s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=medc2org.wordpress.com&blog=5152546&post=1568&subd=medc2org&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>GAO: DOD knows little about its acquisition employees By Matthew Weigelt, Federal Computer Weekly</title>
		<link>http://medc2org.wordpress.com/2009/03/30/gao-dod-knows-little-about-its-acquisition-employees-by-matthew-weigelt-federal-computer-weekly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:35:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dandeakin</dc:creator>
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http://fcw.com/articles/2009/03/27/dod-has-little-workforce-info.aspx
Defense Department officials know little about their acquisition workforce&#8217;s makeup, which creates problems when analyzing their employees and contractors, according to a report. DOD also doesn&#8217;t have information on why it turns to contractors for support. That limits its ability to determine when contractors are the best choice to back up the government acquisition employees, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=medc2org.wordpress.com&blog=5152546&post=1565&subd=medc2org&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>DOD, VA set new target for joint lifetime health record By Peter Buxbaum, Government Health IT</title>
		<link>http://medc2org.wordpress.com/2009/03/30/dod-va-set-new-target-for-joint-lifetime-health-record-by-peter-buxbaum-government-health-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:32:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dandeakin</dc:creator>
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The Defense and Veterans Affairs departments have formed a working group to pursue a joint lifetime electronic heath and benefits record for service members, veterans, and their families. Rear Adm. Gregory Timberlake, director of the DOD/VA Interagency Program Office said yesterday the decision to form the group was made March 24 at a meeting of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=medc2org.wordpress.com&blog=5152546&post=1563&subd=medc2org&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Learning about Web Services?  If not, you should be.</title>
		<link>http://medc2org.wordpress.com/2009/03/29/learning-about-web-services-if-not-you-should-be/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 21:06:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dandeakin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are interested in sharing medical information at the population or electronic health record level then you should be looking at how web services fit into the equation.  A great resource for learning the basics and details is the W3 Schools.
http://www.w3schools.com/
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		<title>Governance, projects and portfolios</title>
		<link>http://medc2org.wordpress.com/2009/03/28/1556/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 20:03:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dandeakin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thinking about projects for implementing systems and then the portfolios of projects that result in a platform being put into place &#8211; standards, systems, processes et al.  I enjoy the work that the Project Management Institute (PMI).   I found this article helpful:
http://www.pmi.org/eNews/Post/2009_03-27/Where-Governance-And-Portfolio-Management-Intersect-Tim-Jaques.html
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		<title>NEJM article on use of Electronic Health Records (EHR)</title>
		<link>http://medc2org.wordpress.com/2009/03/28/nejm-article-on-use-of-electronic-health-records-ehr/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 19:55:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you didn&#8217;t see this article in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) on Electronic Health Records (EHR) then it is worth a look.  Good baseline information but I can&#8217;t help but think &#8211; if we looked at computers this way in the 1970&#8217;s then&#8230;. well you know the rest&#8230;&#8230;
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/NEJMsa0900592
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		<title>Sounds like the new iPhone SDK may help with medical applications</title>
		<link>http://medc2org.wordpress.com/2009/03/28/sounds-like-the-new-iphone-sdk-may-help-with-medical-applications/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 19:21:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I thought this was an interesting article on ZDnet &#8211; sounds like the iphone may be an interesting platform for some future medical applications.  Sometimes I think we need to break our old ways of thinking that an applications or system needs to be the only way to look at medical systems.  iPhone and twitter [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=medc2org.wordpress.com&blog=5152546&post=1552&subd=medc2org&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>North Darfur camp hosting over 15,000 people uprooted by recent clashe</title>
		<link>http://medc2org.wordpress.com/2009/02/25/north-darfur-camp-hosting-over-15000-people-uprooted-by-recent-clashe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 02:08:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[North Darfur camp hosting over 15,000 people uprooted by recent clashes – UN Source: United Nations News Service  Date: 25 Feb 2009   Over 15,000 people have sought safety in the Zam Zam camp in North Darfur after fleeing the latest outburst of violence in the South Darfur region of Sudan, the United [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=medc2org.wordpress.com&blog=5152546&post=1550&subd=medc2org&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Occupied Palistinian Territory Situation Report from the Humanitarian Coordinator 06 Jan 2009 as of 18:00</title>
		<link>http://medc2org.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/occupied-palistinian-territory-situation-report-from-the-humanitarian-coordinator-06-jan-2009-as-of-1800/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:14:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dandeakin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Israeli military operation entered its eleventh day, with the civilian population of Gaza continuing to bear the brunt of the violence. Israeli air, sea and ground forces continue to surround Gazan populated areas. The Gaza and North Gaza governorates remain isolated from the rest of the Strip. Internal movement within the Strip is extremely [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=medc2org.wordpress.com&blog=5152546&post=1548&subd=medc2org&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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