Brian T. Horowitz

ABI Research has released its quarterly update predicting rapid deployment of mobile data services in health care worldwide over the next four years. The company predicts that sales of data services through cellular networks for health care will increase to $7.7 billion worldwide in the next four years. Access revenues from mobile data services, mobile […]

Epson America and Royal Philips Electronics announced a partnership to make Philips ultrasound medical imaging equipment compatible with Epson inkjet and WorkForce all-in-one printers via the ESC/P-R universal print driver. ESC/P-R is the name for the Epson printer language. The high-frequency sound waves in ultrasound produce many types of images in the medical field, including […]

Ruckus Wireless, a mobile networking company based in Sunnyvale, Calif., announced on Aug. 9 that 15 additional medical facilities have adopted its Smart WiFi technology as part of a massive move toward WiFi in the health care industry. “We’re seeing a big uptick in WiFi in hospitals,” David Callisch, vice president of marketing for Ruckus, […]

Zoho and NetSuite have joined to form MedicalMine, a company focused on helping caregivers tend to children with autism and other chronic diseases. While the joint venture between the two companies is bringing them into the health care IT field, it’s also a personal situation for the leaders of MedicalMine, which is based in Palo […]

InteractiveMD, a telehealth provider, is preparing to launch a video conferencing upgrade to its 24-hour telemedicine platform on Aug. 18 that allows doctors to conduct live video examinations remotely and on demand. InteractiveMD, a unit of health care solutions company iCan Group, currently offers telephonic and secure e-mail platforms. InteractiveMD creates an EMR (electronic medical […]

Angel, a provider of on-demand, cloud-based customer-engagement services, introduced its Angel 4 Customer Experience Platform for call centers. The technology features unified multichannel/multimodal communication options such as SMS (Short Message Service), chat, e-mail, voice biometrics and mobile management. The SAAS (software-as-a-service) platform enables organizations to quickly deploy enterprise-level telephony applications. Health care providers can access […]

Intel and GE Healthcare announced on Aug. 2 a 50/50 partnership in health care to build on an existing relationship that focuses on telehealth and independent living for the aging population as well as chronic diseases. The two companies did not disclose financial terms of the deal, but the new company will be operational by […]

A total of 113 health care facilities have been hit with data breaches in 2010, compared with only 39 banking/finance firms, according to a July 28 report by the Identity Theft Resource Center. Hospitals are vulnerable to insider data breaches with the multitude of doctors, nurses, lab technicians, janitors and food service personnel circulating throughout […]

On July 26, Oracle rolled out Oracle Pedigree and Serialization Manager, an application that allows pharmaceutical manufacturers to track drugs through the supply chain, limit counterfeit medication and conform with California state regulations on the sale of medication. Pedigrees are electronic records that track the sale of a potentially harmful drug by a manufacturer and […]

IT service provider CSC launched its Meaningful Use Community Website July 21 to provide an online forum for the health care industry in which people can share ideas and learn from experts on how to achieve meaningful use of electronic health records. According to David Hampshire, CSC’s senior partner and managing director for health delivery, […]

A study by Menlo Park, Calif.-based Spyglass Consulting Group revealed a fragmented smartphone landscape among health care professionals, yet 94 percent of physicians are now using the mobile phones. Physicians have widely adopted smartphones yet still have difficulty communicating with colleagues and patients in a timely manner, the report reveals. In the study “Healthcare Without […]

Hospitals & Health Networks, a publication of the American Hospital Association’s Health Forum division, has announced its annual list of the Most Wired hospitals in its July 2010 issue. This year’s survey, which H&HN conducted along with health care solutions provider McKesson and CHIME (College of Healthcare Information Management Executives), listed 99 hospitals out of […]