WEDI organises emergency summit on ICD-10 implementation - May 5, 2014
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), a global, cause-based, not-for-profit organisation focused on better health through information technology (IT), has joined the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) and several other stakeholder organisations in pulling together a meeting to develop an industry action plan… Read More
The Data Conservancy, IEEE, and Portico receive Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant to connect publications and their linked data - May 1, 2014
The Data Conservancy, IEEE, and Portico have announced their partnership to design and prototype a data curation infrastructure that connects published research and associated data sets for the long-term benefit of researchers worldwide. This two-year project, which is supported by a $602,000… Read More
America’s Health Insurance Plans joins healthcare industry advocacy group, Coalition for ICD-10 - April 24, 2014
The Coalition for ICD-10, a broad-based healthcare industry advocacy group, has announced the addition of America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) to its member roster. AHIP is the national trade association representing the health insurance industry. AHIP’s members provide health and supplemental benefits to more than 200… Read More
NISO-BISG 8th annual ALA forum: The Changing Standards Landscape - April 22, 2014
The Changing Standards Landscape, an annual program organised jointly by the Book Industry Study Group (BISG) and the National Information Standards Organization (NISO), will be held at the ALA Annual Conference in Las Vegas, NV. The 2014 program will explore how… Read More
ARL, SPARC and other organisations oppose FIRST Act - April 21, 2014
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), SPARC, and 14 other organisations have sent a letter to Chairman Smith (R-TX) and Representative Johnson (D-TX) urging them to modify the Frontiers in Innovation Research, Science, and Technology (FIRST) Act of 2014 (H.R. 4186), which… Read More
Alexander Street Press signs agreement with Jisc to provide unlimited video resource access - April 17, 2014
Electronic publisher Alexander Street Press has forged an agreement with Jisc to provide access to video resources for colleges and universities in the UK using the publisher's popular evidence-based acquisition (EBA) model. The EBA agreement gives colleges and universities in the… Read More
