This Week in Electronics: Device Tax Repeal Effort Leaps Forward; NBA Star Backs Medtech
Effort to Repeal Device Tax Leaps Forward The House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday became the first congressional panel to sign off on Republican Rep. Erik Paulsen’s top legislative priority, a bill to do away with an Affordable Care Act tax on sales of complicated medical devices set to take affect next year. Minn Post Former NBA Star Backs Device Industry [Bill] Walton,...
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...
There's Opportunity in Optimizing EHRs for iPad
Electronic health records are catching on, as Marty Briggs, creative director of marketing for healthcare technology company HealthFusion, found out on a recent visit to his family doctor. In a guest blog post for Software Advice, he relates the story of how his once-skeptical physician has finally made the leap to EHRs. Briggs' doctor chose a version of the iPad as his preferred tablet, and he'...
Watchdog Group Wants to Expose Device Companies' Shady Sales Tactics
The Corporate Whistleblower Center is looking for medical device industry insiders willing to share stories of Medicare and Medicaid fraud at their companies. Specifically, the watchdog group is seeking people with proof that big device companies are paying doctors to use their products. From a press release: As opposed to giving them cash under the table, big drug, or big medical device makers...
Doctors Choose Apple Over Android
If an apple a day keeps the doctor away, you’d think physicians would be PCs, right? Wrong. According to a recent study by Manhattan Research, 75% of physicians in the U.S. own an Apple product, such as an iPhone, iPad, or iPod. Though a December MED article proclaimed Android the best operating system for many medical applications, when it comes to smartphones, doctors—more than four...