Brian T. Horowitz

Hospitals are constantly waging a war against dangerous germs, which cause accidental infections that endanger the lives and complicate the recovery of the patients they treat. Now hospitals have to direct time and resources to battle threats from a new kind of infection, malware infections of medical equipment and computers that threaten patients’ privacy and […]

Dr. Farzad Mostashari, the national coordinator for health IT in the Obama administration, is requesting a study to see if overbilling is occurring due to a cut-and-paste feature standard in all software, including electronic health record (EHR) applications. In an interview with the Center for Public Integrity on Oct. 15, a nonpartisan investigative journalism organization, […]

Mobile health company LGTmedical has announced plans to launch a signal-processing platform to enable vital-sign monitoring using smartphones, tablets and laptops. Announced on Oct. 17, the interface, called Vital Signs DSP (Digital Signal Processor), connects through a mobile device’s audio port to allow monitors to display blood oxygen levels, blood pressure and body temperature on […]

NEW YORK — As doctors begin to adopt the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, and become accountable for patient outcomes, telehealth vendor American Well is integrating its Online Care telehealth service within Allscripts’ electronic health record (EHR) platform. Roy Schoenberg, American Well’s CEO and Douglas A. Gentile, Allscripts’ chief medical officer, discussed the benefits of […]

NEW YORK — The New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) along with the New York State Department of Health and the Partnership for New York City Fund have announced which companies they have selected to participate in the digital health accelerator program. NYeC is a nonprofit organization putting together a health information exchange (HIE) for New […]

HCR ManorCare, a network of short- and long-term medical and rehabilitation care centers in 32 states, relies on Courion’s Access Insight application to identify risks in access to data on patients and residents. Encompassing 500 health care facilities, HCR ManorCare serves patients recovering from procedures such as knee surgery as well as elderly residents suffering […]

Panasonic has given a processing and battery power boost to its rugged business notebook line with its new Toughbook SX2. Launched on Oct. 11, the SX2 is geared toward mobile professionals such as real estate agents, traveling nurses and field sales workers. The unit features a 3.3GHz Intel Core i5-3320M processor and 14.5 hours of […]

With personal privacy a constant worry, Imprivata has introduced a texting app for the iPhone and Android called Cortext to allow doctors to securely communicate with other providers about patients. Imprivata is a health care IT company that offers access-management platforms featuring single-sign-on and fingerprint authentication. Introduced on Oct. 9, Cortext will allow doctors to […]

Calgary Scientific’s ResolutionMD For the Mayo study, researchers used ResolutionMD, which allows physicians to locate and access patient images and reports in real time as well as share images through embedded links in an email or text. Calgary Scientific launched version 3.1 of the app on Sept. 11. ResolutionMD on the iPad Calgary Scientific’s ResolutionMD […]

A crowd-funding site called Health Tech Hatch has launched to allow health care IT leaders to seek funding for new companies and test new products for usability in clinical environments. Crowd-funding is a method of using the Web to collect financial resources for initiatives such as startups, disaster relief, scientific research and product development. “A […]

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) has announced plans to invest in data warehousing and analytic tools that will enable health professionals to create predictive models enabling personalized medical treatment. The data warehouse will store clinical, financial, administrative and genomic information that will allow doctors to improve patient outcomes, boost research and reduce health […]

Health IT company NantHealth has introduced a supercomputing platform that it says can reduce the time required to analyze genomic data of a cancer patient from eight weeks to 47 seconds. NantHealth is a division of NantWorks, which develops voice-recognition ultra-low power semiconductors, supercomputers and advanced networks for the health, commerce and entertainment industries. Dr. […]