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 … Continued
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 … Continued
It looks like WorldVistA is, for now, holding fast to the GPL and AGPL for VistA licensing. I have been a vocal advocate for compromising with DSS and Open Health Tools around the LGPL. The LGPL would allow for some … Continued
What license should you consider for your new Health IT platform? As you consider that, you should think carefully about your user audience. You want people in the Open Source community to develop against your code. You want people to … Continued
Today the Boston Globe has published an article about Dave deBronkart’s problem with claim data in his Google Health PHR. I think it is awesome that the main stream press is picking up on the problem of using billing data … Continued