When thousands of Gulf Coast residents fled Hurricane Katrina, many of their paper-based medical records were soaked or blown to the winds. Ever since, proponents of electronic health-record systems and health... FULL STORY »
IMS Health, a Danbury, Conn.-based prescription drug data-miner, has announced its third acquisition in as many months with the addition of cloud-based mobile sales and marketing systems provider 360 Vantage, Chandler, Ariz. FULL STORY »
Pittsburgh-based TeleTracking Technologies, which helps its hospital and health system clients to improve hospital patient flow and optimize hospital operations, has named Nanne Finis VP of consulting services. FULL STORY »
By Andrew L. Wang and Ryan Ori, Crain's Chicago Business | May 24, 2013
Not everyone is pardoning Google's dust as Chicago's Merchandise Mart makes renovations for the arrival of the Internet giant's new mobile solutions unit next year. Allscripts Healthcare Solutions is suing its landlord. FULL STORY »
The competition for workers with high-tech analytics skills has been explosive during the past five years, partly because of new digital billing and patient-monitoring requirements for hospitals, doctors and physician groups under the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. FULL STORY »
An iPhone application that lets users check levels of blood, protein and other substances in their urine is the first target of U.S. regulators seeking boundaries in a burgeoning industry for medical diagnosis on-the-go. FULL STORY »
The Defense Department is back in the market for an electronic health-record system for its sprawling healthcare empire, according to a memorandum from Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. FULL STORY »
Virtual Radiologic, a technology-enabled national radiology practice and telemedicine company based in Eden Prairie, Minn., has named Dr. Benjamin Strong its chief medical officer, effective May 22. FULL STORY »
By Sacramento (Calif.) Business Journal | May 23, 2013
California health officials have developed a tool to help providers decide when they need patient authorization to share treatment records as California builds an electronic highway for medical information. FULL STORY »
