The Rise of Open Source in Public Health Technology: 5 Trends

Open source technology offers public authorities a pathway to more agile, collaborative, and timely innovation. As we wrote a few weeks ago, technology innovation in public health lags behind medical innovation. Given pressing issues like COVID-19,...

Harnessing Apps to Improve Coordinated Care Among the Housing Insecure

Lack of housing and homelessness often go hand-in-hand with poor health outcomes. Individuals experiencing homelessness face higher rates of chronic illness, mental health challenges, and substance use disorders. They also have more difficulty...

Expanding Health, not just Healthcare through Open Source Technology

The past few decades have seen remarkable advances in medicine driven largely by emerging technologies. From robotic surgery and 3D printing of medical devices to gene editing, telemedicine, and artificial intelligence (AI), new innovations are...

Bridging Healthcare Gaps for Vulnerable Populations with Nostr for Health

Improving access and coordination of care for vulnerable populations is essential for promoting health equity, improving health outcomes, reducing healthcare costs, and ensuring that all individuals receive the care and support they need to lead...

Preserving Health Security: ProMED's Struggle Threatens Public Health

In a world that's become increasingly interconnected, the rapid spread of infectious diseases has emerged as a significant global challenge. From the devastating impact of the Ebola virus to the more recent COVID-19 pandemic, the need for timely and...

Decentralizing Medical Data with Nostr and FHIR: A developer’s deep dive

Data has become a critical component of modern healthcare. The availability of patient data is crucial to providing quality care, managing patient privacy and safety, and promoting patient engagement. Yet, the accessibility of medical data across...

Welcoming New DICE Chair, Dr. Bouchra Nasri

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Bouchra Nasri, Ph.D. as chair of PathCheck's Data Informatics Center for Epidemiology (DICE). As chair, Dr. Nasri will be focused on building DICE's data research to inform open source, digital solutions...

Nosh: Nostr and Sharing Health Data

Today, if you want to share your electronic medical records (EMRs) with different doctors or healthcare systems, either domestically or internationally, you have to log in to a portal, download your data and then send it to them either through...

The EMR Revolution will not be Televised

The development of Digital Identification Documents (DIDs) under WHO SMART Guidelines are quietly ushering in a sea change for how Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) are stored and accessed. Building upon HL7’s Fast Healthcare Interoperability...

Healthcare CEO Joins PathCheck’s Board of Directors

PathCheck Foundation announces the election of Kristen Valdes, Founder and CEO of b.well Connected Health to its Board of Directors.