USA, October 8, 2013 - A group of male Vietnam-era war veterans were found to have lower rates of diabetes than a group of non-veterans, based on family histories they submitted through an electronic questionnaire. Researchers from the University of West Florida and the Robert E. Mitchell Center fo...

USA, October 3, 2013 - Consumers and small businesses will be among the winners as provisions of the Affordable Care Act continue to roll out, health technology investors told VentureBeat just hours before new health insurance exchanges opened nationwide. Consumers will benefit from having more cho...

USA, October 1, 2013 - Developers, users and patients--already confused about the privacy and security standards under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and what they mean for mobile technology--are now more confused with the release of the U.S. Department of Health and...

Not every smartphone or tablet app related to health, like an app reminding patients about an appointment, are regulated medical devices. Additionally, not all mobile apps that meet the criteria as medical devices are awarded regulation to begin with, noted the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA...

USA, September 22, 2013 - The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) has released what it calls a path to achieving interoperability among different electronic health record (EHR) systems. In a blog post Wednesday, David Muntz, principal deputy and Nora Super, public affairs directo...

USA, September 19, 2013 - AHRQ report compiles advice on engaging patients, connecting data and more A new report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) summarizes the comments it received on its July 2012 request for information and from focus groups on how to enhance quality m...

Social media has become a daily part of millions of people’s lives. Hospitals like the Mayo Clinic recognize the power of social media, as reflected by their active twitter account which is currently ranked as No. 1 with more than half a million followers. Cleveland Clinic is third on YouTube, w...

A class-action law suit has been filed against Advocate Medical Group in Downers Grove, Ill, by patients who suffered from a massive breach in the group’s computer system. The lawsuit stipulates that the Chicago area's largest physician group violated privacy regulations by failing to use encrypti...

USA, September 9, 2013 - With Stage 2 Meaningful Use 2014 certification requirements for electronic health records (EHR), hospitals and other providers are hard-pressed to increase medical imaging and information data storage to meet their expanding needs. One of the Stage 2 objectives includes pro...

USA, August 6, 2013 - Six community health center networks will receive a total of $3 million in grants to boost information technology use, the Health Resources and Services Administration announced this week. The grants, funded by the Affordable Care Act, are in addition to $18 million in grant m...