Brian T. Horowitz

People in the United States with chronic conditions or rare diseases are turning to family, friends and other patients online for support, but when seeking advice from health professionals they’re staying mostly offline, according to a report by the Pew Internet & American Life Project nonprofit research firm. Although 23 percent of Internet users suffering […]

Biometrics firms Bio-key International and Lumidigm have joined to help nonprofit Genesis HealthCare System in Zanesville, Ohio, add two-factor fingerprint biometrics to its electronic health record and e-prescribing platforms. Bio-key will provide its biometrics identification software to Genesis facilities, while Lumidigm will contribute its Mercury fingerprint reader. “As a result of our testing, we determined […]

Oracle has announced some additions to its HIE, or health information exchange, to improve interoperability of health information and boost data management and privacy. Called Oracle Health Information Exchange, the platform allows health care companies and government organizations to share patient data while lowering costs and boosting revenues, Oracle reports. By making the platform scalable […]

Enterprise communication technology specialist Avaya has unveiled a third version of its Mobile Device Checkout software to allow hospital workers to personalize their wireless devices with a barcode ID using the BlackBerry, iPhone and iPad. Mobile Device Checkout 3.0 is a software application that works with a bar-code reader kiosk to allow nurses to personalize […]

IBM has inked a deal with UNC Health Care System in Chapel Hill, N.C., to power its private HIE (health information exchange) and partnered with application developer Emdeon to collaborate on a patient-centric clinical information exchange. The IT giant made the announcements at the HIMSS11 (Health Information Management and Systems Society 2011) conference in Orlando, […]

Hewlett-Packard has rolled out a new version of its Digital Hospital telemedicine platform, a virtual-health management application and an agreement with EHR (electronic health records) provider Greenway Medical Technologies to offer custom EHRs. In developing its latest digital health products, HP aims to offer a continuity of care inside and outside the hospital, what it […]

Cisco has joined with GE Healthcare to combine its Unified Wireless Network and Context-Aware Software with GE’s AgileTrac platform to manage the flow of patients and medical assets. The two companies announced the agreement at the HIMSS11 conference in Orlando, Fla., on Feb. 21 and will demonstrate the technology at the show, which runs Feb. […]

IBM will continue its longtime collaboration with speech-recognition software developer Nuance Communications to bring the analytics capabilities of supercomputer Watson into the health care field. Under a research agreement announced Feb. 17, Nuance will feed its CLU (Clinical Language Understanding) applications into IBM’s Watson hardware. Nuance makes the Dragon speech-recognition software. Meanwhile, IBM will incorporate […]

Sprint has formed a partnership with remote-health-management provider BL Healthcare to power 3G connectivity for its telemedicine platform. The collaboration with Sprint announced on Feb. 16 will bring a new standard for health care management with improved quality and lower costs, according to Michael Mathur, president and CEO of BL Healthcare. “We believe Sprint’s unique […]

OrganizedWisdom, a startup that aggregates online health advice, has formed a partnership with Reader’s Digest to allow readers to search for experts within the publication’s health and wellness channel. Under the deal, OrganizedWisdom will cull articles from medical journals and online content for RD’s relaunched site. The joint advice channel will also appear on OrganizedWisdom’s […]

Oracle has introduced a new addition to its business intelligence software suite for health care. Called OPSCA (Oracle Healthcare Provider Supply Chain Analytics), the application will enable health care organizations to manage their supply chain and reduce costs, the company reports. Part of the Oracle Enterprise Healthcare Analytics suite, OPSCA allows health care companies to […]

WASHINGTON, D.C.-Patients with high blood pressure did a better job of taking prescribed medication through the use of a mobile phone application that reminded them when to take their pills, according to the results of a recent medication adherence study conducted by George Washington University here. The study results were discussed at a Feb. 9 […]