Brian T. Horowitz

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, […]

Health insurers are embracing the move toward health insurance exchanges, yet they’re concerned about IT infrastructure changes, according to a Feb. 20 report by Edifecs, a health care IT software company. The Obama administration’s Affordable Care Act calls for states to implement the exchanges, referred to as HIXes, by October 2013 or have the federal […]

Apple has filed a patent application for what appears to be an iWatch wearable computer, and with a few other entrants already in the market, this technology holds promise for health care applications, according to analysts. The smart watch concept is an extension of health and fitness monitoring devices, such as Fitbit Flex, which also […]