Brian T. Horowitz

Hewlett-Packard has joined in a co-marketing program with MedPlus, the IT unit of medical laboratory company Quest Diagnostics, to offer its hardware products along with MedPlus’ online-based Care360 EHR software. MedPlus will bundle its EHR (electronic health records) platform with HP’s hardware, services and financing to make it easier for physicians to choose an EHR […]

As Research In Motion positions its new BlackBerry PlayBook tablet for the enterprise, it may focus some of its marketing efforts on the health care field. With health care organizations already equipped with BlackBerry smartphones and relying on the security the device brings, the PlayBook could be a natural fit for hospitals and doctor’s offices […]

Health plan provider Kaiser Permanente has donated its Convergent Medical Terminology database to the International Healthcare Terminology Standards Development Organization to allow doctors and patients to understand the terminology in electronic medical records. The technology will be distributed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. CMT is a core part of KP’s HealthConnect […]

Nonprofit medical research foundation The Myelin Repair Foundation will host a real-time online gaming event Oct. 7 and 8 and Nov. 9 and 10 as part of its Breakthrough to Cures initiative to promote collaboration between the medical field and academia to increase the number of cures for illnesses. MRF focuses on accelerating myelin repair […]

Electronic medical records software producer ClearPractice has developed a SAAS (software-as-a-service application) for the Apple iPad to help doctors manage their workflow, from scheduling to prescribing to billing. ClearPractice says its Nimble EMR cloud product is the first comprehensive EMR application designed to run in iOS natively on the iPad. The company worked with Apple […]

Oracle and its Sun Microsystems Laboratories unit have announced the formation of the Oracle Health Sciences Institute to research IT systems that aid health care and advance personalized medicine. “IT innovation is essential to accelerating the discovery, development and delivery of next-generation treatments, therapies and health care service innovations,” Neil de Crescenzo, senior vice president […]

Millennium Research Group has released a report, “U.S. Markets for Ultrasound Systems 2010,” showing GE Healthcare as the leader in the $1.2 billion U.S. ultrasound market in 2009, with robust growth forecasted through 2014. The ultrasound market comprises products used for anesthesia, emergency medicine, vascular access, surgery and critical care. This market will have stronger […]

Dell will contribute $15 million in computer equipment and services to help launch an Institute for Healthcare Informatics at the University at Buffalo. Health care informatics involves using IT to study and share patient information among health care professionals and across medical institutions. The practice can lead to better patient outcomes and reduced medical costs, […]

At the European Association for the Study of Diabetes conference in Stockholm, Sweden, pharmaceutical firm Sanofi-Aventis took the wraps off its iBGStar Blood Glucose Meter, which will attach to the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch. The iBGStar uses a technology by medical device manufacturer Agamatrix called Dynamic Electrochemistry to read a spectrum of information in […]

Google has filed a civil lawsuit to strike back against what it calls “rogue online pharmacies” advertising counterfeit drugs in malware ads on its search site, Michael Zwibelman, Google’s litigation counsel, wrote in a blog post on Sept. 21. In an e-mail to eWEEK, a Google spokesperson declined to comment further than what was stated […]

Hewlett-Packard, Intel and McKesson have launched an infosite as part of WebMD’s Medscape network to provide resources for physicians on how to implement electronic medical records. The companies also introduced a public microsite, PracticeReadyEHR.com, to provide the tools physicians need to comply with requirements for McKesson Provider Technologies, told eWEEK. The Websites show physicians how […]

Unified communications player Polycom Sept. 21 introduced its SpectraLink 8400 series handsets, which offer barcoding capabilities geared toward mobile workers in the health care, industrial, retail and hospitality industries. The SpectraLink 8400 is the first wireless handset to feature an integrated barcode scanner, according to Polycom. The 8450 comes with 1D scanning capabilities, and the […]