Brian T. Horowitz

AT&T has introduced a mobile device management platform for health care called Managed Tablets to provide a way for doctors to connect to hospitals’ data networks securely. With mobile devices presenting a potential data breach threat, AT&T is looking to secure mobile access to sensitive health care data. By using Managed Tablets, hospitals can encrypt […]

Health care IT managers want to adopt health information exchanges, but a lack of capital may hold them back, according to a new survey by health care management consulting firm Beacon Partners. HIEs allow hospitals, laboratories, pharmacies and physicians to share electronic health records (EHRs) across a region, community or health system. More than 200 […]

A new MobiLens report from digital market intelligence firm comScore reveals that the number of people accessing health information on their mobile devices has grown by 125 percent over the previous year.During a three-month average period ending in November 2011, 16.9 million users accessed health information on mobile devices in the United States, comScore reports.In […]

Happtique, an online mobile health application marketplace, has announced it will develop a certification program to vet thousands of mobile applications that doctors, nurses and patients use. The company hosts a multiplatform application store for hospitals, continuing care facilities and doctors’ practices using an indexing method called hApp. The company is a unit of GNYHA […]

As Microsoft prepares to move its Amalga health intelligence software into a joint venture with GE, analysts see an uncertain future for the HealthVault personal health record (PHR) platform, which remains with Microsoft. With Google announcing in June 2011 that it would close down its Google Health portal, a key bellwether for PHRs disappeared from […]

Alcatel-Lucent highlighted innovations in health care and first-response vehicles from its ng (next generation) Connect Program during the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week. Comprising 125 members, ng Connect brings companies together from several industries to develop new service concepts, or prototypes. The industries include health care, retail, entertainment and auto. […]

Independa, a provider of remote monitoring technology for the elderly, and LG’s Zenith division announced at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas that they’re bringing senior health monitoring to commercial televisions. LG’s ProCentric displays will run Independa’s cloud-based Angela social engagement platform and medical reminders. Angela is a social-engagement platform that allows […]

At the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Qualcomm and the nonprofit X Prize Foundation announced the Tricorder X Prize contest to award $10 million to a team that can develop a handheld device to diagnose a patient’s health. The Qualcomm Foundation, the chip maker’s philanthropic arm established in 2010, is working with […]

At the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Sprint and remote-monitoring device manufacturer Ideal Life are exhibiting a cellular device called the Pod to help consumers manage chronic conditions such as diabetes or hypertension remotely at home. The Pod uses machine-to-machine (M2M) technology to allow patients to transmit vital data from one mobile device […]

Health care IT research firm KLAS recently unveiled its list of the top software platforms in health care, with Epic Systems at the top of its Overall Software Vendors Rankings. For the survey, KLAS looked at such application categories as Acute Care Electronic Medical Record (EMR), Ambulatory EMR (over 75 physicians) and Practice Management. For […]