Inside the BriefcaseAscom (News – Alert) (US) Inc., a leading supplier of mission critical on-site wireless communications, is pleased to announce ClinicalConneX as its new integration suite powered by Ascom’s Unite Professional Messaging and Alarm Application. ClinicalConneX | Cardiomax is the first Ascom medical device cleared by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH).
Tweet Diversinet has released an upgrade of its MobiSecure healthcare mobile application development platform, providing support for more devices as well as new features. Diversinet provides a secure middleware application development environment that lets its clients develop and deploy mobile health applications, ensuring that they’re HIPAA compliant. Among the applications it supports are case and […]
Tweet SOURCE: Oracle News Facts Oracle today introduced the Oracle® Health Sciences Information Manager, an open standards-based solution that improves data management and strengthens data privacy and security to facilitate secure access, analysis and exchange of Protected Health Information (PHI). Providing healthcare data aggregation and data management, consent management, and auditing for regulatory compliance, Oracle […]
MedLink, a leading provider of ambulatory EMR software and clinical healthcare IT connectivity and integration solutions, announced today that it has expanded its MedLink IX (Information eXchange) solution deployed in commercial and hospital laboratories as an interoperability solution to connect the laboratory and hospital information systems with disparate systems.
Healthagen® today announced that it has acquired AppointmentCity.com, a mobile and Web technology suite that streamlines the process of booking appointments for both consumers and healthcare providers such as hospitals, urgent cares, physicians, and dentists. Healthagen will integrate this functionality into its iTriage platform to enable appointment booking and management for its consumers and provider customers.
Tweet Religare Technologies , one of India’s leading healthcare technology companies, on Monday announced the launch of HealthLine 24×7 – India’s first phone and web-based healthcare information assistance service. HealthLine 24×7 is a health information helpline and assistance platform that offers identical yet complementary service over two channels – voice media through phone and digital […]
AT&T* and Acuo Technologies®, a leading provider of comprehensive software solutions to the medical imaging industry for archiving, collaboration and migration services, announced a strategic alliance to develop vendor-neutral, cloud-based medical imaging storage solutions for healthcare providers and suppliers. Acuo is the latest technology ally to join the AT&T ForHealth(SM) portfolio of mHealth, cloud-based, and telehealth products and solutions.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) announced today that providers and public health agencies in Minnesota and Rhode Island began this month exchanging health information using specifications developed by the Direct Project, an ‘open government’ initiative that calls on cooperative efforts by organizations in the health care and information technology sectors.
Dubai New Zealand companies leading the evolution in global health care technology were showcased last night at a majlis event coinciding with this week’s Arab Health conference.
Healthcare technology has really made incredible advances over the last several years. However, while there is an app for almost everything, much still seems to be stuck in the Fred Flintstone era.
Berkery Noyes, a leading middle market investment bank, has released its 2010 Pharma & Healthcare Information and Technology Industry M&A Trends Report. This report analyzes merger and acquisition activity in 2010 and compares it with activity in the three previous years.
Electronic health records — touted by the White House as a key way to improve healthcare in the United States — may actually do little to improve quality, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
According to a study by Accenture, most health delivery organizations underestimate the time and costs associated with implementing advanced electronic medical record (EMR) functions, including clinical order entry, nursing and physician documentation, clinical decision support, and bar-coding medications.
Rural and Native Americans, ethnic minorities in poor, urban communities and Alaskan Natives often suffer negative health outcomes disproportionately due to a lack of access to various health IT tools, according to five research studies published in Perspectives in Health Information Management.
Tweet SOURCE: HealthIT News The IT Industry Business Confidence Index released Thursday by CompTIA, the information technology trade association, points to renewed optimism and a strengthening economy. Healthcare advancements are key to the uptick. The index, an average of sentiment about the economy, IT industry and individual companies, jumped seven points in December. At 60 […]
Mganga is a mobile phone application that was developed by Kenyan PhD student Shikoh Gitau and won her the Google Anita Borg award last year.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is conducting a massive overhaul of its healthcare management technology systems to improve integration and provide better information to providers, American Medical News reports.
