Brian T. Horowitz

Consumers are increasingly using smartphone and tablet PCs, such as the Apple iPad and the Samsung Galaxy Tab, to monitor their own health. This, according to a Dec. 6 report from research firm Ovum, is leading to the consumerization of health care technology. The report “2011 Trends to Watch: Health Care Technology” discusses how consumer […]

IBM has agreed to provide security support for health care IT provider American Well’s Web-based telehealth software, called Online Care. Online Care allows patients to communicate remotely with doctors from their homes or offices in online consultations. The service also provides access to electronic health records and health information exchanges. Big Blue will aid American […]

At the Radiological Society of North America conference, both GE Healthcare and Fujifilm Medical Systems, leading developers of medical imaging products, introduced technologies to advance how physicians can process and view medical images. RSNA, which was held from Nov. 28 to Dec. 3, is an annual conference for the radiology industry. Fujifilm has introduced Synapse […]

Research In Motion has purchased Swedish mobile software developer TAT (The Astonishing Tribe) to enhance the interface design of its upcoming BlackBerry devices, including the PlayBook tablet. David Yach, RIM’s CTO, announced the deal Dec. 2 in a post on the company’s Inside BlackBerry blog. “We’re excited that the TAT team will be joining RIM […]

Hewlett-Packard has joined with Clinton Health Access Initiative to provide the technological backbone for testing and treating infants exposed to HIV in Kenya. Former President Bill Clinton founded CHAI in 2002 to boost integrated health systems around the world and increase care and treatment for HIV/AIDS, malaria and other conditions, according to CHAI. CHAI’s expertise […]

When the Obama administration shaped its health care plan, Dr. Harry Greenspun, Dell’s chief medical officer, weighed in with his recommendation as co-chair of a task force on health care IT. Now, many of Greenspun’s concepts on health care and IT management appear in the federal HITECH (Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health) […]

Epocrates, a leading maker of mobile medical software, has acquired health app developer Modality to grow its portfolio on the Apple iOS. Modality makes digital learning and reference applications for the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch and has expertise in developing health education apps on Apple’s iOS, with more than 140 applications on that platform. […]

A European consortium that includes IBM, security provider Sirrix, a Portuguese energy provider, and European academic and corporate research organizations have unveiled a virtual infrastructure project called Trustworthy Clouds, or TClouds. The group aims to make a cloud that’s secure and private while also cost-efficient and scalable, according to IBM. TClouds began on Oct. 1, […]

Health care plan provider OptumHealth has released a new wellness application for Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 mobile platform. OptumizeMe, available in the Windows Phone Marketplace, allows people to present a health challenge to friends in Facebook and other social media applications. Users receive virtual badges for meeting their fitness goals. Windows Phone 7 is Microsoft’s […]

IBM and ActiveHealth, a unit of Aetna, along with Medens, a cloud computing and health care IT company based in Puerto Rico, have launched a cloud health care network for some 11,000 physicians working in the commonwealth. Medens will provide what it says is the first medical cloud computing network for Puerto Rico, while IBM […]

Verizon Business has announced that it will issue medical identity credentials to 2.3 million U.S. physicians, medical assistants and nurse practitioners for free beginning in January to access the company’s health information exchange. Under the 2009 HITECH (Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health) Act, health care exchanges must require stringent identity credentials beginning […]

At the SC10 supercomputing conference in New Orleans, Intel announced that its supercomputers have been able to simulate the way a football player’s brain responds to collisions. Intel is collaborating with Riddell, which for many years has been the official manufacturer of helmets for the NFL. Intel is also working with Dartmouth’s Thayer School of […]