Wireless tech a boon for healthcare
Date: Mar 31, 2010
In the opening keynote at last month's HIMSS10 conference and exhibition, Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse put forth the call.   Read »

Venture capitalist sees health IT as winner in reform law
Date: Mar 30, 2010
The recently signed healthcare reform legislation is "extremely complex, extremely expensive and negative for insurers" and the effects on small business are "not clear," according to Thomas Hodapp  Read »

The doctor will text you now
Date: Mar 29, 2010
Given that texting is the most widely used mobile data service and healthcare workers are among the biggest users of mobile technology, it may seem natural for its use to be extended into the physi  Read »

Midwest's largest health system implements EMRs
Date: Mar 29, 2010
Advocate Physician Partners (APP), the largest network of independent physicians in the Midwest, has partnered with Westborough, Mass.-based eClinicalWorks for one of the biggest electronic medical  Read »

March 2010 Product Spotlight: EHR market to change
Date: Mar 22, 2010
Jason Hess, general manager of clinical research at Orem, Utah-based research firm KLAS, says he expects to see change in clinical information system sales going forward.  Read »

Athenahealth announces patient communication program, releases financials
Date: Mar 22, 2010
The weekend was bookended by good and bad news for athenahealth, Inc., the provider of Web-based billing software and services for physician practices.  Read »

New report offers insight into fragmented mHealth market
Date: Mar 19, 2010
The market for mobile health technology will reach an estimated $4.6 billion by 2014, according to a report released Friday by CSMG.  Read »

Vendor Notebook - JAOtech opens U.S. headquarters
Date: Mar 19, 2010
JAOtech Ltd., the London-based manufacturer of embedded Smart Terminals, has announced the opening of its U.S. headquarters in Trumbull, Conn.  Read »

FCC's broadband plan lauded as critical to health IT
Date: Mar 18, 2010
Healthcare IT champions are applauding the broadband plan the government released Tuesday as a boon for health information technology.  Read »

Vendor Notebook - CancerCare of Maine picks Versus for RTLS
Date: Mar 12, 2010
Versus Technology, Inc., the Traverse City, Mich.  Read »