Brian T. Horowitz

IBM and the Georgia Institute of Technology have launched a program called One Million Healthy Children to use data modeling to analyze the health information of children suffering from asthma, autism and diabetes. The goal of 1MHC is to analyze the health data of 1 million children in the state of Georgia, according to IBM. […]

Cisco Systems has introduced the TelePresence VX-Clinical Assistant, a mobile telemedicine cart for high-definition video collaboration between doctors and patients. Physicians will use the VX Clinical Assistant to examine patients remotely from other facilities. It will also play a role in medical education, Cisco reports. “We believe telepresence can be extremely valuable for use-case applications, […]

Dell has unveiled details about its Latitude ST ultraportable enterprise tablet, a unit suitable for workers in fields such as health care and education. The Latitude ST slate features an Intel Atom CPU, Windows 7, a 10.1-inch multitouch display and six hours of battery life. Kirk Schell, executive director and general manager of Dell’s business […]

IBM has introduced Content and Predictive Analytics for Healthcare, an application that provides content analytics like that of IBM’s Watson, the supercomputer made famous on “Jeopardy.” Big Blue has developed the application to help the health care industry reduce hospital admissions, IBM reports. The company announced the new software on Oct. 25. IBM bills its […]

Oracle Healthcare has launched the Service-Oriented Architecture Suite for Healthcare Integration to simplify messaging and data collaboration by using a unified application infrastructure and providing support for several data standards. The application provides simplified dashboards and advanced monitoring tools. Using the dashboards, health care organizations can more easily track documents and messages from doctors. In […]

Lee Medical, a provider of vascular access to health care providers, has built a custom database that uses FileMaker Go on the Apple iPad to help nurses better manage catheter use and reduce bloodstream infections. Based in Brentwood, Tenn., and founded in 1993, Lee Medical employs vascular access nurses that install IV catheters in various […]

AT&T and Washington Hospital Center in the Washington, D.C., area have unveiled a custom application called CodeHeart to allow doctors to examine patients in an emergency using real-time video and audio. Six hospitals in the Washington area have adopted the real-time CodeHeart application, announced Oct. 19. Physicians at the health system are using the application […]

Cherry Central, a cooperative of fruit and vegetable growers, is using IBM’s DB2 Web Query analytics platform to track fruits and vegetables to boost food safety. N2N Global, IBM’s business partner, has built a business analytics platform for the cooperative using DB2 running on the IBM Power System platform to trace products throughout the food […]

Motion Computing, a manufacturer of rugged mobile devices, has introduced the CL900 SlateMate, which is the company’s CL900 Tablet PC with an integrated MagTek magnetic stripe reader and bar-code scanner. MagTek is a maker of credentialing devices such as secure card readers, check scanners and PIN pads. Announced on Oct. 18, the SlateMate allows for […]

Oracle Health Sciences has introduced OutcomeLogix On Demand 3.0, a Web-based application that enables life science companies and contract research organizations to collect data on the outcome of various therapy treatments in late-stage trials. The company announced the product at the Oracle Health Sciences User Group (OHSUG) annual conference in Toronto on Oct. 17. Formed […]