Brian T. Horowitz

The health care IT industry can save up to $450 billion if they use big data analytics and patients make the right choices about their care and lifestyles, a recent report by consulting firm McKinsey & Co. revealed. These savings could amount to 12 to 17 percent of the $2.6 trillion baseline in U.S. health-related […]

As telehealth continues to gain attention as an option for patient care, a startup called 1DocWay is helping hospitals connect with psychiatric patients remotely in rural areas. 1DocWay is part of an effort by Independence Blue Cross (IBC) to boost the health care IT industry in the Philadelphia area. IBC is a Blue Cross and […]

As vendors such as Adobe look to make Websites and documents like PDFs accessible for people with disabilities, the tech industry and disabled users await more clarity on accessibility laws. The Justice Department may update the 1990 American With Disabilities Act (ADA) to outline how state and local government Websites can make “services, programs or […]

Security services firm Kroll Advisory Solutions has launched a Web-based self-assessment tool for companies to assess their risk for violating the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Announced April 4, the Business Associate HIPAA Self Risk Assessment (BA HSRA) will enable business associates, which are third parties such as IT providers hired by health […]

AT&T and Autism Speaks plan to hold a hackathon to encourage developers to build apps that help autistic people and raise awareness for the condition. Participants at the hackathon, to be held on April 12-13, will use APIs from AT&T’s mobile platform to develop apps based on ideas crowd-sourced on the Facebook page of Autism […]

Apple iPad Enables Tap-to-Send The Drchrono EHR platform uses the touch-screen capabilities of the iPad to enable “tap-to-send” functionality. Doctors can tap to send videos and articles to patients. Curating Educational Content An algorithm in Drchrono’s platform helps doctors curate educational content after patients check in on the OnPatient personal health record (PHR) iPad app […]

Saving Space for Students and Nurses Lenovo says the ThinkCentre Edge 62z’s 18.5-inch LCD screen is suitable for the tight spaces of nursing stations and school computer labs. The 18.5-inch LCD could save more than 65 percent of the space a 20-inch monitor would take up, according to the company. Mounting the ThinkCentre on a […]

The market for health information exchanges is consolidating, as Caradigm announces plans to sell an HIE platform from Orion Health and discontinue development of its own. Caradigm is a 50/50 joint venture of GE Healthcare and Microsoft. As part of the March 27 announcement, Orion Health said it will develop apps on the Caradigm Intelligence […]

Mihills Webb Medical, a small provider practice in Southlake, Texas, has adopted cloud-based Microsoft Office 365 to make use of the platform’s secure-messaging features to boost staff communication and morale. Office 365 is the cloud-based version of the productivity platform that includes Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Lync and SharePoint. A family physician practice, Mihills Webb […]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration plans to regulate medical devices connected to smartphones, but consumer devices such as the iPhone and app stores like iTunes and Google Drive will remain clear of oversight, an FDA official told the House of Representatives’ Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations on March 21. “[The] FDA seeks to strike […]