Brian T. Horowitz

The National Football League is kicking off a league-wide effort to digitize health records. The NFL will use eClinicalWorks’ electronic health record (EHR) platform to streamline coordination of care for players. Announced Nov. 19, the multimillion dollar deal will allow NFL doctors and trainers to access health records and radiology images and share them with […]

With an increase in the number of private health information exchanges, interoperability of sharing health data may be at risk, according to a survey by the eHealth Initiative. eHI is an independent, nonprofit organization that aims to encourage improvements in the quality, safety and efficiency of health IT. HIEs connect health records throughout a state, […]

SmartMetric has announced a biometric key ring as an alternative method to running enterprise software on PCs to store and access electronic health records. A developer of biometric credit and ID cards, SmartMetric launched the KeyringMedicalRecords device on Nov. 14. The storage unit allows users to maintain portability while not requiring software on a PC, […]

CDC This free application from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers health articles, automatic updates about medical issues and images from CDC’s Public Health Image library. A “Did You Know” feature keeps the public informed about the prevention of illnesses. The app “empowers people around epidemics and trends,” said Schmuland. Digital Health Scorecard […]

From courtside to the doctors’ offices, the National Basketball League plans to abandon the paper trail and connect players’ medical data digitally. Electronic health record (EHR) vendor Cerner has announced that the NBA will use its cloud-based HealtheAthlete platform to allow trainers and doctors for all 30 teams to manage players’ health care data. The […]

As Congress reportedly prepares to push through a cyber-security bill next week that stalled this past summer, the Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) has responded to a letter from Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W. Va.) on how to proceed with cyber-security. HITRUST is a group of health care business, technology and information security leaders that provides […]

With the re-election of President Barack Obama on Nov. 6, the states and software vendors will have more certainty now that Obamacare is here to stay. Even Republican congressional leaders such as House Speaker John Boehner have acknowledged that the president’s re-election ensures that Obamacare will remain “the law of the land.” As a result, […]

Half of smartphone owners are now using their devices to research health information, according to a new report by The Pew Internet & American Life Project. In the report “Mobile Health 2012,” released on Nov. 8 by Pew and the California HealthCare Foundation, 52 percent of respondents said they collect health information on their phones, […]

Doctors now have an application to track patients’ preventive treatment for persistent wheezing and sneezing. Meditab Software has announced new features in its AllergyEHR electronic health record (EHR) software that allow allergists to integrate their workflow with the company’s platform. A developer of clinical EHR systems, Meditab offers charting, e-prescribing, analytics and decision support. AllergyEHR […]

Motorola Solutions has introduced a new RFID device, called the MC9190-Z Handheld RFID Reader, to boost the speed of loading dock or stockroom workers tracking products and inventory. The company introduced the device on Nov. 7. The handheld is designed for the manufacturing, warehouse, pharmaceutical, transportation and logistics industries. Motorola Solutions is the division of […]