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The Health IT Now Coalition says that last week's three days of hearings on healthcare IT held by the House Energy and Commerce Committee to discuss the potential effects of current and a potentially new regulatory framework for health information technology, were promising.
March 25, 2013
News
Three subcommittees of the House Energy and Commerce Committee just concluded three hearings on mobile health March 18-21, looking for "the sweet spot and that fine line," between patient safety regulations and freedom of innovation, as it was described by Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-Ore.) at the opening of the hearings.
March 22, 2013
News
In 2012, the remote patient monitoring market grew nearly 20 percent, just from 2011, and the numbers haven't shown signs of waning any time soon, according to a new report released this week.
March 22, 2013
News
Improvements in the ability of medical devices and health IT systems to communicate and exchange data could lead to more than $30 billion a year in savings, according to a new report from the West Health Institute.
March 21, 2013
News
Xerox has long been involved in the mobile device healthcare market, but recently it has launched a new cloud-based solution to help healthcare organizations keep track of mobile devices.
March 20, 2013
News
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, will launch a three-day series of hearings today to investigate issues involving mobile health -- particularly how to keep innovation flowing without over-regulating.
March 19, 2013
News
Evolving from a nation with no wireless connectivity to one that is completely reinventing healthcare delivery is a stretch. But many developing nations are harnessing mobile health technology to make massive changes in how healthcare is delivered.
March 18, 2013
News
Andrea Cortinois is a Professor at the University of Toronto, and is also part of the Center for Global E-Health Innovation. On his first visit to Argentina, invited by the Panamerican Health Organization to share his experiences working in e-health, he was interviewed by E-Health Reporter Latin America.
March 18, 2013
News
Several witnesses from the health IT and mobile health industries are set to testify March 19 before the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. The hearing will focus on medical devices and mobile app markets.
March 18, 2013
News
San Diego-based Humetrix, developer of the iBlueButton mobile platform, has been invited by the the National Health Service to present a UK version of the technology at the NHS Innovation Expo 2013.
March 14, 2013
News
After 15 years at the helm of Allscripts, the EHR vendor he helped steer through years of growth and change, Glen Tullman is poised to join the ranks of serial entrepreneurs. He and Allscripts colleague Lee Shapiro, who served as president, have set their sights on starting a new company -- or maybe multiple companies -- in the mobile healthcare arena.
March 14, 2013
News
Patient network and real-time research platform PatientsLikeMe announced its clinical trials tool at Europe's Health Innovation Expo 2013, hosted by the National Health Service (NHS).
March 13, 2013
News
I was interviewed for an article on AIS Health that came out last week. The title of this article -- on health care social media and regulatory and legal issues that health care providers may face in using these tools -- struck me as being tinged with hysteria.
November 17, 2011
Blog
The healthcare industry is under constant pressure to streamline the sharing and availability of information, while at the same time maintaining ever-more rigorous controls over patient privacy, and of course, reducing costs at the same time. Therefore cloud computing offers some significant opportunities, perhaps even more significant than in many other industries.
November 15, 2011
Blog
One of the education sessions last week at HIMSS Virtual Conference and Expo was "mHealth in Action: From Research to Practice in Metro Miami." In the briefing, the speaker went over his company's mHealth strategy, tackling issues with the use of standards-based mobile technology.
November 8, 2011
Blog
If you can read this entire story without breaking away to answer your phone, check your e-mail, blog, tweet, refill your coffee cup or update your fantasy football roster, you’re lucky.
November 8, 2011
Blog
Hospitals and healthcare providers of all sizes are jumping feet first into social media marketing to help engage patients, to improve name recognition and to promote community health activities. Small to mid-sized physician groups often look to outsource their social media and other marketing activities.
November 4, 2011
Blog
A new Sermo report, Yes, MDs are Facebooking their Patients, reveals how physicians are using social networks to connect with patients in new ways.
November 2, 2011
Blog
I've written about the implications of staff bringing their own devices to the office instead of using corporate desktops and the challenges of keeping mobile devices secure.
October 12, 2011
Blog
On the first day of life after Steve Jobs, we asked our Healthcare IT News Twitter followers how Jobs and his contributions to technology affected them and their organizations. In other words, where would we be without Steve Jobs?
October 6, 2011
Blog
Another year, another Health 2.0 under the belt. This being the fourth time attending it is interesting to see how this event and its participants have evolved.
October 6, 2011
Blog
Wednesday evening, I emailed my staff about the passing of Steve Jobs. Many responded that they were genuinely sad.
October 6, 2011
Blog
I’m excited to say we have a big MIT Media Lab focus at this year’s Connected Health Symposium.
October 5, 2011
Blog
At BIDMC, I oversee 10,600 desktops and 2000 laptops. They are all locked down with System Center Configuration Manager 2007 and McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator.
October 4, 2011
Blog
Mobile computing encompasses solutions for mobile devices that allow physicians to manage clinical, financial and administrative information at the point of care. Smartphones, cart computers, iPads and other tablets, ruggedized mobile clinical assistants (MCAs) and laptops are examples of mobile devices commonly used in a clinical setting.
