A report on the use of health IT and its impact on patient safety, released at a news briefing Nov. 10 in the nation's capital, calls for funding a new Health IT Safety Council to evaluate criteria for assessing and monitoring the safe use of health IT.
With an ever-growing number of mobile apps available to healthcare professionals, Christina Thielst, author, healthcare administrator and owner of the blog Christina's Considerations, suggests the four best types of apps for hospital use.
Siemens Healthcare has signed a seven-year, $135 million contract with the University of Pennsylvania Health System to provide integrated service management solutions.
The FDA's draft guidelines on the regulation of mobile medical apps are drawing comments from all corners of the industry – with many expecting a continuing and robust debate.
The government's meaningful use guidelines for healthcare reform have caught the attention of mobile health and telemedicine advocates, who say their programs are right in line with efforts to adopt IT to improve healthcare delivery.
Consumers are tracking their own health data online, according to a new report by the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project and the California HealthCare Foundation.
Adherence to medication requirements is crucial to patient-centered care. With mobile health technology now near-ubiquitous, physicians have more power to ensure compliance. Vendors are developing an array of new apps to capitalize on this need.
To see the first products from the new GE-Intel collaborative at the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show, you need to descend into the South Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center, find the GE booth, and crane your neck around the corner from the home-scaled wind turbine.
Electronic health records increase physician likelihood of reporting adverse drug events to the FDA, according to a new study by researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH).
CoActiv has announced a new EXAM-PACS donation program for qualifying educational institutions with accredited radiologic technologist training programs.
Practice Fusion has launched a HIPAA-compliant messaging feature within its EMR to enable providers to communicate with colleagues outside their practices. Officials say the service replicates intuitive social media-style messaging to improve medical collaboration.
In an effort to boost drug safety, a new online service has been launched that allows doctors to check the FDA-approved labeling for the most commonly prescribed drugs. The service is at the center of a new campaign being led by PDR Network called "Know the Label."
InfoLogix, based in Philadelphia, has unveiled two new products.The VoiceTrax communications solution takes critical voice communication and combines it with automated alerts to provide one del...
I've received hundreds of emails of from colleagues, friends, and staff about the IFR and the NPRM. Many really like what they see. ONC and HHS are to be congratulated.
JACKSON, MS -The Los Angeles Times recently quoted actor Dennis Quaid as saying, "They have a bar code system in every checkout stand of every supermarket in the country. How could it b...
Panasonic has unveiled its new CardioHealth Station, a tool for personalized preventive medicine, at the 2010 American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.
In recent weeks, a worm called Conficker has infected 9 million Microsoft Windows desktops and servers throughout the world via a Windows security flaw identified in October 2008. The BIDMC Security team has provided me with several briefings that I'd like to share with you.
Partners HealthCare Systems is providing clinicians throughout its integrated delivery network with mobile access to its electronic health record – a rollout the system achieved in 90 days.
