Google Health is no more. Thats a shame, because I am writing a book on Health IT for O’Reilly and before this announcement, my rough draft featured Google Health extensively. I guess this is better, though, than having Google Health shut down just -after- I finished writing my book. Of course, I am going to […]
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Google Health is dead, HealthVault Indivo win
Recently, Google announce that the Google Health PHR will be retiring. I posted the announcement to the Society for Participatory Medicine mailing list, and there has been alot of discussion about this, there. There are several issues that lots of people do not seem to understand, and some implications of this that have been missed. […]
OpenMRS rocks Google Summer of Code 2011
With the following worthy projects: Atlas Module setup localization expanding coded value sources in observations message deliver from triggers database message properties module human resources module metadata sharing improved WYSIWYG improved person attribute types enhance module maven archetype enhance patient matching module general feedback mechanism messaging module universal search box LIS interoperability enabling SMART apps Very […]
Save Google Wave for Health IT
As most of you know Google has pulled the plug on the Google Wave project. Hemant Shah has made the great case for the use of Google Wave in Healthcare IT. He is right. Google committed to releasing the code as Open Source and at a minimum it should keep that commitment. Please support Hemant […]