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Doctor, your patient will see you now

The open source way for healthcare

If doctors can't be as accessible and transparent as the tablet or smartphone that lay in the hands of their patients, they can't expect to gain the respect of those they try to heal.

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1 CommentPosted 12 Jun 2013 by David Brooks

Node.js integrates with M: a tutorial, part two

M database and node.js

In part one of this tutorial, I introduced the integration between the hierarchical data structures of the M database and the hierarchical structures of the Node.js language.

Here, in part two, I focus on the fact that this integration is equivalent to incorporating persistance storage in the Node.js language using a data model similar to JSON structures. This built upon a proven database that is known to deliver high performace for demanding applications. » Read more

0 CommentsPosted 6 May 2013 by Luis Ibanez

Tracking real-time health with Twitter data serves as an early warning system

Twitter data for healthcare

As the open source ethic has changed the way that we share and develop resources, crowdsourcing is redefining how we can create new resources based upon that willingness to share. One example of crowdsourcing at work for the betterment of us all is public health researchers turning to Twitter to collect real-time data about public health.

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0 CommentsPosted 1 May 2013 by Sarah Fudin

Contributing to open source projects from 9 to 5, and beyond

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Luis Ibanez was recently awarded a People's Choice Award by our readers for his contributions to the site. It's no wonder he has so much to say and impart on open source projects—he works on them fulltime! 

In this Community Spotlight, Luis sheds light on what projects he contributes to, why he believes it is important we all give back at some point, and what open source tools he can't live without.

Plus, learn where developers are desperately needed and can make a huge difference in society.

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2 CommentsPosted 17 Apr 2013 by Jen Wike (Red Hat)

SwitchPoint Conference to gather innovators in global health

SwitchPoint Conference

The 2nd annual SwitchPoint Conference approaches this month in North Carolina, gathering innovators from across industries to discuss increasing global health equity. (Read Michael Tiemann's keynote from last year's SwitchPoint.) This year's more than 40 presenters include: » Read more

0 CommentsPosted 10 Apr 2013 by Ruth Suehle (Red Hat)

Node.js integrates with M: a tutorial, part one

M Language and Databse

We have talked recently about the significance of integrating the Node.js language with the powerful M database, particularly in the space of healthcare applications.

The efficiency of Node.js combined with the high performance of M, provides an unparalleled fresh approach for building healthcare applications.

Here is how you can try this today: » Read more

0 CommentsPosted 2 Apr 2013 by Luis Ibanez

Open Data Day project calls for more openness in food facts

open food

One of the cool projects that OKF France were hacking away on during Open Data Day last weekend was Open Food Facts. It’s a free, open collaborative database of food facts from around the world, which aims to help consumers make better choices about what they put in their body, as well as motivating industry to take more care over the production of food.

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0 CommentsPosted 22 Mar 2013 by Theodora Middleton

Success of GNU Health goes beyond free software

open heartbeat

In 2006, Luis Falcón founded GNU Health, a free health information system that recently recieved the "Best Project of Social Benefit" award given by the Free Software Foundation.

GNU Solidario is the non-profit NGO behind GNU Health, started as a free software project for Primary Care facilities in rural areas and developing countries. Since then, it has evolved into a full Hospital and Health Information System used by the United Nations, public hospitals and Ministries of Health (such as in Entre Rios, Argentina), and private institutions around the globe.

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5 CommentsPosted 12 Mar 2013 by Jen Wike (Red Hat)

Node.js integrates with M: Next big thing in healthcare IT

M Language and Databse

Join the M revolution and the next big thing in healthcare IT: the integration of the node.js programming language with the NoSQL hierarchical database, M.

M was developed to organize and access with high efficiency the type of data that is typically managed in healthcare, thus making it uniquely well-suited for the job.

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1 CommentPosted 5 Feb 2013 by Luis Ibanez

Is open source the missing building block to improved nutrition for schoolkids?

cooking

At the start of every new year resolutions on diet and health abound. Yet there seems to be little discussion on schoolchildren's health and nutrition, and taking a more open education approach to it. This is remarkable since childhood obesity and diabetes are at record levels in the US. Today there are 12.5 million obese children—three times as many as there were in the 1980s—according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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1 CommentPosted 24 Jan 2013 by Carolyn Fox