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5 tenets of OMB's 'open and machine readable' data policy

 Tom Sullivan May 09, 2013
Via the Office of Management and Budget, the White House is ratcheting up its open data projects with new policies and action items to which federal agencies must adhere.
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HHS already a federal cloud leader

 Mary Mosquera December 14, 2012
HHS has multiple cloud services in development, test and production both across the department and within individual agencies. Being a first mover has its advantages -- as well as its challenges.
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Open source tools, OSEHRA gain momentum at VA

 Mary Mosquera October 18, 2012
OSEHRA will test contributed open source software before incorporating it into VistA EHR, putting risk that it works on the vendor and not VA.
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Blue Button reaches 1 million user milestone

 Erin McCann September 04, 2012
With the belief that patients are hungry for health information, the VA announces that 1 million of them are not accessing personal health records via the Blue Button program.
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White House names 18 innovators for Blue Button, digital projects

 Mary Mosquera August 24, 2012
Proven innovators will apply their expertise on five projects around health information access, open data and online business practices.
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Unleashing the Power of Open Data and Innovation for Healthcare

 Eric Bailey August 07, 2012
In this speech at a meeting of the Commonwealth Club of California, Todd Park, U.S. Chief Technology Officer and former CTO of HHS, explains how the Health Data Initiative and advances in technology will continue to improve the availability and effectiveness of healthcare as well as create more jobs for Americans. Source: The Commonwealth Club of California http://www.commonwealthclub.org
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HHS names Sivak as CTO

 Mary Mosquera June 15, 2012
Sivak had been Maryland's first chief innovation officer under Gov. Martin O'Malley, and District of Columbia's CTO previously.
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Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes

 Tom Sullivan June 08, 2012
Big data, Medicaid medical homes, mashups, public health, next week's Government Health IT conference, and a bit of comic relief, acronym-style.
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Health Data Summit at the White House

 Brian Ahier June 07, 2012
I was honored to participate in the Patient Access to Health Data Summit at White House on June 4, 2012 as a kick off event to the the Health Data Initiative Forum.
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West Wireless Health Institute partners with HHS to launch IIR Program

Industry News Release June 06, 2012
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today launched a ground-breaking "Innovator in Residence" (IIR) program with the West Wireless Health Institute (WWHI) to lower the cost and improve the quality of health care.
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Datapalooza spotlights public, private hunger for health innovation

 Mary Mosquera June 05, 2012
CMS makes more Medicare data publicly available, while ONC announces winners of tool for hospital discharge follow-up appointment.
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Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes

 Tom Sullivan May 25, 2012
The top 10 IT projects at HHS, how big data can reduce inefficiencies, DHS' 5 security threats of medical devices, what the VA has learned since that 2006 data breach, and President Obama's nagging problem.
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Obama calls on HHS, others, to make key services mobile

 Bernie Monegain May 23, 2012
President Obama issues a directive requiring every federal agency to deliver two government services to mobile phones within 12 months, and US CTO Todd Park launches the Presidential Innovation Fellows program.
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Q&A: RWJF's Michael Painter on meaningful use Stage 2's impact on public and population health

 Tom Sullivan May 08, 2012
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation senior program officer Michael Painter, MD, discusses how the meaningful use program is creating an electronic records and exchange infrastructure that stands to benefit public health.
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HHS enlists Archimedes Inc. to expand government’s use of health care

Industry News Release May 04, 2012
To put high-powered mathematical analytics in the hands of its agencies, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has contracted with Archimedes Inc., a healthcare modeling company based in San Francisco CA. The contract will put the Archimedes model at the fingertips of its agencies, enabling them to research, analyze, and evaluate the effects of specific health care interventions more quickly and accurately.
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Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes

 Tom Sullivan April 26, 2012
This Week in Government Health IT ... A look at health issues in this week's primary states, MU stage 2 needs more than SMTP, top 5 hurdles to meaningful use, and Big Data Week.
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Twitter recap: Todd Park talks Big Data Week

 Kelly Mehler April 25, 2012
Todd Park (@todd_park), United States chief technology officer for the Obama Administration, engaged in a live Twitter chat as part of Big Data Week, a string of community-led events relating to big data. Here is a Twitter recap of the Q&A.
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Health 2.0 to hold app contest in Virginia

 Mike Miliard April 09, 2012
Group to hold code-a-thon in Blacksburg, Virginia, with a $2,500 prize for the winner, and $500 for five runners-up.
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Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes

 Tom Sullivan March 30, 2012
This Week in Government Health IT. SCOTUS, SCOTUS, SCOTUS. Wait, there's more, such as VA plans to deploy early iEHR, ONC contest winners, Obama's big data dive, and a galaxy of innovative apps.
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7 mobile myths, debunked

 Mike Miliard March 28, 2012
Mobile application developers, in avoiding these misconceptions, improve their chances of creating apps that are truly useful.
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