Brian T. Horowitz

MModal, a developer of clinical documentation software, has introduced Fluency, a group of applications that enable doctors to dictate narratives about patients’ conditions and populate electronic health records with this information. The company unveiled the Fluency speech-to-text platform May 9. One of the company’s goals in developing Fluency is to tell the “complete patient story,” […]

Although studies show health care technology does help patient care, when tech tools lead doctors astray, patients can suffer. For a March 6 report called “Healthcare IT Tipping Point Report,” CDW Healthcare found that 84 percent of caregivers believe health care IT improves patient care. Doctors assume that if they’re using electronic health records (EHRs), […]

Android smartphones are prepared for a dunk in the sink. At the CTIA Wireless 2012 show in New Orleans, Kyocera Communications has introduced its Hydro waterproof phone as well as the Rise, a model with both a QWERTY keyboard and touch-screen. The Hydro conforms to the Ingress Protection Ratings IPx5 and IPx7 for water resistance. […]

Consult A Doctor on the iPhone Consult A Doctor unveiled a beta version of its iPhone app at ATA 2012 and plans to launch it officially in the coming weeks. The app allows patients to hold consultations with doctors by voice or email. The company plans to add video capabilities and an Android version in […]

Signing up as an organ donor on the back of your driver’s license is one step. But now Facebook wants to make the process a little more public and social. On May 1, the company added the ability to share organ donor status in members’ timelines, or profiles. Following the announcement, the number of people […]

AT&T is collaborating with health services provider Valued Relationships Inc. (VRI) to develop a remote-monitoring platform to help manage chronic conditions and reduce hospital readmissions. Based in Franklin, Ohio, VRI offers medical alert systems to notify doctors of emergencies in the home. The company also offers remote monitoring and electronic medication dispensers. “AT&T will sell […]

Radio-frequency identification technology is not only a way to track goods through the supply chain or the environmental conditions of food or medicine, but it may even save you from having foreign objects left inside of you after surgery. The University of California’s Irvine Medical Center in Orange, Calif., has adopted SmartSponge RFID technology from […]

As the American Telemedicine Association conference (ATA 2012) kicks off in San Jose, Calif., American Well Systems and Consult A Doctor are both taking remote care mobile. American Well has unveiled a mobile app as part of version 6.0 of its Online Care cloud-based platform, and Consult A Doctor is demonstrating a new iPhone app […]

The State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo is developing algorithms using an IBM Netezza 1000 data warehouse appliance and Revolution Analytics software to further multiple sclerosis (MS) research. The algorithms will allow the university to study genomic data sets for more than 2,000 genetic and environmental factors that may lead to MS symptoms. […]

Health care providers and government agencies are looking to make New York a center of digital health innovation. The New York State Department of Health, the New York City Investment Fund (NYCIF) and the New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC), a nonprofit spearheading the development of health record exchanges in the state, have launched the New […]

The Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF) for Parkinson’s Research has launched an online tool called Fox Trial Finder to ease the search for clinical trials and for volunteers willing to participate. People living with Parkinson’s disease as well as those without the disease who are willing to volunteer as a control subject in a trial […]

Within a few weeks’ time, massive health care breaches have been made public at Emory Healthcare in Atlanta, the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS) and the Utah Department of Health, showing a need for health care organizations to boost their security budgets, according to Judy Hanover, research director at IDC Health […]