Brian T. Horowitz

Health insurers are embracing the move toward health insurance exchanges, yet they’re concerned about IT infrastructure changes, according to a Feb. 20 report by Edifecs, a health care IT software company. The Obama administration’s Affordable Care Act calls for states to implement the exchanges, referred to as HIXes, by October 2013 or have the federal […]

Apple has filed a patent application for what appears to be an iWatch wearable computer, and with a few other entrants already in the market, this technology holds promise for health care applications, according to analysts. The smart watch concept is an extension of health and fitness monitoring devices, such as Fitbit Flex, which also […]

Up to 17 percent of health care professionals are looking to change their electronic health record platforms, according to the latest survey by Black Book Rankings, a marketing research firm. The company suggests that 2013 will be “the year of the great EHR vendor switch.” One in six medical practices may move to a different […]

Cloud computing has accelerated the physics simulations for RefleXion Medical, a medical device company that is developing a biologically guided radiation-therapy system for treating solid tumors. RefleXion deployed CliQr Technologies‘ CloudCenter platform to shorten the time of physics simulations for tumor therapy treatments to overnight from two to three weeks, Akshay Nanduri, co-founder and vice […]

iLoc Technologies has unveiled the TriLoc Personal Locator Device, a wristwatch worn by individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), dementia and Alzheimer’s disease to help caregivers keep track of them. The watch incorporates a Gemalto Cinterion PHS8 wireless module that offers machine-to-machine (M2M) connectivity along with GPS (Global Positioning System) data. M2M allows remote-monitoring devices […]

QPID, a health care IT software company spun off from Partners HealthCare in Boston, has launched with an intelligence engine of the same name to allow clinicians to extract data from electronic health records (EHRs) and convert it into an actionable format. Announced Feb. 14, the Web-based search engine uses natural language processing (NLP) to […]

Verdande Technology, a Norway-based software company for the oil and gas and finance industries, is announcing its launch into the health care industry with a case-based reasoning (CBR) software platform called Edge. The application uses CBR algorithms to solve problems based on lessons learned from similar situations in the past, Neal Benedict, CEO for health […]

Walgreens has announced a new application program interface that allows third-party developers to incorporate the ability to scan barcodes from prescription bottles. The API will allow consumers to use third-party apps to renew prescriptions at the pharmacy chain’s more than 8,000 locations. “People continue to become increasingly engaged with their mobile devices and use the […]

Sanofi, a leading pharmaceutical company, Mobile Commons, a mobile software developer, and the Prostate Cancer Foundation have introduced a text-messaging program to allow men with advanced prostate cancer and their caregivers to gain more insight about the condition. Announced on Feb. 5, the program, called Prost8Care, provides text messages aimed at increasing patients’ involvement in […]

Rave Mobile Safety, a software developer for first responders, has launched Smart911Connect, an open standards-based programming interface that allows third-party software to deliver vital data to 911 centers and first responders. Public safety answering points (PSAPs) in 28 states use the company’s Smart911 national public safety database to protect millions of citizens, Rave reported. Announced […]

University of California, Irvine, computer scientists have developed a genomic app that conducts on-the-spot paternity tests and holds potential for personalized medicine. The software platform, or personal genomic toolkit, is called GenoDroid, and the actual Android app is named Pater Noster, which means “our father” in Latin. GenoDroid uses advanced encryption techniques to preserve the […]

Accenture, an IT consulting and services company, has designed a prototype Android app called Patient Navigator to help certified health professionals lead patients in underserved areas to care. Patient navigators are low-cost, trained community members that assess people’s conditions and coach them on how to seek health services. They can reduce no-show rates at physician […]