Brian T. Horowitz

Practice Fusion plans to launch native iPhone and Android versions of its electronic health record (EHR) application within a couple of months. The company demoed versions of the EHR for iOS and Android on Sept. 27 at the Health 2.0 conference in San Francisco. Doctors, nurses and other medical professionals will be able to access […]

Oracle has announced a health insurance exchange (HIX) platform that aligns several of its existing applications to allow states to create a marketplace for purchasing health insurance. Under the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), states must establish health insurance exchanges by 2014. “The impending rollout of health insurance exchanges will require state […]

As health care facilities increasingly adopt electronic health records (EHRs), a large number of consumers are fearful of the ability of organizations to keep them secure, according to a survey performed by Harris Interactive and commissioned by SailPoint. SailPoint is a developer of identity-management and governance applications that help IT managers in industries such as […]

Consulting firm PwC‘s Health Research Institute has come out with a report revealing that health organizations are underprepared to secure patient medical information. The report, “Old Data Learns New Tricks: Managing Patient Privacy and Security on a New Data-Sharing Playground,” shows that despite advances in electronic health records (EHRs) software and security technology, health care […]

Voalt??« has unveiled a new version of its iPhone hospital messaging application equipped with AirWatch’s mobile device management technology. AirWatch develops smartphone security and mobile device management applications for enterprises and provides a single console to manage mobile security among multiple device types. The Voalt??« Connect application for the iPhone allows caregivers to send and […]

MedicalMine, a nonprofit health care IT software company, has announced new Surescripts’ e-prescription capabilities for its ChARM electronic health records platform. The company has completed certification to add the Surescripts service, which is the largest electronic prescription network in the United States. The e-prescribing features allow doctors to send messages from the cloud application to […]

Vermont’s Rutland Regional Medical Center is using the Mobile Virtual Enterprise (MOVE) architecture from Aruba Networks to better manage its wireless connectivity and support its health care IT applications. The 188-bed Rutland health center is Vermont’s second-largest hospital and is located in the state’s prime skiing area. MOVE enables Rutland’s use of Cerner electronic health […]

Texas, Rhode Island and Florida have announced new developments in their efforts to allow doctors and clinicians to view and share electronic health records through HIEs. Health information exchanges enable hospitals, laboratories, pharmacies and physicians to access electronic health records (EHRs) in multiple databases and formats. Interoperability with multiple systems allows HIE databases to qualify […]

Phytel, a developer of health care population-management tools, has unveiled Atmosphere, a suite of software as a service (SaaS) products that automate communications to patients to bridge gaps in care. Atmosphere allows doctors to send automated messages and surveys to patients to follow up on their needs and remind them about appointments. A dashboard generates […]

AT&T is partnering with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Minority Health and the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) to develop a project for an underserved minority community in Dallas to allow them to become more educated on diabetes self-management using live video communication on mobile devices over AT&T’s […]