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Verizon is rolling out its Telehealth Collaboration Services, which will help health care organizations set up online collaboration environments that will help physicians connect remotely with patients and other health care professionals. Verizon also will help organizations design and implement the telehealth environments. Other vendors, such as Cisco, also are getting into the telehealth field, which one analyst firm said could grow into a $6.1 billion market annually.
Dell Offers Virtualized Desktop Solution, Services for Health Care
Dell’s Medical Clinical Computing solution is designed to make it easier for hospital personnel to gain access to the information and applications they need. The client virtualization offering keeps the information and data stored in the data center, and lets physicians and other health care professionals access them through such devices as laptops, handhelds and thin clients. Dell is leveraging its acquisition of Perot in developing this offering.
Health Care Companies Not Ready for HITECH Act
A new survey reveals most health care organizations are not properly prepared to deal with pending privacy and security compliance regulations required under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act.
Intel Reader Takes Printed Text and Reads It Aloud
Intel is rolling out a device aimed at helping people with reading disabilities or blindness hear the written word. The Intel Reader takes printed text and reads it aloud, and can be combined with Intel’s Portable Capture Station, which collects and stores large amounts of text, such as book chapters or entire books. The goal is give the 55 million U.S. citizens with reading disabilities access to the books and other printed texts that everyone can read, according to Intel’s Digital Health Group.
IntraLinks, Adobe Team for Paperless Clinical Trials
Combining Adobe's LiveCycle Enterprise Suite with IntraLinks' solutions for secure collaboration, companies aim to turn the document-intensive clinical trial process into a paperless experience.
Microsoft Health Care IT Video Series Debuting Nov. 10
Microsoft will debut an online video series, Health Tech Today, starting on Nov. 10. The upcoming show will focus on how health and information technology intersect. Microsoft's cloud-based repository for patient information, HealthVault, is just one of the health care IT-related applications and products that companies ranging from Google and Intel to Oracle have been pushing into the public sphere.
HHS Breach Notification Rules Again Under Fire
The Center for Democracy and Technology is the latest to find fault with the Department of Health and Human Services' data breach rules for personal health records. Under the current interim rules health care organizations that use encryption or destruction, no breach notification is necessary, but for those who don't, the health organization makes the call on whether the breach is harmful enough to trigger a breach notification.
E-Health Records: Privacy Diagnosis Poor
A new survey shows 80 percent of health care organizations reported a data breach within the last year. Perhaps even more disturbing, IT professionals claim management support to protect patient privacy as a priority is lacking.
Microsoft Launches Swine Flu Response Site
A new site offers a self-assessment and helps people determine whether their symptoms could be caused by the H1N1 flu virus.
IT Firms Uneasy with Some Health Care Reforms
A new survey shows the IT industry generally supports health care reform, including a public option, but concerns center on higher taxes and more government involvement.
IBM Looks to Make DNA Analysis Cheap and Easy
IBM scientists are developing a technology that will enable physicians and other researchers to quickly and easily read and analyze strands of DNA, an advancement that could lead to greater personalized health care. The scientists are looking to create a “DNA transistor” in which a DNA molecule is threaded through a 3-nm “nanopore” and the genetic information is analyzed. The key challenge is finding a way to control the speed in which the DNA runs through the nanopore. Health care providers armed with an individual’s genetic information can more easily determine diseases to which the patient is predisposed, and which treatments would work best.
Lawmakers Urge Lower Bar for Health IT Data Breach Notification
Chairmen of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the Ways and Means Committee remind Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius that Congress considered and rejected the very rules that now trigger a health IT data breach notification.
MSN Debuts 'My Health Info' Service
The My Health Info beta service offers tools and widgets with which to organize and monitor health information stored in personal Microsoft HealthVault accounts.
Nine Health and Fitness Apps for Your iPhone
Like applications that help you lead a greener, more environmentally friendly lifestyle, applications dedicated to improving your health and fitness are a growing presence on Apple's App Store. Many are free or priced below $5, and the more expensive apps will give you a detailed tour through human anatomy. Keep in mind Apple divides the health apps into two categories: & Healthcare and Fitness& and & Medical& Here's a list of nine applications that teach you how to lead a healthier existence-of course, you still have to do the work yourself, so close down that MonkeyBall application and start counting calories.By Nathan Eddy
Health IT Data Breaches: No Harm, No Foul
Under new rules developed by the Department of Health and Human Services, HIPAA-covered health care providers, health plans and other health entities must notify patients of data breaches involving their health information. Unless, of course, they decide not to.
Disruptive Change Predicted for Health IT Market
While the Obama administration's drive to dramatically increase health IT spending portends a financial bonanza for vendors, the boom will not come without risks, says Input.
Dell to Help Hospitals Adopt Electronic Medical Records
Dell is rolling out a package of hardware, software and services designed to make it easier and less costly for hospitals and their affiliated physicians adopt electronic medical records. EMR systems not only promise to make healthcare less costly and more efficient, but also is a key goal behind the federal government’s economic stimulus package. Dell’s solution would be hosted by the hospital or a Dell partner, and would include Dell hardware and third-party applications.
EDS Extends Deal With DoD Military Health System
A new $8.1 million, 12-month add-on contract will provide applications development to the Disability Evaluation System as well as the Armed Forces Health Longitudinal Technology Application.
Feds Issue New HIPAA Data Breach Rules
For health care providers, health plans and other entities -- including business associates of covered entities -- that do not encrypt their health IT data, new regulations require prompt notifications to consumers in the event of a data breach.
One Certainty in Health Care Debate: Electronic Medical Records
While Congress debates and dithers over what should be part of health care reform, one item is already a certainty. IT companies are about to cash in on a financial bonanza. First up: $1.2 billion in grants to help health care providers convert to electronic medical records.