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Coalition formed to push fiber via ARRA
Jun. 22, 2009
An impressive number of groups have banded together to push for building the Internet out in a particular way.
Intel, GE partner on home health tech
Apr. 02, 2009
Intel and General Electric have formed an alliance to market and create home-based healthcare technologies, in an effort to reduce healthcare costs and allow elderly people to stay out of hospitals.
Today's focus: Google Health
May. 19, 2009
Google never fails to surprise. It's the scope and scale of their ambitions that impresses me ranging as they do from relatively simple applications that are just way cool such as Sky Map through their Chrome Web ...
H1N1 Flu highlights lack of preparation for business continuity
May. 05, 2009
In a just-released report, Webtorials Editorial/Analyst Division reports that most businesses are woefully unprepared for dealing with the business impact of a medical epidemic or pandemic. The April 2009 H1N1 influenza ...
No Panic Required
Apr. 30, 2009
Fed up with swine flu fearmongers? Feeling suspicious that the people whose bird-flu pandemic predictions didn't pan out are now trying for a second bite at the apple? You should be. Yes, the current swine flu outbreak ...
Microsoft adds healthcare to global e-government platform
Apr. 23, 2009
Microsoft's efforts to improve healthcare IT networks haven't been limited to recent activities in the U.S. The company this week extended a comprehensive e-services framework it is developing for governments around the ...
Mayo Clinic broadens Microsoft HealthVault-based service
Apr. 21, 2009
The Mayo Clinic medical practice has launched the first widely available e-health information service for patients on Microsoft's HealthVault service, the result of a partnership the companies launched last year.
NHS in move to stem data breaches
Apr. 17, 2009
The U.K. has made a start at shedding its reputation as a data breach hotspot with the news that 100 hospitals are to start using encrypted USB sticks from Swedish company BlockMaster.
Robots will aid in healthcare as population ages
Apr. 16, 2009
The medical needs of the aging adult population will increase the market for robotics to assist in healthcare, according to a speaker at the RoboBusiness Conference in Boston.
Medical records on the iPhone debuts at health IT expo
Apr. 06, 2009
Doctors with an iPhone or iPod Touch will be able to view patients' electronic health records using a new application available on Apple's Apps Store.
Microsoft updates e-health data-aggregation software
Apr. 06, 2009
Microsoft on Monday will unveil a new version of its software for aggregating health records that makes it easier for patients and doctors to share information electronically.
Wireless can transform healthcare, doc says
Apr. 02, 2009
Wireless devices will create a sea change in the way medicine can be practiced, a top U.S. doctor said Thursday at the CTIA conference in Las Vegas.
Strike looms for AT&T
Mar. 24, 2009
AT&T faces an April 4 deadline to negotiate a new labor contract or it will run the risk of a massive labor strike, the Communication Workers of America said this week.
Digital healthcare stimulus brings opportunities, risks
Mar. 18, 2009
Healthcare in the United States is going digital, which brings both tremendous opportunities and security risks. Digital healthcare brings the promise of increased quality of care, reduced errors and reduced cost and ...
IBM 'online theater' may boost care at Boston hospital
Mar. 13, 2009
IBM is working with a Boston hospital to develop a browser-based application that uses mashups to let medical experts in different locations study patient data as if they were sitting side by side, IBM said Thursday.
Perot Systems expands in India
Mar. 11, 2009
Perot Systems is adding a new facility for business process outsourcing in Chennai in south India, citing strong business from the health-care segment.
Microsoft pitches Surface to new markets
Mar. 05, 2009
Microsoft could be hoping for an "Oprah effect" for its Surface tabletop computer.
Microsoft expands work with hospitals in Asia
Feb. 27, 2009
Microsoft launched an online health users group for the Asia-Pacific region on Friday and said a software suite it developed after the purchase of a Thai software maker is now in use in nine hospitals throughout the ...
Privacy: It's the databases, stupid
Feb. 18, 2009
There are plenty of reasons to be outraged about the recent revelation that Alex Rodriguez tested positive for steroid use. But the one that gets me is this: Supposedly anonymous data, which was supposedly destroyed, ...
Google, IBM to take health records from PDA to database
Feb. 07, 2009
Google, IBM and the Continua Health Alliance this week unveiled jointly developed software designed to stream patient information from a doctor's mobile device to online data stores.
Try virtualization before you buy, offers reseller
Feb. 04, 2009
Healthcare IT departments in the UK are being offered a low-risk new way to get hands-on experience of virtualization.
Data-breach costs rising, study finds
Feb. 02, 2009
Data-breach impact's costs are rising, according to the Ponemon Institute's "2008 Annual Study: Cost of a Data Breach," which found the total cost of a reported incident rose to $6.6 million per reported breach, up from ...
Disk-drive encryption gets boost from Opal standards effort
Jan. 29, 2009
The Opal industry-standards effort unveiled this week by the Trusted Computing Group should prove a boon to information technology professionals exploring desktop encryption options.
Obama's national health records system is costly, daunting
Jan. 20, 2009
President-elect Barack Obama has said that a national electronic health records system will be a priority in his first term, not just for streamlining workflow at hospitals and physician offices but to cut costs and ...
If you're online, the doctor will see you now
Jan. 15, 2009
Wish you could talk to a doctor without schlepping all the way to a crowded doctor's office where you'll probably pick up even more germs?
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