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Collaborating with our partners to achieve a secure, easy-to-use, technical and social infrastructure for solving large-scale public health problems. Creating an intuitive and powerful user experience. Developing an inexpensive and lightweight data and computational grid infrastructure. Developing robust and intuitive standards-based grid services. Facilitating national health IT integration efforts.

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Wal-Mart, eClinicalWorks Deal Exposes Need For EMR Price Transparency

Very interesting article….

http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/content/229907/topic/WS_HLM2_TEC/WalMart-eClinicalWorks-Deal-Exposes-Need-For-EMR-Price-Transparency.html



Posted by Tom Savel, MD at 4:08 PM

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What is our story?

Striving to improve the health of our nation (and world) through the practical use of innovative technologies.

To identify, research and simplify computer technologies for use by both developers and users within the public health domain.

Our principles: Long-Term Sustainability; Low Barrier to Entry; Standards-Based; Reusability; Collaboration; Open Source; Best Practices; Non-Centralization; and Community-Driven.

Collaborating with public health departments, HIEs, RHIOs, academic institutions, national data sources, medical centers, international public health partners, and vendors.

PHGrid Wiki

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Active Lab Projects

  • 1. National Poison Data Aggregation System
  • 2. Aggregate Minimum Data Set [Population Data Object]
  • 3. Distributed Research Network
  • 4. Leveraging Grid Technology to Expand Local Biosurveillance Capacity
  • 5. Secure Reliable Grid Messaging Proof of Concept
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  • [more information can be found on the Wiki]

PHGrid Service Registry

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Grid Source Code Repositories

  • PHGrid Google Code Repository
  • PHGrid SourceForge Repository
  • RODSLab PHGrid Repository
  • Utah CoE Repository

Useful Web Resources

  • RODS Wiki
  • HealthGrid
  • European HealthGrid Roadmap
  • caGrid Community Wiki
  • Globus 4.0 Quickstart Guide
  • What is OGSA-DAI?
  • GridFTP Documentation
  • Research Papers from Globus Alliance Members
  • Globus Software Stack (Built-in Services)
  • Select Grid Projects Using Globus
  • Ian Foster's Blog
  • Open Source in Medical Domain
  • NHIN Forums and Products
  • Grid Resource List
  • Syndromic surveillance and BioSense grid data generator for ESP

Documents

  • Savel - March 2009 - Grid Value PPT
  • PHI Research Grid - Executive Summary
  • Hall/Savel HIMSS 2008 Presentation
  • TATRC HealthGrid Book
  • VDT Grid Node Installation Documentation
  • Description of Globus Software Stack
  • PH Research Grid Node Installation Instructions
  • OGSA-DAI-CDC-Scenario
  • CoE Public Health Research Grid Retreat Presentation
  • Datagrid Taxonomy Paper

In the news / Publications

  • The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials: Going to Grid
  • Syndromic Surveillance Reporting via CDC's Public Health Information Grid
  • Washington Internet Daily - Information Feeds Public Health, But Sharing Remains Challenge, Officials Say
  • iGSTW: Feature - The future of public health: The grid gains traction
  • Grid technology: A search for the future of PHIN (PHINews Article)
  • What is a Grid (JAMIA Article)
  • Response to What is a Grid (JAMIA)

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PHGrid Participants

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  • Bill Lober (University of Washington)
  • Bill Stephens (Tarrant County APC / Texas)
  • Brian Lee (NCPHI Lab)
  • Carl Kinkade (NCPHI GIS)
  • Catherine Staes (U. of Utah)
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  • Farzad Mostashari (New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene)
  • Felicia Rosemond (NCPHI Lab)
  • Ira Nemeth (Dallas County Health and Human Services)
  • Jeremy Espino, MD (U. of Pittsburgh)
  • Jim Tobias (NCPHI GIS)
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  • John Stinn (NCPHI Lab)
  • Joseph Dell (NCPHI)
  • Ken Hall (NCPHI Lab)
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  • Rich Tsui (U. of Pittsburgh)
  • Richard Platt (Harvard)
  • Ron Price (U. of Utah)
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