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Orlando, Florida, was recently host to the eHealth Initiative Big Data conference. Tabbed “Leading IT Forward,” the conference brought together a variety of stakeholders to discuss issues related to data interoperability, analytics, and sharing of best practices.

What is meant when someone uses the term ‘Big Data’? Wikipedia states that Big Data:

is a collection of data sets so large and complex that it becomes difficult to process using on-hand database management tools or traditional data processing applications. The challenges include capture, curation, storage,[3] search, sharing, analysis,[4] and visualization.

Big Data as it applies to patient health has its own set of challenges. The lack of interoperability between different EHR vendor platforms prevents a complete longitudinal view of the patient necessary to tell the full health story.  Just think of the gap in EHR communication that exists between the outpatient and inpatient care delivery systems as one of many examples. More…

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Learn Open Practices at the School of Open

The School of Open is coordinated by P2PU and Creative Commons, a globally focused nonprofit dedicated to making it easier for people to share and build upon the work of others, consistent with the rules of copyright. Volunteers, individual creators and organizational representatives, can design courses for peer learning in study groups or for facilitation by a subject expert.

Sound Waves Make Liquids Levitate, Develop Better Drugs

Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory have designed a device, fittingly called acoustic levitator, that uses two speakers that generate sound waves in order to make small droplets of liquids float. The high-power sounds waves, which are imperceptible to the human ear, interfere with each other and create what’s called a “standing wave,” a place where liquids effectively get trapped and stand still.

Watch the video at: http://mashable.com/2012/09/18/liquids-levitate-drugs/

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How Open API Movement Can Help Your Brand

When executives are challenged to innovate, they often try to take old routes to new business ideas. While analyzing innovative companies, we’ve found that it’s not just the organizational culture or leadership that creates innovation — it’s the willingness to allow consumers and developers to identify new uses for existing data and infrastructure via open APIs.

Alcatel Lucent Releases API Creation Methodology through Creative Commons

Alcatel’s lifecycle methodology moves the conversation forward into solid business, legal and marketing approaches that are critical to successfully deploying APIs and building healthy developer driven ecosystems. This move shows the API industry has matured and is ready for prime time. And the fact that Alcatel released the methodology under a creative commons license shows they get the true essence of the API movement.

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