Brian T. Horowitz

Electronic health records were the skill most in demand among health care industry jobs, according to a survey by Wanted Technologies. Founded in 1999, the company produces software that measures jobs and skills in demand across the United States. Wanted Technologies announced the results of its survey on Sept. 19. The company’s Wanted Analytics software […]

Patients, doctors and specialized nurses at the University of California Los Angeles Health System are using the Apple iPad to track symptoms for chronic intestinal disorders such as colitis and communicate in real time. UCLA announced Sept. 12 that it had completed a pilot stage and was now enrolling about 250 patients in the program. […]

Hospitals “like” Facebook and smaller hospitals are spending more time on the social media site, according to research by a University of Missouri professor. Dr. Ricky C. Leung, assistant professor of health management at the University of Missouri, presented his research on Facebook use in hospitals at the Medicine 2.0 conference on Sept. 15 at […]

Just days after Apple announced the iPhone 5, WebMD has introduced an application for the popular smartphone to help people manage chronic pain. Called WebMD Pain Coach, the free app allows people suffering from chronic back pain to track their symptoms and set goals on how to manage their conditions. They can also share data […]

About a week after the launch of the iPhone 5, WebMD has introduced an app for the popular Apple handset to help people manage chronic pain. Called WebMD Pain Coach, the free app allows people suffering from chronic back pain to track their symptoms and set goals on how to manage their condition. They can […]

eClinicalWorks, a developer of clinical health care IT applications, has launched a new offering called Join The Network, which allows doctors to transfer patient data over an open peer-to-peer network. The company offers electronic health record (EHR) and practice-management applications for doctors’ outpatient, or ambulatory, practices. More than 180,000 providers and 270,000 health care professionals […]

The Apple iPhone 5’s smaller dock could lead to a greater transition toward Bluetooth connectivity in medical device peripherals. During Apple’s Sept. 12 announced, company executives detailed how the new iPhone, iPod Touch and iPod Nano would use a 30-pin connector to an 8-pin connector called Lightning. Users of remote medical devices that connect to […]

Those explanation-of-benefits statements patients find in their mailboxes every time they go to the doctor will soon be supplemented with personalized video messages. In early 2013, health insurer Humana plans to offer the videos by incorporating Hewlett-Packard’s Exstream communications management software and SundaySky SmartVideo technology. HP announced its collaboration with SundaySky on Sept. 11 to […]

IT services provider CSC has launched a data-mining and predictive-analytics platform for health plans called Payer Optics 360º to enable insurers to get a view of the lifestyles and health of customers. CSC announced the new suite of applications Sept. 12. Analytics software is a tool health plans can use to research how to retain […]

Electronic health records data is often “inaccurate” or “missing,” Columbia University researchers have found, according to an article published in the Journal of the Medical Informatics Association. “Significant bias” could result from use of EHRs if they’re used “naively,” according to the report, which was published online Sept. 6. The authors include Dr. George Hripcsak, […]