http://www.eweek.com Health Care IT - RSS Feeds en-us Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:44:48 -0400 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:44:48 -0400 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:41:39 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/WiFi-Healthcare-Systems-to-Hit-49B-878082/?kc=rss - Worldwide sales of Wi-Fi-enabled health care products will hit $4.9 billion in 2014, according to ABI Research, an increase of nearly 70 percent over 2009 levels. The predicted boom is based on the $20 billion of stimulus funds dedicated to the digitizing of medical records and Congress' pending...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/WiFi-Healthcare-Systems-to-Hit-49B-878082/?kc=rss Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:39:31 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/10-MustSee-iPhone-Apps-for-Doctors-and-Patients-566456/?kc=rss - ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/10-MustSee-iPhone-Apps-for-Doctors-and-Patients-566456/?kc=rss Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:06:01 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/Microsoft-Collaborates-With-AMA-on-HealthVault-406681/?kc=rss - Microsoft is collaborating with the American Medical Association, allowing physicians to access patient records stored on Microsoft's HealthVault application via a Web-based portal. That portal, currently being beta tested, will be launched in early 2010. The AMA is developing the portal with ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/Microsoft-Collaborates-With-AMA-on-HealthVault-406681/?kc=rss Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:49:04 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/IBM-Honored-for-AIDS-Work-118387/?kc=rss - IBM said June 2 it has won a Computerworld Honors Program Laureate for its contributions to the EuResist Network GEIE research project for AIDS treatment. Developed by IBM researchers in Haifa, Israel, the project's new technologies and mathematical models help choose the best drug combinations...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/IBM-Honored-for-AIDS-Work-118387/?kc=rss Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:35:23 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/Microsoft-Acquires-Rosetta-Biosoftware-342396/?kc=rss - Microsoft signed an agreement June 1 with Merck amp; Co. to acquire certain assets of Rosetta Biosoftware, enabling Microsoft to incorporate genetic, genomic, metabolomic and proteomics data management software into the Microsoft Amalga Life Sciences platform for enhanced translational research ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/Microsoft-Acquires-Rosetta-Biosoftware-342396/?kc=rss Thu, 28 May 2009 10:10:45 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/The-Healthcare-Identity-Crisis-867521/?kc=rss - Audio Podcast Content....]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/The-Healthcare-Identity-Crisis-867521/?kc=rss Thu, 14 May 2009 10:16:43 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/Google-Search-Researches-Users-Health-423727/?kc=rss - st1\:* Google is performing a short-term experiment involving its users health-related searches. The company, claiming it wants to better refine its health-search-related processes by quot;understanding how people search when theyre feeling sick, quot; wants to start diff...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/Google-Search-Researches-Users-Health-423727/?kc=rss Thu, 07 May 2009 15:54:14 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/GE-to-Invest-6-Billion-in-Health-Care-Initiatives-179703/?kc=rss - General Electric announced May 7 it will invest $3 billion over the next six years in health care innovation. The company also said it would will commit $2 billion of financing and $1 billion in related GE technology and content to improve health care IT and health in rural and underserved areas....]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/GE-to-Invest-6-Billion-in-Health-Care-Initiatives-179703/?kc=rss Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:03:28 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/How-Google-CDC-Twitter-Wikipedia-Are-Tracking-Swine-Flu-843150/?kc=rss - ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/How-Google-CDC-Twitter-Wikipedia-Are-Tracking-Swine-Flu-843150/?kc=rss Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:26:07 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/Google-Health-Responds-to-Inaccuracy-Claims-645778/?kc=rss - Google is responding to claims that its Google Health solution, which allows users to collect their medical information in an online account and then port it to their health care provider, has the potential to display inaccurate information. The controversy that erupted earlier in April 2009...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/Google-Health-Responds-to-Inaccuracy-Claims-645778/?kc=rss Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:43:54 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/Bill-Calls-for-Open-Source-Electronic-Health-Records-571607/?kc=rss - Sen. Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia introduced legislation April 24 that would fast-track open-source electronic health records. The Health Information Technology Public Utility Act of 2009 aims to build upon the Department of Veterans Affairs' use of open-source health records as well as the ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/Bill-Calls-for-Open-Source-Electronic-Health-Records-571607/?kc=rss Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:15:36 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/Microsofts-HealthVault-A-Challenge-to-Google-Health-711489/?kc=rss - Microsoft joined together with the Mayo Clinic to launch Mayo Clinic Health Manager, an online application built on Microsofts HealthVault technology that will allow patients to store medical information and quot;receive individualized health guidance and recommendations based on the clinical ex...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/Microsofts-HealthVault-A-Challenge-to-Google-Health-711489/?kc=rss Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:59:01 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/Google-Health-Accused-of-Inaccuracy-in-Electronic-Medical-Records-603668/?kc=rss - Google is encountering protests from users who say the information its Google Health beta Website presents has the potential to be inaccurate when it comes to electronic medical records. Much of the online traffic over the issue has stemmed from one particular case, that of kidney cancer surv...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/Google-Health-Accused-of-Inaccuracy-in-Electronic-Medical-Records-603668/?kc=rss Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:03:26 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/Obama-Vows-eHealth-Records-for-Vets-634859/?kc=rss - President Obama said April 9 the United States has taken the first steps to create portable electronic health records for all military personnel. Under the plan, the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs will ultimately be able to seamlessly communicate the health record...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/Obama-Vows-eHealth-Records-for-Vets-634859/?kc=rss Wed, 08 Apr 2009 10:44:23 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/eWeek-Newsbreak-April-6-2009/?kc=rss - Video Content....]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/eWeek-Newsbreak-April-6-2009/?kc=rss