With the aim to ease patient engagement with their own electronic health records, Apple announced its beta version of the EHR app in late January. Now, the tech giant is moving to launch its record-sharing app and expanding its pool of participating healthcare organizations from the original 12 U.S. health systems to 39.
The American Society on Aging has awarded CDW Healthcare with its first "Technology in Aging Award." American Society on Aging will present the award on March 26 recognizing the organization for “making a difference in the lives of older adults," McKnights reports.
At HIMSS 2018, Google, which has been signaling its interest in revolutionizing health IT for the last few years, has upped its game with a litany of updates aimed at expanding its offerings for healthcare providers.
It won't be your grandpa's EHR. The Trump administration wants to give patients more control over their electronic healthcare records.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma announced a new administration initiative called "MyHealthEData" on Tuesday at the HIMSS 2018 conference in Las Vegas.
While Fitbit has long been helping wearers to measure their steps and track heart rate, the tech may now go one step further in helping users live healthier lives. The biometric tracker company announced on Feb.
Still on the fence about mobility? In its 2017 white paper “Innovations for Security and Compliance in Healthcare,” Citrix outlines these benefits of using mobile solutions for clinicians:
Technology is in the driver's seat of a new company that aims to take on the rising costs of employee healthcare and improve user satisfaction. Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase announced on Jan. 30 that the three will come together to form an independent company that will focus on "technology solutions that will provide U.S.
While, wearables like the new EKG-capable Apple Watch band, are stepping in to help clinicians and researchers better understand the body's biometrics, understanding the inner workings of the body still require more invasive methods. A new ingestible sensor could change that, however.
Researchers at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, have developed a new ingestible sensor designed to better understand the gases in the gut.
Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the United States, and for providers looking to diagnose heart disease, ordering an electrocardiogram, or EKG, is the first step to detecting any unusual heart activity.
Despite increased cyberthreat awareness and evolving security tools, keeping pace with incidents remains an uphill fight for the healthcare industry. More than 40 percent of organizations participating in the Cisco 2017 Midyear Cybersecurity Report say that while they encounter thousands of security alerts daily, they only inquire into about half. One reason? Not enough manpower.