When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a recall on the prescription painkiller Darvocet due to heart-related side effects, the use of medical technology saved Dr. Juan Salazar’s nurses countless hours trying to identify his patients on the drug.
IBM announced today that multiple hospitals throughout Russia have switched from paper-based medical systems to a new solution from IBM and Complex Medical Information Systems (C-MIS) to provide fast electronic medical record exchange and unified access to many types of healthcare data, allowing doctors and medical staff to share information and access tests and lab results instantly to improve decision making.
Tweet Your mobile phone can help treat you medically. Even as the global mobile health technology market is looking at growing at 25% annually from the current $1.5 billion (Rs 6,750 crore) to $4.6 billion (Rs 20,700 crore) by 2014, Indian predictions on m-health prospects are also pretty robust. Industry experts say mobile broadband can […]
Continua is the non-profit, open industry alliance of more than 230 leading healthcare and technology organizations dedicated to developing a global ecosystem of interoperable personal connected health solutions. Continua products and services leverage standards-based technology to keep individuals, healthcare providers and loved ones connected and empowered to manage health and wellness anytime, anywhere.
The growing number of healthcare professionals utilizing mobile phone medical applications or “apps” in everyday business activities is contributing to rapid growth in this nascent market segment. Although much smaller than other popular mobile app segments, mobile medical apps are slowly gaining market share as revenues are expected to more than double in 2010 over 2009, according to healthcare market research publisher Kalorama Information’s new report, “Worldwide Market for Mobile Medical Apps.”
Tweet Cloud computing developed through a natural evolution of virtualization, service-oriented architecture, and utility computing. It is best described as a dynamically scalable delivery model for Internet-based IT services. Gartner Research defines cloud computing as “a style of computing where massively scalable IT-related capabilities are provided’as a service’ using Internet technologies to multiple external customers.” […]
Tweet SOURCE: TechNewsWorld A University of Missouri professor has developed a “smart carpet” that monitors the movements of elderly persons and can detect the potential for a dangerous fall. The project received funding from the Alzheimer’s Association. The purpose of the flooring system is to help patients remain both independent and safe unobtrusively. With sensors […]
Nativo Mira Esplugues is an active 85-year-old from Delta del Ebro, near Barcelona in Spain. He is recovering after having had a total knee replacement. This is serious surgery, with a long recovery time. Nevertheless the wound is healing nicely, and he was discharged from hospital after just a week.
Pegasystems Inc. , the leader in business process management (BPM), today announced that Health Net, Inc. has chosen Pegasystems to help achieve new value and efficiencies across its operations. Pega’s advanced healthcare solutions for claims, care management and customer service allow customers to realize controlled and rapid transformation in step with the demands of healthcare reform.
Tweet Esprida Corporation, a leading remote device management platform solution provider, today announced its partnership with Careworx Inc., a technology vendor and consulting firm dedicated to working with long-term healthcare facilities. Powered by Esprida technology, the latest generation of Careworx MultiPoint kiosks, transforms single purpose point of care devices into a simple to use, multi-application […]
Tweet The U.S. military is testing commercial mobile devices for usability with its electronic health record applications, Government Health IT reports. Lt. Col. William Geesey — product manager at the Army’s Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care organization — said officials are testing tactical EHR applications on the: iPad; iPod Touch; iPhone; Sprint HTC EVO; and Samsung […]
If federal health IT initiatives are to succeed, the government must promote widespread adoption of a universal exchange language for securely transferring health data, announced the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology on Wednesday.
Tweet SOURCE: GCN Extensible Markup Language, which has a long track record of facilitating interoperability among systems, should become the basis for health IT as well, a White House advisory group says. The Health and Human Services Department should help develop and promote a universal exchange language and infrastructure for patient health care information that […]
