Lori Mehen

1940 points

Raleigh, NC

Lori Mehen is an Account Manager in Brand Communications + Design at Red Hat. She grew up in Los Angeles, CA and now resides in Durham, NC with her husband and three kids. Lori enjoys water skiing, cooking and car racing.

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Authored Content

Opening the field of neurobiological research

What does it take to find a cure for Alzheimer’s? Can we spare returning soldiers from post-traumatic stress disorder? The moon shot is on collaboration and sharing. And just…

Open health and medical gag orders

Last week a friend of mine posted on Facebook, “I need a new lawnmower. Any opinions on what I should get?” She received several responses. One person suggested a goat…

Is the future of health patient-driven?

People often share more about their health and medical experiences on Facebook than they do with their own doctors. They talk about their experiences with illness, their…

Can social communities transform clinical trials?

Big pharma is one of the main scapegoats for the steeply rising costs of medical care. This might make sense when you learn how staggering the pricetag on necessary processes…

the word share spelled with medical equipment

Open source biology

Could patent restrictions in biotech be compromising millions' health, safety, and standards of living when we should be benefiting from new diagnostic tests or improved…

Collaboration holds greatest potential for health innovation

Many of us, at some point in our lives, have had to deal with a variety of different healthcare professionals for an episode of care. Perhaps your primary physician has…

Authored Comments

lorimehen

28 Feb 2011

Bringing information sharing to healthcare

There is still a LOT to be done. Aneesh Chopra, U.S. Chief Technology Officer, has been pushing to establish standards, and has asked the community, at nist.gov, to provide input on how the government should go about engaging in standards activities.

lorimehen

22 Feb 2011

Raleigh, NC—the world's first open source city

Axial would be a good start. In fact they seem to align well with your thinking, Jason.

http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/print-edition/2011/02/18/axial-preaches-open-source-with-capital.html