Tag:

University Of Texas

Latest Headlines

Latest Headlines

Cheap 3D sensor could test for HIV, malaria

Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have created an inexpensive 3D paper sensor that has the potential to test for deadly diseases like HIV and malaria. According to an announcement from

Advantages of online note sharing with patients outweigh drawbacks

Physicians' fears about sharing visit notes electronically with their patients seem overblown. While much more research needs to be done about the benefits of note-sharing, patients like the idea,

Blumenthal: Federal program will ease IT worker shortage

Worried that you won't have enough IT staff to complete an EMR implementation toward achieving "meaningful use," or perhaps making the conversion to ICD-10 coding? National health IT coordinator Dr.

Battle over privacy of de-identified data continues

Think the tug-of-war between vendors, health systems and privacy advocates over data mining and de-identification of patient records is subsiding? Think again. The outspoken Dr. Deborah Peel has a

HHS awards $144M for advanced HIT research, workforce training

Four major academic institutions will receive $15 million each in federal funding to promote research and innovation in health IT, under the Strategic Health IT Advanced Research Projects (SHARP)