Brian T. Horowitz

The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has announced it will equip all incoming students with a third-generation iPad and a white coat with a pocket that will fit the light and thin Apple tablet. Students will use the iPad in classes, as well as with patients in the hospital. The program […]

Cancer Care Group, an Indianapolis oncology practice that treats and manages patients using radiation therapy, has reported a data breach affecting approximately 55,000 individuals, including patients and employees. Operating in 21 locations within Indiana, Cancer Care Group provides treatment, research, education and training in oncology. On July 19 a laptop computer bag was stolen from […]

Sprint aims to build on the increasing use of personal mobile devices in health care by targeting its new bring-your-own-device management platform to hospitals and large physician practices. The company announced Aug. 27 that it would offer BYOD management along with Vision Wireless, which specializes in mobile-device and telecom-expense management. The two companies will work […]

Maximize Physician Text Messaging to Boost Patient Self-Monitoring Use of text messaging could boost patients’ self-monitoring of chronic conditions. Doctors at hospital network Denver Health used Microsoft’s Chronic Condition Management platform to send text messages to diabetic patients to check up on blood sugar readings and send reminders about appointments. During their diabetes management trial, […]

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has officially extended the deadline to 2014 for the implementation of a new claims code identifier called International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-10. HHS announced the extension on Aug. 24 and proposed the plan on April 9. By using ICD-10, health care providers and health insurance payers could […]

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has issued a final rule on Stage 2 of the meaningful-use incentive program for electronic health records. Announced Aug. 23, the final rule calls for a delay of the deadline for implementation of Stage 2 to 2014. The 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) set 2013 […]

Intel Ivy Bridge Adds Processing Power The Motion C5t and F5t tablets come with the Intel Core i3, i5 or i7 vPro. The increased processing power for the C5t and F5t models will enable health care organizations to run native electronic health care applications, according to Motion. Intel’s Ivy Bridge chips bring more processing power, […]

IBM Research, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Public Health Data Standards Consortium (PHDSC) are working on a template to standardize the exchange of data on illnesses, so public health officials will be able to respond more effectively to outbreaks such as whooping cough, hepatitis, flu and West Nile virus. Announced on […]

GNS Healthcare, a data-analytics company, is working with nonprofit scientific research organization CHDI Foundation to craft a computer model to fight Huntington’s disease. GNS develops analytics technology that could match patients with effective treatments, according to the company. CHDI works with researchers in academic and industrial laboratories worldwide to explore how Huntington’s disease works and […]

The Apple iPad tablet is a key part of a pharmaceutical sales representative’s toolkit, a new study by Manhattan Research confirmed. Among “ePharma” doctors who met with pharmaceutical salespeople face to face, 65 percent reported that the representative used an iPad, an increase from 30 percent in 2011. For the study, the firm interviewed 1,819 […]

Implement Data-Leak Prevention Since data breaches are costly and damaging to any organization’s reputation, health care providers should implement data-leak prevention (DLP) measures to prevent unauthorized leaks of sensitive patient information, Justin Pirie, vice president of cloud strategy at email management firm Mimecast, told eWEEK. Health care providers need to consider deploying a DLP gateway […]

Regional health information exchanges are known for interconnecting patient data from electronic health records compiled by various health care providers, but GE-Microsoft joint health care venture Caradigm and the Geisinger-led Keystone Beacon Community have introduced an alternative method of incorporating patient data. Located in Central Pennsylvania, Keystone Beacon is a federally funded initiative focused on […]