Healthcare News

Network Provides Healthcare Pricing Data

Mitch Wagner — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:00:00 EST

Transparent Health Network negotiates healthcare pricing with medical providers, and shares price data with its members online.

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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:00:00 EST

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Remote Monitoring Yields Healthier Patients

Marianne Kolbasuk McGee — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:00:05 EST

Nursing service uses wireless devices to monitor homebound patients and get data to doctors faster, reducing hospitalizations by more than 50%.

Medicine Bottles Get Net Connection

Mitch Wagner — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST

Bottle cap with wireless Internet connection flashes when it's time to take a pill and even calls forgetful patients with reminders.

Healthcare Goes Mobile, Virtual WIth Dell Offering

Marianne Kolbasuk McGee — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EST

Dell Mobile Clinical Computing solution provides clinicians with single sign-on and roaming capabilities.

EMR Adoption Earns Hospital High Score

Mitch Wagner — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:31:00 EST

Achieving its high level of electronic medical records adoption has taken small Maine hospital five years.

Healthcare Provider Saves With E-Invoicing

Marianne Kolbasuk McGee — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:00:00 EST

Electronic invoices are saving Memorial Hermann Healthcare System millions of dollars.

Healthcare's New Revenue Generator: Business Apps

Marianne Kolbasuk McGee — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST

Banner Health uses $17 million supply chain savings to pay for new clinical information systems.

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Healthcare Affiliates Unprepared For Data Breaches

Mitch Wagner — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:13:00 EST

Patient privacy is at risk from the companies that healthcare providers do business with, study says.

Healthcare IT Job Outlook Perks Up

Marianne Kolbasuk McGee — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:20:00 EST

Business analysts and technology architects face rosy IT job prospects in the healthcare and green energy sectors.

Information Exchanges Let Doctors Share Patient Data Efficiently

Marianne Kolbasuk McGee — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST

Several new networks are being launched across the country, and while they vary in size, scope, and clientele, the goals and challenges are similar.

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Desktop Virtualization A Remedy For Hospital

Mitch Wagner — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:05:00 EST

A New York healthcare provider deploys "zero-client" devices to reduce PC maintenance and improve business performance.

Blue Cross Blue Shield Data Breach Investigated

Mitch Wagner — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:56:00 EST

Connecticut's attorney general is looking for tougher protection for healthcare providers after records, which could be useful to identity thieves, were lost.

Quest Stops Killer With Specialized Diagnostic Software

Marianne Kolbasuk McGee — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:00:00 EST

New test helps get women suspected of having ovarian cancer to specialists faster.

Senate Bill Would Help Family Doctors Fund EHRs

Mitch Wagner — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:52:00 EST

The bill, introduced by Sen. John Kerry, would make small healthcare practices eligible for federal loans.

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Health Care IT Gets Personal

Marianne Kolbasuk McGee — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:00:00 EST

Analytics, decision-support, and an array of other health IT tools are helping advance the development of treatments tailored to individuals' needs.

Cancer Institute Network Aims To Personalize Cancer Treatments

Marianne Kolbasuk McGee — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:00:00 EST

Cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid matches up patients with the right experimental treatments.

Execs Want Focus On Goals, Not Just Metrics

Doug Henschen — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:00:00 EST

They're still using analytic dashboards, but tying the data to strategic goals.

Google Helps You Find A Flu Shot

Mitch Wagner — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:21:00 EST

Flu Shot Finder uses Google Maps to help people locate areas where they can get swine flu and seasonal flu vaccines.

Intel Unveils Reader For the Blind

Antone Gonsalves — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:00:00 EST

The device, about the size of a paperback book, is designed for people who are blind, dyslexic, or have some other disability making it difficult for them to read.

Healthcare Providers Face Security Challenges

Mitch Wagner — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:35:00 EST

Three-quarters of organizations that conduct formal risk assessments have found patient data at risk, study says.

Boom Times For Health IT Sector

Mitch Wagner — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:54:00 EST

The healthcare IT marketplace is growing by 11% annually, which will likely continue through 2013, says a study from Scientia Advisors.

Healthcare IT Career Tips

Marianne Kolbasuk McGee — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:49:00 EST

IT pros without clinical experience shouldn't rule out possible transitions into emerging healthcare IT jobs.

Florida Hospital Dials Up iPhones For Nurses

Mitch Wagner — Sun, 8 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST

iPhones are helping a Sarasota hospital connect its nursing staff via text messaging, and soon, VoIP telephony.

