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NewsMicrosoft-GE venture will focus on information exchange, remote monitoring
Microsoft and GE's health IT division are forming a new global company to help healthcare organizations and professionals "use real-time, system-wide intelligence to improve healthcare quality and Read more...
Cloud-based platform enables mobile access for health kiosk users
Consumer health technology company SoloHealth received the Intel Innovation Award for its bilingual health and wellness kiosk for retail stores, known as the SoloHealth Station. Presented for the Read more...
Intel-GE gets FDA approval for Intel Health Guide
Intel-GE Care Innovations, a joint venture of Intel and GE, has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for the Intel Health Guide Express. This is a software solution that Read more...
Health IT growth drives rising technology confidence overall
With all of the collaborative efforts between the healthcare and technology sectors in recent months--both the GE-Intel collaboration and the IBM-Premier effort come to mind--is it any wonder that IT Read more...
One-third of medical practices haven't done security risk assessments
While 75 percent of healthcare organizations surveyed by HIMSS, the Medical Group Management Association and Intel have conducted security risk assessments as required by the federal EHR incentive Read more...
Telehealth takes off as evidence grows that it can improve care, save money
The massive spending on health IT as a result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and general growth in EMR adoption is expected to provide a big boost to telehealth as well, Read more...
Trend: Number of tools to remotely collect health data growing
In the near future, it should become increasingly common for patients to collect personal healthcare data with a specialized device and shunt it easily to a server or website. Such tools, which Read more...
A PHR turning point
So, as you'll see in this issue of FierceHealthIT, it appears that the giant PHR project sponsored by mega-employers like Intel, AT&T and Wal-Mart is back underway. Unlike some PHR versions Read more...
Huge employee health record effort in jeopardy
Late last year, a group of giant U.S. and European companies announced they would build a Read more...
ALSO NOTED: EMR for the iPhone; SRA to run federal health databases; and much more...> Well, that was fast. An EMR vendor has announced a new version of its technology that supports the Apple iPhone. Article > U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration has awarded a $68.6 million contract to SRA International to operate the agency's National Practitioner Data Bank and Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank. … Read more... | Press ReleasesStanford Hospital Announces Unprecedented Support from Silicon Valley CompaniesCorporate Partners Program projected to provide $150 million to build the New Stanford Hospital and create a global model for patient-centered, technologically advanced health care February 1, 2011 Read more >> |
