Brian T. Horowitz

Motion Computing has introduced its CL900 ultralight, rugged tablet PC for the health care, construction, retail and other service industries. Announced on Jan. 5 from the Consumer Electronics Show, in Las Vegas, the CL900 will be available in the second quarter of 2011 for under $1,000. The tablet features Intel’s Oak Trail Atom processor, which […]

Intel and GE Healthcare have announced that their telehealth joint venture, Intel-GE Care Innovations, officially launched as of Jan. 3 and received full regulatory clearance. The new company will focus on technologies to help the elderly remain in their homes as well as independently in senior living facilities. In addition, Care Innovations will develop technologies […]

The mobile health market is growing substantially and will increase threefold by 2012, presenting both challenges and opportunities for MNOs (mobile network operators) and companies across the mobile technology spectrum, according to a new report by Pyramid Research. M-health uses CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access), GSM and WiFi smartphones as well as medical devices such […]

IT company NIIT Technologies announced it will add an electronic health record and referral management software as a service platform as it enters the health care space. NIIT will launch its health care IT business in Orlando, Fla. Now in use by health care professionals in central Florida, the EHR platform Preferr allows physicians to […]

As we move into 2011, the Obama administration’s meaningful-use requirements governing health care IT and EHRs (electronic health records) will continue to influence how health care companies adopt technology to improve patient care. In 2010, companies began to purchase EHR applications, but in the coming year health care companies will enter an adoption phase for […]

Microsoft and University of Washington Medicine have signed an agreement to collaborate on biomedical informatics technology. Under the deal, UW Medicine will expand its use of Microsoft’s Amalga UIS (Unified Intelligence System) data-aggregation platform to further research and medical education and improve patient care. UW Medicine is a network of medical facilities in the Seattle […]

Dell has announced it will buy InSite One, the developer of a medical archiving cloud application to make it easier for physicians to share medical images and make quick diagnoses by collaborating on images online. Terms of the Dec. 22 agreement were not disclosed. The deal will combine InSite’s InDex Vendor-Neutral Enterprise Archive (VNA) cloud-based […]

The United States and the European Commission have signed a memorandum of understanding to work together on compatible formats for EHRs (electronic health records) and to promote education in health care technology. Vice President of the European Commission Neelie Kroes and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius announced and signed the memorandum […]

Taking a tip from banks, credit card firms and insurance companies, CMS (the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) will implement predictive-modeling software to fight fraudulent claims for Medicare and Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance program. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Attorney General Eric Holder made the announcement […]

Humanitarian organization Direct Relief International has launched an online aid-tracking portal called the Online Medical Aid Distribution Map. Announced on Dec. 16, the Web tool provides pharmaceutical and medical manufacturers with precise data on where their aid packages have been shipped to. Founded in 1948, Direct Relief is a nonprofit organization that provides aid such […]