IBM Launches Healthcare Research Center

Paul McDougall — Thu, 5 Nov 2009 16:11:00 EST

Dallas facility will focus on how field data from hospitals and clinics can be mined to produce better patient outcomes.

eReferral System Boosts Medical Center Bookings

Marianne Kolbasuk McGee — Thu, 5 Nov 2009 09:15:00 EST

A portal-based referral system from Carefx and a clinical information exchange from GE Healthcare increase appointments and reduce patient no-shows.

IBM CEO Sam Palmisano Talks With Global CIO

Bob Evans — Thu, 5 Nov 2009 07:00:00 EST

Column about IBM CEO Sam Palmisano's vision for the company around Smarter Planet, business analytics, and cloud computing.

Health Care Provider Improves Performance With Metrics

Mitch Wagner — Wed, 4 Nov 2009 13:40:00 EST

Presbyterian Healthcare Services uses Actuate performance management software in pursuit of the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award.

Desktop Virtualization Speeds Hospital Clinicians

Marianne Kolbasuk McGee — Wed, 4 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EST

By rolling out desktop virtualization from Sychron, Seton Family of Hospitals has reduced the time clinicians spend logging on and off systems each day.

Content Management: Collaboration And Social Networks Change The Game

Andrew Conry-Murray — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:02:00 EDT

The blurring lines between different types of content mean IT organizations needs to adapt their strategies.

Microsoft HealthVault Deal Puts EHRs Overseas

Marianne Kolbasuk McGee — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:30:00 EDT

A Bangkok hospital will use Microsoft HealthVault personal electronic health records to track patients via the Web.

$100 Million Healthcare Cost Database Announced

Mitch Wagner — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:42:00 EDT

Built with settlement money from health insurance companies, it will help drive down medical costs, says New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.

Global CIO: What CIOs Can Learn From Kindle

Chris Murphy — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:00:00 EDT

Amazon, Kindle, wireless, machine to machine, M2M, verizon, AT&T, Sprint, Coca-Cola

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SAP, Nokia Partner On Mobile Security

Mary Hayes Weier — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:34:00 EDT

With the joint venture's technology, prescription drugs, software, and other goods could be tagged with smart barcodes to protect them from counterfeiting.

MedPlus Tapped For Health Information Exchange

Mitch Wagner — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:05:00 EDT

New Mexico will work with technology partner MedPlus to build an electronic infrastructure connecting the state's healthcare providers.

E-Health Records Option Extended To Families

Marianne Kolbasuk McGee — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:50:00 EDT

Dossia, whose consortium members include Wal-Mart and Intel, is making it easier for employees' dependents to sign up for electronic health records.

H1N1 Flu Tracked By E-Prescription Data

Marianne Kolbasuk McGee — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:50:00 EDT

Public health officials in Rhode Island are electronically monitoring possible swine flu outbreaks based on drug data from pharmacies.

Lockheed Locks Down Federal Health IT Contracts

Mitch Wagner — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:48:00 EDT

Awarded $170 million in contracts, the company will provide services for government health information technology systems.

Informatica Launches Healthcare Claims System

Paul McDougall — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:24:00 EDT

B2B Data Exchange designed to help insurance companies meet evolving HIPAA standards.

Top iPhone Apps For Health Pros, Patients

Mitch Wagner — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:00:00 EDT

Healthcare professionals and individuals are finding ways to manage health and wellness with applications for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch.

Mobile Service Tracks Alzheimer's Patients

Mitch Wagner — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:00:00 EDT

The Comfort Zone service combines GPS and wireless technologies to enable caregivers to monitor Alzheimer's patients.

This Week In Healthcare Information Technology: Oct. 18 - 24

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:51:00 EDT

Our roundup of InformationWeek's coverage includes federal CTO Aneesh Chopra on cost savings, GE's handheld ultrasound device, government prep work for stimulus funding, and a look at where the healthcare IT jobs are.

Cellphone Users Risk Brain Tumors: Study

United Press International — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:36:00 EDT

Long-term cell phone users face a higher risk of developing brain tumors later in life, researchers in Britain warn.

Obama Signs VA Healthcare Funding Bill

United Press International — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:48:34 EDT

U.S. President Barack Obama signed into law Thursday legislation that speeds up money for veterans' healthcare, addressing a decades-long problem, he said.

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GE Launches Healthcare Technology Fund

Mitch Wagner — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:00:00 EDT

Healthcare IT, including electronic medical records and clinical information systems are among the fund's priorities.

Web 2.0 Summit: Intel CEO Expects PC Sales Surge

Thomas Claburn — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:44:00 EDT

Paul Otellini sees businesses moving to replace their aging hardware and promise in moving to a more distributed approach to healthcare.

Web 2.0 Summit: Fed CTO Talks Healthcare IT

J. Nicholas Hoover — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:45:00 EDT

Federal CTO Aneesh Chopra says government spending on IT can help cut healthcare costs and improve care quality.