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Microsoft talks up using printers to make drugs
May. 09, 2008
In the not-too-distant future, people could use computer printers to make simple medicines as part of a do-it-yourself model of healthcare, a top Microsoft executive said Friday.
States improve disease outbreak tracking, but work needed
Apr. 25, 2008
The number of users sharing information through a Centers for Disease Control system that tracks disease outbreaks has more than tripled in the last five years, according to an inaugural report on public health ...
IT aids healthcare
Feb. 12, 2008
The graying of America points to the healthcare field as a ripe opportunity for IT professionals. According to a new report from Wireless Healthcare, the elderly will rely on telecare service and health 2.0 services and ...
IBM’s SHARE, Green Grid, Linux Expo, Comptel, NANOG, outsourcing event on tap in February ...
Jan. 31, 2008
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NTT DoCoMo takes a step towards bio-sensing cell phones
Mar. 28, 2008
Researchers in Japan have demonstrated one part of an envisaged molecular level system that might one day enable cell phones to keep a regular watch on their owners' health.
Industry outlook for 2008
Mar. 25, 2008
IT leaders with an eye on the economy may be wondering how their industries are expected to do this year. According to business intelligence researcher IBIS, VoIP subscription growth will boost service provider revenue. ...
Inside one CIO's storage nightmare
Mar. 19, 2008
As Kindred Healthcare CIO Rick Chapman begins to discuss storage strategies, he asks a revealing rhetorical question.
Google previews Google Health
Feb. 28, 2008
Google shed more light on the health care service it is developing, showing off a couple of screenshots of what it will look like.
Nortel job cuts; Server party; Cyberattacks
Feb. 28, 2008
Nortel said it will cut 2,100 jobs and shift 1,000 more; Steve Ballmer tossed the first handfuls of confetti Wednesday as Microsoft paraded out its newest version of Windows Server; Healthcare organizations feel under ...
Healthcare organizations feeling cyberattacks growing
Feb. 27, 2008
Healthcare organizations feel under increasing attack from the Internet, while security incidents involving insiders and disappearing laptops with sensitive data are piling up. On top of that, there's now the prospect ...
Tenet Healthcare warns 37,000 patients of data compromise
Feb. 22, 2008
Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare Corp. last week sent out notices to about 37,000 patients informing them about the potential compromise of their personal and financial data.
Google to manage health records for Cleveland Clinic
Feb. 21, 2008
Google will test a new online medical record service with a hospital group in Cleveland allowing patients to control who gets to see their health information. The two organizations hope the trial will lead to the ...
Privacy group sounds alarms over health records systems
Feb. 21, 2008
In some cases, people whose healthcare information is stored in online personal health records (PHR) systems may be exposed to serious data privacy risks, according to a warning issued by a privacy advocacy group.
NHS laptop with 5,123 patient records stolen
Feb. 19, 2008
An NHS laptop holding information on 5,123 patients has been stolen from a hospital in Dudley.
Hospitals reduce cost of electronic medical records
Jan. 15, 2008
Replacing paper medical records with electronic ones can reduce errors, and save lives, but cost and complexity prevents most doctors from upgrading.
IBM targets healthcare market with grid computing
May. 16, 2007
Hospitals have unique and challenging storage needs, as they are required to store every X-ray and medical record they create, and IBM is reaching out to that market with a system being unveiled Wednesday at a ...
Q&A: CareGroup CIO advances standards for healthcare IT
Mar. 01, 2007
Dr. John Halamka sees great potential for interoperable electronic health records, which could turn out to be “like Google for healthcare combined with Napster for healthcare,” says the CIO of the CareGroup Healthcare ...
Beth Israel to pilot PanGo's asset tracking technology
Sep. 14, 2004
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a busy hospital in Boston, needed a way to more efficiently track critical biomedical equipment as well as patients and medical staff. But it also wanted to leverage its enterprise ...
Nursing homes no high tech hotbeds | NetworkWorld.com Community
Apr. 17, 2008
While advances in healthcare IT -- from telemedicine to wireless devices to electronic medical records -- are touted regularly, there the level of IT presence in nursing homes is considered lagging, according to ...
Coyote Point helps healthcare organization consolidate servers
Jun. 23, 2005
When Anthony Acquanita decided to build a load-balanced server system, he was uncertain about two things: if the open source technology he typically depended upon would meet all his needs, and if the price tags on ...
Cisco: the new software giant
Dec. 13, 2007
For the first time, Cisco has assembled all of its software assets – IOS, Unified Communications, Collaboration and Network Management – under a single organization. The Software Group was formed to coordinate product ...
MacPractice Electronic Medical Records released
Dec. 07, 2007
MacPractice has added a new product to its software line-up for doctors. Dubbed MacPractice EMR (Electronic Medical Records), the new software is designed to allow doctors to customize it for their specific needs, the ...
U.K. doctors face huge fines for losing laptops
Nov. 15, 2007
Doctors and health officials who lose laptops containing patient information could face prosecution under new rules being considered by the U.K. Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).
International body names 2007’s most creative technological efforts
Nov. 09, 2007
What do a giant computer in Venezuala, a Japanese kimono clearinghouse, an Irish healthcare-rating system and an American political-financing watchdog group all have in common?
Dot-com survivor Covisint finds B2B niche
Nov. 01, 2007
In 1999 the big automakers founded Detroit-based Covisint with much fanfare. But there was open dread from their suppliers, who worried about how a forced march to online auctions would squeeze their thin margins even ...
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