Brian T. Horowitz

Kaiser Permanente, a health system and plan provider, has released the results of a study showing that electronic health records (EHRs) enable doctors to improve their treatment and monitoring of diabetic patients. The company published its study results on Oct. 1 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. For the study, called “Outpatient Electronic Records and […]

Atigeo, a cloud software provider for health care, has launched applications for health record coders and personal medical research based on its xPatterns big data platform. The company is demonstrating both xPatterns C.A.C. (Computer Assisted Coding) and MedConnect at the American Health Information Management Association 2012 conference from Oct. 1 to 3 in Chicago. On […]

Compliance and Security With data breaches an ongoing concern for IT managers, hospitals need to ensure compliance with HIPAA, Ayad noted. The first thing health care providers should consider when seeking a cloud platform is whether the cloud provider will sign a business associate agreement, said Ayad. Cloud platforms such as Office 365 and Windows […]

Verizon Enterprise Solutions has launched new cloud services that will enable health care providers to comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. HIPAA provides guidelines on securely storing patient information. Announced Oct. 1, the new cloud services include Collocation, Managed Hosting, Enterprise Cloud, Enterprise Cloud Express Edition and Enterprise Cloud Private Edition. Verizon’s […]

Software developer Drchrono has upgraded its electronic health record platform for the Apple iPhone and iPad with a Meaningful Use Assistant tool to allow doctors to get incentives from the federal government for implementing EHRs. Drchrono introduced the Meaningful Use Assistant feature for its platform on Sept. 27. The EHR application is designed for small […]

Nuance Communications has announced the acquisition of Quantim, a health information management unit of QuadraMed, to smooth the transition in the health care industry to a new claims code identifier called International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-10. QuadraMed offers applications that allow health care organizations to manage access and identity, care, health information and revenue cycles. […]

Electronic health records were the skill most in demand among health care industry jobs, according to a survey by Wanted Technologies. Founded in 1999, the company produces software that measures jobs and skills in demand across the United States. Wanted Technologies announced the results of its survey on Sept. 19. The company’s Wanted Analytics software […]

Patients, doctors and specialized nurses at the University of California Los Angeles Health System are using the Apple iPad to track symptoms for chronic intestinal disorders such as colitis and communicate in real time. UCLA announced Sept. 12 that it had completed a pilot stage and was now enrolling about 250 patients in the program. […]

Hospitals “like” Facebook and smaller hospitals are spending more time on the social media site, according to research by a University of Missouri professor. Dr. Ricky C. Leung, assistant professor of health management at the University of Missouri, presented his research on Facebook use in hospitals at the Medicine 2.0 conference on Sept. 15 at […]

Just days after Apple announced the iPhone 5, WebMD has introduced an application for the popular smartphone to help people manage chronic pain. Called WebMD Pain Coach, the free app allows people suffering from chronic back pain to track their symptoms and set goals on how to manage their conditions. They can also share data […]

About a week after the launch of the iPhone 5, WebMD has introduced an app for the popular Apple handset to help people manage chronic pain. Called WebMD Pain Coach, the free app allows people suffering from chronic back pain to track their symptoms and set goals on how to manage their condition. They can […]

eClinicalWorks, a developer of clinical health care IT applications, has launched a new offering called Join The Network, which allows doctors to transfer patient data over an open peer-to-peer network. The company offers electronic health record (EHR) and practice-management applications for doctors’ outpatient, or ambulatory, practices. More than 180,000 providers and 270,000 health care professionals […]