Brian T. Horowitz

In schools, software-as-a-service (SaaS) platforms aid school nurses in monitoring students’ medications and health needs. HealthOffice medical-record software and Ericom’s SaaS remote-access platform allows school medical personnel to keep track of students’ conditions. Through Ericom’s PowerTerm WebConnect platform, parents can use a SaaS platform to remotely access their children’s records, such as whether a vaccine […]

As Dr. Farzad Mostashari, the national coordinator for health IT, prepares to leave his post this fall, the Obama administration is left without a champion for electronic health record (EHR) adoption. “We will lose a valuable cheerleader that actually understood the various market forces affecting the industry,” Shahid Shah, CEO of IT consulting firm Netspective […]

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 […]