February 15, 2010
February 15: Health Care Reform News
Health care for poor may get ax The DFL-controlled Legislature is on the brink of extending a state program that would pay health care costs for about 85,000 of Minnesota’s poorest and sickest residents over the next 16 months. The question is whether Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty will sign this stripped-down version of General […]
Tags: health care reform, Health Policy
February 15, 2010
Mayo Clinic Software Answers Cardiology’s HIT Need
Kardia Health Brings Technology to the Market With cardiologists spread thin and reimbursements for their services declining, the key to survival is improved efficiency. That’s according to Doug Marinaro, the chief operating officer of Minnesota-based Kardia Health Systems. The three-year-old company is working to put cardiology-focused health information technology developed by the renowned Mayo […]
February 9, 2010
February 9: Health Care Reform News
Top stories On Health Bill, G.O.P.’s Road Is a New Map The New York Times Feb. 9, 2010 When Republicans take President Obama up on his invitation to hash out their differences over health care this month, they will carry with them a fairly well-developed set of ideas intended to make health insurance […]
Tags: health care reform, Health Policy
January 28, 2010
Apple iPad: The device healthcare has waited for?
Apple confirmed the rumors today and unveiled a tablet device, which looks like a giant iPhone, called iPad. While Apple CEO Steve Jobs and his team of presenters at Apple’s iPad launch event this morning did not mention the healthcare vertical as a key market for the iPad: It looks to be just that. The […]
Tags: healthcare device, iPad
January 22, 2010
University Hospitals, Kaiser asked to disclose contracts with information technology vendors
Watchdog lawmaker U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley sent letters this week to 31 hospitals nationwide, raising concerns that “errors” caused by the information technology systems they have adopted could endanger patients… The prestigious list of health systems that received the letter included many of the nation’s leaders in information technology implementation, such as Kaiser, Mayo […]
Tags: health care reform, Health IT
January 13, 2010
Reality Checkup: Medical Artificial Intelligence Still a Hard Sell in the Clinic
When a clogged artery landed Peter Szolovits in the hospital for a coronary bypass operation in mid-October, he noticed a few incongruities other patients might not have. Machines that performed intertwined functions.. As head of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Clinical Decision Making Group, which works to apply artificial intelligence (AI) to medicine, Szolovits knew […]
Tags: intelligent systems, optimize care
January 13, 2010
IBM, Mayo Clinic lead the way in patents
Everything from super computers to cancer treatments to new luggage designs have been created in Rochester. Unquestionably, this is a creative city. As IBM and Mayo Clinic keep encouraging innovation that leads to patents, it seems to exponentially spur the Rochester culture to be more inventive… At the center of what Smith calls […]
December 22, 2009
Big Tech Fights High Health Costs
Craig Barrett spent three decades at chip giant Intel and retired as chairman in May 2009. He saw Intel’s health care costs spiral during his tenure. Now he sits on the board of Dossia, a nonprofit aimed at helping corporations reduce the amount they spend on health care… Nobody has his or her […]
Tags: Intel, personal health record
December 3, 2009
Can Cleveland Clinic Be A Model For Digital Medicine?
When Albert Giuliani wakes up each morning, he steps on a scale, takes his blood pressure and pricks his finger to test his sugar levels… The results are automatically uploaded to an electronic record that he and his doctor at the Cleveland Clinic can check anytime… Few places can claim to be as […]
Tags: digital medicine
December 2, 2009
Microsoft, Google Face Off On Healthcare
Microsoft and Google are taking their rivalry to the doctor’s office, running competing services that allow people to store their medical records online for access by family members and healthcare providers. Google Health and Microsoft HealthVault are similar approaches: They let patients input their own medical data either by typing it in or by giving […]