Brian T. Horowitz

With China a key market for Apple’s future growth, the iPad manufacturer will begin selling the third generation of its tablet in the country beginning July 20. The announcement comes a week after Apple settled a trademark dispute with Shenzhen Proview Technology, a manufacturer of Chinese PCs and displays. Apple agreed to pay Proview $60 […]

U.S. Cellular, the nation’s sixth-largest carrier, will begin selling the Samsung Galaxy S III online on July 11 and in its stores by the end of this week. The carrier made the announcement July 10 on its Twitter page. On June 4, the carrier announced that it would begin presales on June 12 and that […]

The rise of health insurance exchanges With citizens required to sign up for health insurance or face a penalty, up to 33 million more Americans will acquire health insurance by 2021 according to PwC. This demand will lead to the development of Web-based health insurance exchange (HIX) platforms like those developed by Oracle and Microsoft. […]

UnitedHealthcare is easing patient access to personal health records (PHRs) by rolling out the federal government’s Blue Button Web tool. The Obama administration announced the Blue Button initiative in 2010. Developed by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Health and Human Services, the technology allows patients, or consumers, to download their personal […]

Oracle has introduced Health Sciences Network, a set of cloud applications that will de-identify patient data, link health care organizations with information from clinical trials and screen patients for participation. The company developed the applications with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and Aurora Health Care, a health care system in eastern Wisconsin and […]

Although regulatory and security concerns have held back the health care industry from widespread adoption of public clouds, the overall cloud computing market in health care will grow to $5.4 billion by 2017, according to a report by research firm MarketsandMarkets. In 2011, 4 percent of the health care industry used cloud computing, but that […]

JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s private investment arm One Equity Partners has agreed to acquire MModal, a developer of clinical transcription software, for approximately $1.1 billion, or $14 per share. In addition to media properties such as TV Guide, One Equity Partners invests in health care vendors, including Wright Medical Group, an orthopedic implant company, and […]

Using electronic health records could help doctors face fewer malpractice suits, a study by Harvard Medical School researchers revealed. In their study, called “The Relationship Between Electronic Health Records and Malpractice Claims,” the Harvard researchers found that 84 percent of respondents were less likely to face malpractice claims after implementing EHR platforms. The Archives of […]

Patients are interested in accessing health information electronically, but they don’t want to give up regular visits to the office, according to a recent survey by consulting firm Accenture. For its Connected Health Pulse Survey, Accenture interviewed 1,110 U.S. patients between March 30 and April 4 to find out their preferences regarding digital health. It […]

Health care organizations are not taking the steps they need to avoid data storage disasters, according to a new report by BridgeHead Software, a storage and management vendor. For this survey, called the “BridgeHead Software International Healthcare Data Management Survey,” the company interviewed 158 health care executives mostly in the United States and United Kingdom […]

The U.S. Supreme Court€™s 5-4 decision on June 28 that upheld the primary provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requiring citizens to purchase health insurance will quicken the development of Web-based health insurance exchanges, according to health care industry experts. The development of these exchanges was in a bit of a wait-and-see […]

With its low power consumption, Bluetooth Smart will be the dominant wireless technology on consumer medical devices by 2016 despite the reality that only 5 percent of medical devices have wireless connectivity at all as of 2012, IMS Research revealed. In the report “Wireless Opportunities in Health and Wellness Monitoring€”2012 Edition,” IMS found that more […]