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Do Not Fear Open Source Software in Medical Devices or Mission-Critical Healthcare IT Systems

 I spent the past few days in Boston at the Harvard Medical…

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Getting a Job in Healthcare IT

 A few weeks ago I was interviewed by Diann Daniel for an…

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Using Open Source Software in Safety-Critical Medical Devices

 Earlier this year the nice folks at O’Reilly Associates were kind enough…

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Denmark: High Healthcare IT Competence and a Formidable Talent Pool

   Many people outside our country believe that we’re “behind the times”…

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$50k Available for Your Health IT Startup Ideas

 This morning I spoke with the founders of HealthBox, a business incubator…

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Join me in Boston on Sept 8th and 9th to Learn About How to Build Health IT and Med Device Gateways

   I’ve been invited back to speak at the Medical Device Connectivity…

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How to Get a Job in HealthCare IT When You Don’t Have Specific Experience

 I get questions from students and career changers who want to enter…

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How to Teach Microsoft Applications that “HER” is not the Proper Replacement for “EHR”

 After the 4 thousandth time I’ve cursed Microsoft Outlook, Word, or Excel…

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Life Sciences Venture Investing Outperformed Tech Venture Investing Over the Past Decade

 I read with great interest a study posted on TheBij.com which talks…

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Why Medical Device Data is the Best Way to Fill Meaningful Use EHRs and Conduct Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER)

   I will be presenting at the O’Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCon)…

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