Brian T. Horowitz

Adoption of an EHR (electronic health record) application could cost a physician $120,000 in one year, CDW Healthcare reports in its Physician Practice EHR Price Tag study. CDW Healthcare sells a wide variety of hardware, software and support packages for medical practices, including unified communications, security and mobile devices. Training of physicians on EHR platforms […]

A new report by the Pew Internet & American Life Project called “Internet Cancer 2.0: A Summary of Recent Research” suggests that the Internet is a great resource for people suffering from cancer and other chronic conditions, yet the potential exists for greater use. Currently 62 percent of adults living with a chronic disease use […]

Health plan firm Aetna has purchased HIE (health information exchange) provider Medicity for about $500 million to allow doctors and hospitals greater access to electronic health records across multiple networks, Aetna reports. Medicity operates one of the largest enterprise HIEs and is available to 760 hospitals, 125,000 physician users and 250,000 users, Aetna reports. The […]

Using technology from HP, Intel and Microsoft, a researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital has developed an algorithm to make colonoscopies less invasive, faster and less expensive. Hiro Yoshida, director of 3D imaging research in the radiology department at Massachusetts General Hospital and associate professor of radiology at Harvard Medical School, has developed a DTLS (datagram […]

IT infrastructure company EMC has unveiled plans to deploy its VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure) software at Northern Hospital of Surry County, in Mount Airy, N.C., to lower health care costs and increase data protection at the facility. “We were running out of processing capacity and space in our data center as we expanded our EMR […]

Real-time health care communications network NaviNet announced that it has acquired mobile-care-management company Prematics to boost NaviNet’s presence on mobile devices. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. NaviNet is a provider of UPIM (unified patient information management). The company’s Insurer Connect will incorporate the mobile messaging and e-prescribing functionality of Prematics’ services, NaviNet reports. […]

Consumers are increasingly using smartphone and tablet PCs, such as the Apple iPad and the Samsung Galaxy Tab, to monitor their own health. This, according to a Dec. 6 report from research firm Ovum, is leading to the consumerization of health care technology. The report “2011 Trends to Watch: Health Care Technology” discusses how consumer […]

IBM has agreed to provide security support for health care IT provider American Well’s Web-based telehealth software, called Online Care. Online Care allows patients to communicate remotely with doctors from their homes or offices in online consultations. The service also provides access to electronic health records and health information exchanges. Big Blue will aid American […]

At the Radiological Society of North America conference, both GE Healthcare and Fujifilm Medical Systems, leading developers of medical imaging products, introduced technologies to advance how physicians can process and view medical images. RSNA, which was held from Nov. 28 to Dec. 3, is an annual conference for the radiology industry. Fujifilm has introduced Synapse […]

Research In Motion has purchased Swedish mobile software developer TAT (The Astonishing Tribe) to enhance the interface design of its upcoming BlackBerry devices, including the PlayBook tablet. David Yach, RIM’s CTO, announced the deal Dec. 2 in a post on the company’s Inside BlackBerry blog. “We’re excited that the TAT team will be joining RIM […]