Brian T. Horowitz

Insulin monitoring is going cellular. Cellnovo, a U.K. mobile medical device vendor, has developed a system to transfer data from a wirelessly connected insulin pump to a cloud-based cellular system in real time. An insulin pump, attached to the body with Velcro, connects wirelessly to a touch-screen activity monitor that resembles an Apple iPhone but […]

Hopes are high for technology to improve patient care, yet IT departments need to invest in the infrastructure required to run electronic health record (EHR) applications, according to a new report by CDW Healthcare. CDW offers IT services to more than 15,000 health care organizations in the United States, including providers in rural areas as […]

IBM is moving on from “Jeopardy” to finding treatments using genetic data. The company announced it has developed a data-analytics platform called Clinical Genomics that uses algorithms and analytics similar to that of Big Blue’s Watson supercomputer to find treatments for conditions based on a patient’s genetic profile. Doctors can use Clinical Analytics to analyze […]

Health organizations see clinical informatics as an important factor in managing patient care, according to a new report by PwC’s U.S. Health Research Institute. Clinical informatics combines technology, patient care, financial reporting and collaborative data sharing. For the March 2 report, called “Needles in a Haystack: Seeking Knowledge With Clinical Informatics,” PwC surveyed 600 health […]

Aetna has launched a new version of its iTriage mobile application, the first software program on its new open-data platform called CarePass. CarePass allows patients to share data across multiple applications, and by June it will enable developers to create mobile health tools for the platform. Aetna plans to add more apps to CarePass later […]

The New York Civil Liberties Union has released a report asking policymakers governing the exchange of electronic health records in New York State to allow patients more control over which types of doctors see their medical data. Sharing EHRs are likely to make the health care system more effective and efficient, yet privacy controls are […]

Along with the announcement of Apple’s third-generation iPad on March 7, the tablet is getting a wireless upgrade with Bluetooth 4.0 Smart Ready connectivity. The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) announced the availability of Smart Ready technology for the new version of the Apple tablet, bringing new possibilities for remote-monitoring medical applications. Made up of […]

As the health care industry pushes forward with the adoption of electronic health records, a new study links higher spending on lab tests with doctors viewing images electronically, either in image-viewing systems or full EHRs. The report, called “Giving Office-Based Physicians Electronic Access To Patients’ Prior Imaging And Lab Results Did Not Deter Ordering Of […]

As the Obama administration provides incentives for meaningful use of electronic health records (EHRs), efforts by the health care industry to secure patient data, or protected health information (PHI), have lagged behind, according to a new report by the PHI Project, an initiative of 100 health care leaders, including providers and insurance companies, as well […]

As users are expected to have 7.4 billion mobile subscriptions by 2015, mobile technology is proving it can bring tangible improvement in health care, according to a new report by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Telenor Group, a mobile operator based in Norway. The companies presented the results of the survey on Feb. 28 […]

Although new federal guidelines on electronic health record (EHR) use bring few changes for IT vendors, doctors and hospitals will need to take note of some changes regarding encryption, data sharing and electronic entry of care directions. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) for Stage […]

Telehealth on the Samsung Galaxy Tab Honeywell HomeMed’s new Genesis Touch application allows patients to send vital data such as blood pressure, weight, blood sugar and temperature to their doctors on Samsung’s Galaxy Tab. Doctors then access the data through Honeywell HomeMed’s cloud-based LifeStream Management Suite. Genesis Touch also works with Fuze Meeting’s video conferencing […]