Brian T. Horowitz

Vertical markets such as health care are buying core IT products such as PCs, servers, printers, phone systems and networking gear along with tablet PCs and LCD TVs for their facilities, according to the September 2010 report “Second Annual Healthcare IT Insights and Opportunities” by IT trade association CompTIA. CompTIA (Computing Technology Industry Association) is […]

Health plan provider Cigna says its mobile Website, powered by Usablenet, now allows members to search locations of medical facilities and research information on prescriptions. Cigna Mobile allows customers to locate care centers, physicians, specialists and pharmacies using a mobile GPS feature. The site also allows users to search for real-time medication prices at 60,000 […]

MediConnect Global plans to offer free access to its 6 million PHRs (personal health records) to allow consumers to monitor their health independently. Based in Salt Lake City, MediConnect retrieves, digitizes and manages health records for enterprises and consumers using Web-based workflows. The company’s PHR database is HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)-compliant, the […]

The New York State Department of Health and the public-private partnership NYeC (New York eHealth Collaborative) have submitted a proposal to the federal ONC (Office of National Coordinator for Health Information Technology) to launch what they say will be the nation’s largest electronic medical record network. Founded in 2006, NYeC works to drum up support […]

At the Adobe MAX conference in Los Angeles, Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch gave the first live demonstration of the RIM BlackBerry PlayBook, showing how the tablet can fit into the medical field. He demonstrated the eUnity medical imaging app from health care application provider Client Outlook, showing how MRI images can be streamed wirelessly on […]

IBM has announced that researchers from Columbia University will use IBM InfoSphere Streams streaming analytics software to detect complications for patients with brain injuries or strokes. Analytics software mathematically sifts data to spot trends and predict business outcomes. IBM is a major investor in this area, shelling out $11 billion in 19 acquisitions over the […]

Health care communications software company NaviNet has introduced two products it says will provide a unified workflow for health care payers and providers. Two SAAS (software as a service) applications, NaviNet EMR (electronic medical record) and NaviNet PM (practice management), will communicate with NaviNet’s flagship product, NaviNet Insurer Connect, a multipayer Web portal. Both NaviNet […]

Greenway Medical Technologies has added PrimeSpeech verbal recognition and PrimeImage digital imaging capabilities to its PrimeSuite 2011 EHR (electronic health record) software. The company acquired the VisualMed imaging conversion and communications firm to complete integration of PrimeImage digital imaging technology. PrimeImage is an integrated picture archiving and communications system that allows physicians to manage digital […]

A portable flash drive missing from the offices of Keystone Mercy Health Plan and AmeriHealth Mercy Health Plan, in Philadelphia, has jeopardized the personal information of 280,000 Medicaid members. An employee for the health plans had stored the personal information for the Medicaid members on an unencrypted hard drive while testing a new hardware product […]

Mobile medical software company Epocrates is joining with Walgreens to incorporate the drug store chain’s Prescription Savings Club (PSC) formulary medication list into its mobile medical applications. Walgreens’ PSC is a club that provides price drops to members when they purchase prescriptions with cash. The formulary list includes more than 8,000 medications. At least 3,000 […]