Mike Miliard
A new report from the West Health Institute says many mobile devices used in the hospital setting are made by different companies and unable to work with each other.
In this Q&A with Healthcare IT News Managing Editor Mike Miliard, Amy Cueva discusses how healthcare and design are being used in an increasingly mobile and patient-centered landscape.
The robot, designed by iRobot and InTouch Health, received 501(k) clearance from the FDA in early January and was unveiled at the CES Digital Health Summit in Las Vegas. Now it's ready to be deployed.
New England Telehealth Consortium (NETC) has tapped Germantown, Md.-based Hughes Network Systems for a four-year contract to provide high-speed satellite services for mobile telehealth clinics throughout rural communities in Northern New England.
Axial Exchange, which develops interoperability technologies based on an open-infrastructure platform, has won the "Ensuring Safe Transitions from Hospital to Home" initiative, sponsored by Health 2.0 and the Department of Health and Human Services' Partnership for Patients Initiative.
Interactive Health Technologies, which develops digital fitness systems, is putting Sony's NFC Dynamic Tag to work in school gym programs, enabling the tracking and evaluation of students' physical activity.
General Electric and Microsoft will jointly establish a new, as-yet-unnamed healthcare IT company, combining their strengths to spur development of an open, interoperable technology platform and create clinical apps aimed at improving patient care worldwide.
It's hard to overstate the impact Steve Jobs, who died Wednesday at age 56, has had on technology for the past 30 years. In hardware, software, communications and design, Apple's contributions have been incalculable - not least in healthcare.The online reactions last night - with many responses no doubt tapped onto iPhone screens or typed into MacBook Pros - attested to the far-reaching accomplishments of a man many have likened to a modern Thomas Edison.
Clarimed, a new healthcare rating agency offering independent information and reference tools, has launched its new online service at the Health 2.0 conference. The site features analytical insights into medical devices, diseases, procedures and manufacturers.Founder and CEO Nora Iluri points out that other industries with complicated products, such as cars and mutual funds, have rating agencies - JD Powers and Morningstar, respectively - that provide information and ratings to help inform consumers, professionals and institutions.
GE has launched a new initiative aimed at accelerating cancer innovation and improving care for 10 million patients around the world by 2020. As part of Thursday's announcement, GE is sponsoring a $100 million open innovation challenge to identify and bring to market ideas that advance breast cancer diagnostics.