Brian T. Horowitz

Scripps Health, a nonprofit health system in San Diego, has launched a research project called Wired 4 Health through its Scripps Translational Science Institute (STSI) to see how mobile medical devices impact health care costs. “Through this study, we will be able to demonstrate where these technologies are providing the most economic value to the […]

As companies continue to implement the government’s meaningful-use incentive program for electronic health records (EHRs), FrontRange has introduced what it calls a change-management application to facilitate the move toward EHR implementation. Launched on July 31, the IT service-management (ITSM) application is part of the company’s Helpdesk Expert Automation Tool (HEAT) product line and guides health […]

Qualcomm Life and Palomar Health have announced an incubator they have called “Glassomics” to explore how Google Glass and other consumer tracking devices can aid applications in health care. The Glassomics incubator is intended to build partnerships in research and development of glassware applications in health care. The incubator will develop projects in augmented reality-guided […]

The Verizon Foundation and the Children’s Health Fund have launched an initiative to bring mobile clinics throughout the United States, beginning with a telehealth project involving the University of Miami. Announced on July 25, the initiative involves a mobile medical clinic connected to Verizon’s 4G Long Term Extension (LTE) network. Verizon will also provide enterprise-grade […]

As the health care industry adopts anytime, anywhere “pervasive computing,” clinical mobility is placing demands on IT infrastructure, according to IDC in its report “Business Strategy: U.S. Clinical Mobility 2011-2016—Forecast and Analysis,” released on July 23. Clinical mobility spending is expected to grow from $2.9 billion in 2011 to $5.4 billion in 2016, which is […]

With its Android-based OS and visual cues, the Google Glass eyewear has the potential to transform how doctors view emergency room dashboards, according to Dr. John D. Halamka, CIO of Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. Halamka has performed preliminary testing with Glass and plans to run […]

eHealthMe, a company that operates a big data health platform, has introduced a Personalized Q&A service to allow people with various medical conditions to get advice from others. Announced July 18, eHealthMe’s new Personalized Q&A service is an extension of the company’s big data platform that uses algorithms to analyze U.S Food and Drug Administration […]

Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (PRC), a nonprofit focused on consumer privacy, has released a study showing that mobile health and fitness apps threaten a user’s privacy with search loopholes and a lack of encryption. Paid health apps had a lower risk than free apps of violating privacy because they require advertising for revenue, according to the […]

Electronic health record vendor CareCloud has unveiled the next generation of its Web-based CareCloud Charts software to allow doctors to speed up documentation of patient visits. Introduced on July 16, the new version of Charts is built around what the company calls “rapid charting,” which involves opening a note for a patient visit, documenting findings […]

MediSafe Project, which offers a medication adherence cloud-based mobile platform, has released data claiming a medication adherence rate of around 80 percent for patients relying on its mobile app for reminders to take their type 2 diabetes medication. The app reminds users when they need to take medication and sends an alert to a family […]

Independence Blue Cross (IBC) and the University of Pennsylvania Health System (Penn Medicine) are launching a study to determine how electronic pill caps help patients adhere to their medication regimens. Researchers will examine if the beeping devices help improve medication adherence. Vitality’s GlowCap fits on ordinary pill bottles from a pharmacy and offers medication reminders, […]

Hiring is on the rise in health care IT, according to a report by HIMSS Analytics, a nonprofit subsidiary of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). More than 85 percent of 224 executives from health care firms and IT vendors reported that their organization hired at least one employee in 2012, HIMSS Analytics […]