http://www.eweek.com Health Care IT - RSS Feeds en-us Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:53:41 -0500 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:53:41 -0500 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:31:21 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/IntraLinks-Adobe-Team-for-Paperless-Clinical-Trials-367506/?kc=rss - IntraLinks and Adobe are teaming up to develop solutions that will automate cross-organization data capture and submission-based business processes within the life sciences industry. The initial solution IntraLinks and Adobe are bringing to market addresses the document-intensive clinical trial p...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/IntraLinks-Adobe-Team-for-Paperless-Clinical-Trials-367506/?kc=rss Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:16:18 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/Microsoft-Healthcare-IT-Video-Series-Debuting-Nov-10-678901/?kc=rss - Microsoft will debut an online video series, Health Tech Today, exploring the intersection of health and information technology on Nov. 10. While details of the show remain largely under wraps, Microsoft posted a video trailer for the show on the Microsoft HealthBlog. The show will be hosted ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/Microsoft-Healthcare-IT-Video-Series-Debuting-Nov-10-678901/?kc=rss Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:35:08 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/HHS-Breach-Notification-Rules-Again-Under-Fire-363972/?kc=rss - The Department of Health and Human Services should replace its controversial harm standard for triggering a personal health record data breach notification with a risk assessment approach that requires organizations to determine whether the data was actually viewed or acquired by an unauthorized...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/HHS-Breach-Notification-Rules-Again-Under-Fire-363972/?kc=rss Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:34:42 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/EHealth-Records-Privacy-Diagnosis-Poor-574935/?kc=rss - The vast majority of health care organizations experienced at least one incident of lost or stolen electronic health information in the past year, and 4 percent had more than five patient data breaches, according to a new survey by LogLogic and the Ponemon Institute. Of the 80 percent that reported ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/EHealth-Records-Privacy-Diagnosis-Poor-574935/?kc=rss Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:27:24 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/Microsoft-Launches-Swine-Flu-Response-Site-743830/?kc=rss - Microsoft Oct. 7 announced a new Website, the H1N1 Response Center, which provides users with relevant content and allows consumers to gauge symptoms and receive guidance using an H1N1 self-assessment service. The site offers consumers a self-assessment licensed from medical and public health expert...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/Microsoft-Launches-Swine-Flu-Response-Site-743830/?kc=rss Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:45:26 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/IT-Firms-Uneasy-With-Some-Health-Care-Reforms-239391/?kc=rss - Mirroring the current congressional debate, the IT industry generally supports health care reform but is uneasy with many of the legislative solutions currently on the table. According to a survey released Oct. 6 by CompTIA, the IT industry is closely watching the debate, particularly provisions inv...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/IT-Firms-Uneasy-With-Some-Health-Care-Reforms-239391/?kc=rss Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:46:29 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/IBM-Looks-to-Make-DNA-Analysis-Cheap-and-Easy-716988/?kc=rss - IBM scientists are developing a chip that can easily and quickly read strands of DNA, a development that could lead to more personalized health care. The goal of the research project, announced Oct. 6, is to create the capability to analyze a persons genome information for as little as $1,000, whic...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/IBM-Looks-to-Make-DNA-Analysis-Cheap-and-Easy-716988/?kc=rss Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:49:08 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/Lawmakers-Urge-Lower-Bar-for-Health-IT-Data-Breach-Notification-767831/?kc=rss - Two key chairmen of U.S. House committees Oct. 1 urged Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to revise or appeal the agency's controversial quot;harm standard quot; that would trigger a personal health record data breach notification. Under the current rules, for companies that s...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/Lawmakers-Urge-Lower-Bar-for-Health-IT-Data-Breach-Notification-767831/?kc=rss Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:46:22 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/MSN-Debuts-My-Health-Info-249638/?kc=rss - MSN released Oct. 1 a beta form of My Health Info, an quot;online service that helps people manage their health information on the Web, quot; Microsoft said in a statement. The service quot;offers people a variety of tools and widgets [with which] to upload, organize and monitor health informa...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/MSN-Debuts-My-Health-Info-249638/?kc=rss Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:28:36 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/Nine-Health-and-Fitness-Apps-for-Your-iPhone-634167/?kc=rss - ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/Nine-Health-and-Fitness-Apps-for-Your-iPhone-634167/?kc=rss Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:21:14 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/Health-IT-Data-Breaches-No-Harm-No-Foul-293398/?kc=rss - Data breach notification rules for health entities covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act take effect Sept. 23. Under the rules issued by the Department of Health and Human Services, (PDF) health care providers and health plans will be required to notify individuals of...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/Health-IT-Data-Breaches-No-Harm-No-Foul-293398/?kc=rss Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:27:33 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/Disruptive-Change-Predicted-for-Health-IT-Market-481673/?kc=rss - The U.S. health IT market is set for disruptive change, predicts a report by Input released Sept. 10. The key drivers of the change will occur quot;as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and national health care legislation increase the need for innovative health care technology that als...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/Disruptive-Change-Predicted-for-Health-IT-Market-481673/?kc=rss Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:09:57 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/Dell-to-Help-Hospitals-Adopt-Electronic-Medical-Records-646635/?kc=rss - Dell is offering hospitals and their affiliated physicians an electronic medical information system that removes the barriers of complexity and cost from the equation. Dell on Sept. 10 announced its Affiliated Physicians EMR offering, a combination of hardware, software and support that will mak...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/Dell-to-Help-Hospitals-Adopt-Electronic-Medical-Records-646635/?kc=rss Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:02:04 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/EDS-Extends-Deal-With-DoD-Military-Health-System-804023/?kc=rss - EDS signed Sept. 8 an $8.1 million, 12-month add-on contract with the DoD (U.S. Department of Defense) Military Health System to make technical enhancements to several Defense Health Information Management Systems. The contract extends the 16-year relationship between EDS, an HP company, and the ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/EDS-Extends-Deal-With-DoD-Military-Health-System-804023/?kc=rss Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:48:04 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/Feds-Issue-New-HIPPA-Data-Breach-Rules-451800/?kc=rss - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has issued new regulations requiring health care providers, health plans and other entities covered by HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) to notify individuals when their health information is breached. The breach notific...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/Feds-Issue-New-HIPPA-Data-Breach-Rules-451800/?kc=rss