Brian T. Horowitz

The department of neurosurgery at the University of California, Los Angeles, is using big data analytics software from IBM and Excel Medical Electronics to predict rising brain pressure in patients with traumatic brain injuries. In the collaboration announced March 13, the public research university will use IBM InfoSphere Streams and EME BedMasterEX to create data […]

Consumers are embracing virtual health care sessions and storage of health data in the cloud, a new Cisco survey of consumers and health care decision makers revealed. In fact, 74 percent of consumers are willing to participate in remote health sessions, according to the “Cisco Connected Customer Experience Report,” which the company released March 4 […]

Philips Healthcare and Vidyo have partnered to enable remote video monitoring in hospitals to ease the workflow of doctors and clinicians as they manage patient care. The Philips IntelliSpace eCareManager 3.9 platform will incorporate Vidyo’s VidyoRouter, a device that allows a health provider’s telemetry devices to work across a broader range of networks. It enables […]

AT&T is developing a mobile personal emergency response system (MPERS) to help elderly people when they fall. The platform will use GPS functionality and machine-to-machine (M2M) technology to connect patients remotely to medical professionals at monitoring centers. The company is collaborating with Valued Relationships, Inc. (VRI) and Numera on the service. VRI provides telehealth monitoring […]

As the health care industry moves to adopt electronic health records, proper training in EHRs could hold them back, according to a survey announced March 5 by workforce-planning company TEKsystems and HIMSS Analytics, a division of the nonprofit Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. Sixty-six percent of respondents said finding workers with the appropriate skills […]

Verizon has launched Secure Universal Message Services (SUMS), a cloud platform for sharing clinical data from one provider to another across any type of network. The company introduced SUMS March 4 at HIMSS13, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society conference in New Orleans. Although health information exchanges (HIEs) are effective to some degree on […]

Happtique, a mobile health software company, has released its final standards for a certification program that provides a Good Housekeeping-like seal for mobile apps. Released Feb. 27, the standards specify guidelines on interoperability and privacy requirements that will allow apps to earn a seal, Ben Chodor, CEO of Happtique, told eWEEK. “Most importantly, it enables […]

VMware has introduced vCloud for Healthcare, a combination of the company’s existing products that provides an always-on platform and allows health care organizations to transition to a hybrid cloud. Announced on Feb. 28, vCloud for Healthcare integrates VMware’s vCloud Suite and Horizon Suite. It allows doctors to access information seamlessly at the point of care […]

Stanley Healthcare, a developer of applications for tracking patient security, assets and environmental conditions in hospitals, plans to integrate Tableau Software‘s business intelligence software with its WiFi real-time location system (RTLS) software to enable medical facilities to gain better insight into their operations. Stanley Healthcare, a division of Stanley Black & Decker, announced its collaboration […]

Caradigm is looking to spur new software innovation on its Amalga health care intelligence platform in the cloud under a new name: the Caradigm Intelligence Platform. On March 4, Caradigm will formally introduce an updated product lineup at HIMSS13, the New Orleans conference organized by the Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). GE Healthcare […]

Health systems need to implement new strategies to address alarm fatigue, nonprofit scientific research firm ECRI Institute revealed. Critical care units receive as many as 350 physiological monitor alarms per day, ECRI reported in its “Top 10 C-Suite Watch List” of technology issues facing health care IT leaders in 2013 and the future, announced on […]

NEW YORK — Security, manageability and total cost of ownership are key concerns as health care professionals choose tablets for their organizations, Dell executives noted at a Feb. 19 press event at the Dell Solution Center here. In a study commissioned by Dell, Harris Interactive interviewed 204 health care IT decision makers from Dec. 27, […]