Mike Miliard
Mac McMillan, CEO of Austin, Texas-based IT security firm CynergisTek and chair of the HIMSS Privacy & Security Policy Task Force, has some strong opinions about privacy protections in healthcare nowadays. The short version Things could be a lot better.You've said that if any other industry had this many privacy and security breaches, "heads would be rolling." What is wrong with healthcare Is the information landscape just too complicated Or is it a matter of culture
Microsoft has announced that people using the Google Health service - scheduled to close on Jan. 1, 2012 - can transfer personal health information stored in a Google Health profile to a Microsoft HealthVault account using the Direct Project messaging protocols.The Direct Project, established by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, specifies a simple, scalable, standards-based way for participants to send authenticated, encrypted health information to known, trusted recipients over the Internet.
MedQuist, a provider of integrated clinical documentation solutions for healthcare, has announced its acquisition of Pittsburgh-based speech recognition technology developer M*Modal for $130 million.M*Modal's cloud-based software helps providers easily convert speech into structured clinical information. This improves physician efficiency, enhances the integration of the physician narrative into electronic health records (EHR), and contributes to the analysis of clinical information for quality and reimbursement requirements.
PORTLAND, ME - Once upon a time, the tools of medicine were pretty simple: tongue depressor, blood pressure cuff, stethoscope. Nowadays Try exergames and first-person simulators, "wiihabilitation" and multiplayer mHealth apps. For years, video games and virtual reality have been playing around the periphery of healthcare. Now, the market for healthcare gaming is starting to cohere into something more substantial, says Ben Sawyer, founder of Portland, Maine-based Games for Health.
As doctors increasingly adopt mobile devices, this much seems clear: At least for now, Apple is king. According to an April survey of U.S. physicians, sponsored by Aptilon Corporation, 61 percent of docs intend to own an iPhone by the end of 2011 - up sharply from 39 percent at the beginning of the year. Strikingly, that's more than double the iPhone's 24.7 percent adoption rate among American smartphone users at large.
ALBUQUERQUE - The "HOPEmobile" is a 64-foot trailer outfitted with sophisticated telemedicine equipment that travels to underserved and remote areas of New Mexico, providing free, comprehensive health screenings for high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, pre-diabetes and other chronic conditions.
It's been rumored for some time, and today it was finally confirmed: Google Health, having failed to "catch on the way" the company "would have hoped," will see the lights go dim on Jan. 1, 2012.
A new report from Ambient Insight shows that the U.S. corporate market for self-paced e-learning products and services reached $6.8 billion in 2010, and projects that revenues will reach $7.1 billion by 2015.The report, The US Corporate Market for Self-paced eLearning Products and Services: 2010-2015 Forecast, analyzes expenditures by four company sizes: small, medium, large, and enterprise. The report also provides forecasts for 10 vertical industries and a revenue breakout of 10 content areas by subject matter.
At the IBM SmartCamp, which puts start-up firms together with venture capitalists and industry leaders to provide coaching and support, three of the five finalists are focused on empowering patient-driven healthcare.