This Week in Electronics: A Google-Branded Home Entertainment Product; Verizon Partnship Aims to Advance Health IT
A new Google-branded hardware device for home entertainment will connect to other home electronics. Might they include medical devices? Also, Verizon joins with Health Evolution Partners. Google Entertainment Device Will Connect to Other Home Electronics The entertainment device will be designed first for streaming music via Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, and to connect to other home...
This Week in Electronics: VC Flows to Health IT; Device Shows Promise for Parkinson's Patients
Also, J&J CEO Bill Wheldon is optimistic on medical spending, and Abbott is downsizing its diagnostics division. Health IT Attracts Venture Capital (InformationWeek) J&J CEO Predicts Increase in Medical Spending (Bloomberg Businessweek) Abbott to Cut Jobs from Diagnostics Division (CBS News) Deep-Brain Stimulation System Shows Promise for Treating Parkinson's (The...
State Legislatures to Prioritize EHRs, HIEs in 2012
Each year, the National Conference of State Legislatures takes a look at the issues policymakers will be forced to confront over the coming year. Among the priorities highlighted in the organization's list of "Top 12 Legislative Issues of 2012" are the adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) and the creation of health information exchanges (HIEs). From the organization: By mid-year...
Health IT Market Expected to Be Worth $20 Billion by 2025
Before we know it, health IT is going to reinvent chronic care monitoring, says Stanford cardiology professor Peter J. Fitzgerald, MD, PhD. Practically everyone now has a smart phone in their pocket and it's only a matter of time before those devices start playing a very significant role in helping patients monitor their health. Speaking at the TCT2011 Conference last week in San Francisco,...
Town Hall Meetings in the Works to Discuss Healthcare IT
If you've got something to say about the "convergence of healthcare and information technology," you might be interested in participating in the town hall meetings in the works through the CE-IT Community, a collaboration between the clinical engineering and IT professionals sponsored by AAMI, ACCE, and HIMSS. From the AAMI press release: Each virtual town hall meeting will include...