Brian T. Horowitz

Ordinary electronic health record applications lack features that eye doctors require and therefore, these specialists have been slow to adopt the software, according to a report by the IT committee of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. The report, called “Special Requirements for Electronic Health Record Systems in Ophthalmology,” lists ways that software developers can improve […]

Epocrates, a developer of medical reference software, has expanded its offerings into the EHR (electronic health record) space. Medical practices of 10 or fewer physicians can now access its health record application on the Apple iPhone, iPod Touch and from the Web. The company announced the application, called Epocrates EHR, July 27. The SaaS (software […]

Drchrono, a health care software vendor, announced it has added M*Modal’s speech-to-text application to its electronic health record program for the Apple iPad. The M*Modal app allows doctors to dictate patients’ diagnoses and examination results into health records. Drchrono is a free download from Apple’s iTunes App Store. Called “Speech Understanding,” the M*Modal technology provides […]

CompTIA, a nonprofit trade association for the IT industry, has announced it will offer an industry credential for IT professionals who complete training on how to install, manage and troubleshoot equipment and software for electronic health record platforms. Rolling out EHR platforms will bring tens of thousands of new jobs in the next several years, […]

In advance of the July 31 launch of the Cisco Cius enterprise Android tablet, Palomar Pomerado Health System in San Diego has deployed the Cius in a pilot trial to enable doctors to access mobile health applications from a private cloud. Palomar has built a set of applications called MIAA (Medical Information Anytime Anywhere). MIAA […]

With Google Health about to shutter, nonprofit Dossia is taking a contrary position by launching the latest version of Dossia Health Manager, a consumer PHR (personal health record) platform offered by employers.Launched in 2006, Dossia is a nonprofit consortium of employers looking to aggregate health data to allow workers to make better choices and meet […]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has released guidance on mobile medical applications to inform manufacturers and distributors which applications would require review and approval by the agency. It seeks public comment on the document through Oct. 19. According to its draft guidelines made public on July 19, the agency would regulate a small group […]

IBM is working with the Coriell Institute for Medical Research to help the biobank operate the IT systems for its cryogenic freezers and better manage the 4.5 million samples of personalized genetic data. Founded in 1953, Coriell is a nonprofit biomedical research institution and the largest biobank of human living cells. It runs the Coriell […]

Microsoft says it will enable users of the soon-to-be-defunct Google Health service to transfer their data to Microsoft’s HealthVault PHR (personal health record) platform using the federal government’s Direct Project messaging protocols. The Direct Project is the Obama administration’s effort to provide a simple and secure way for people to exchange authenticated, encrypted health information […]

Insurance company EmblemHealth, which offers the HIP Health Plan of NY and GHI (Group Health Incorporated) to 2.9 million people in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, has built several mobile health applications using the Microsoft Windows Azure cloud platform. Azure allows companies to build, host and scale applications while storing data in Microsoft’s data […]