Healthcare IT

More than half of respondents to a Royal Philips survey of healthcare executives cited clinical devices and mobile technologies as among their major information technology investments targeted toward compliance. Interoperability, mobile connectivity and applications were also mentioned as items on the agendas of health IT executives in 2014, Philips said Monday. Fifty-nine percent of respondents cited clinical […] More

More than 5,500 healthcare organizations worldwide use Avaya‘s communication and collaboration platforms to facilitate delivery of medical services to patients. Avaya spent more than $2.5 billion within the past six years to research and develop tools for hospitals to manage patient information, the company said Monday. Tara Mahoney, senior director for Avaya’s professional service healthcare […] More

Lockheed Martin has worked to modify its missile defense analytics technology for early detection of sepsis, a potentially fatal blood condition. The Sia analytic framework was tested on 4,500 patients and the technology identified sepsis conditions 90 percent of the time during the trial, Lockheed said Monday. “Lockheed Martin took insights from real-time, streaming sensor data, […] More

Information Builders has worked to help its healthcare customers access and process large amounts of data from disparate sources through business intelligence and analytics platforms. Clients use WebFOCUS, DataMigrator and iWay platform offerings to deliver patient care, manage population health, manage finances and address compliance risks, Information Builders said Monday. Gerald Cohen, president and CEO […] More

Dell’s healthcare and life sciences unit has partnered with the Cleveland Clinic to deliver electronic health record services to health institutions nationwide, based on the clinic’s Epic Systems-developed EHR, Modern Healthcare reported Monday. Joseph Conn writes the EHR system can either be installed and run on-site or remotely hosted and delivered by Dell as software-as-a-service. According […] More

New research from Accenture has predicted an emergence in new offerings that are intended to help expand electronic health records according to market needs. According to the study, the world’s hospital-based EHR market will reach $22.3 billion by December 2015, a market slowdown at 5 percent growth annually from 9 percent in 2010. Despite the […] More

Microsoft has showcased a range of new Windows-powered devices, applications and service offerings for healthcare clients at the annual HIMSS conference and exhibition in Orlando, Fla. The health IT products are designed to help clinicians access electronic medical records, manage mobile care applications and collaborate with other healthcare providers anywhere, Microsoft said Monday. “Finding mobile […] More

Royal Philips has installed a clinical information technology tool for Georgia Regents Medical Center that is built to help facilitate cross-department access of patients’ imaging data through integration with electronic medical records. The company said Friday the Philips IntelliSpace PACS version 4.4 platform was piloted at GRMC’s radiology department for gradual expansion into diagnostic imaging and other […] More

IBM has partnered with Bryan University to develop a healthcare informatics simulation laboratory with the goal of helping to train students on the subject. Students enrolled in a master’s degree program for applied health informatics will have access to IBM’s analytic tools as they work to analyze healthcare processes and results, Bryan University said Thursday. The […] More

A Kratos Defense & Security Solutions unit has partnered with Norse to offer a suite of cybersecurity awareness services aimed at helping medical organizations identify fraudulent schemes and protect electronic data. SecureInfo and Norse seek to deliver real-time fraud and threat intelligence data for electronically-protected health information through the alliance, Kratos said Thursday. Sam Glines, […] More

Siemens’ healthcare business unit has introduced a new healthcare management platform offering that is intended to help providers fulfill new care and payment requirements of different service models. The CareXcell system contains new technologies designed to help providers manage patient care and monitor risks through an open communication and data sharing platform, Siemens said Thursday. […] More