Tag Archives: Health informatics

Top 20 Wearables to Improve Your Health

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Wearable devices are on the rise in healthcare industry and poised to revolutionize this industry with exciting features and new applications aimed at meeting the aspiring needs of patients as well...

Man Who Allegedly Stole Michael Schumacher’s Files And To Sell Them Found Dead

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The former Rega ambulance employee accused of stealing Michael Schumacher's medical documents and reports was found dead in his cell on Wednesday, Aug 6. Suspect in Michael Schumacher medical...

Google I/O: Google Fit Intro Conference Wisely Shies Away From Health

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Google left out a key word in previewing its Google Fit data-aggregation platform this week: “health.” While Apple played up the “health” angle in announcing its interesting but hardly groundbreaking...

Apple Gives Epic Systems And Mayo Clinic a Bear Hug With HealthKit

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In contrast, however, Epic was notably silent and Mayo returned the lavish praise with a nice firm handshake. All told ‒ fairly odd ‒ and very reflective of the muddy waters of...

Setting Healthcare Interop On Fire

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There’s a new software standard for sharing health data that’s gaining a lot of interest and support. Still in “prototype” format, it’s called Fast Health Interoperable Resources or FHIR (...

Re-Engineering Healthcare To Eliminate Preventable Deaths

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Joe Kiani is a busy man.  As the founder, Chairman, and CEO of Masimo Corporation, a global medical device manufacturer, Kiani has been a leader in patient safety and healthcare innovation for...

The New Health IT Arms Race Between The US And EU

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By: Nicole Fisher and Ben Heubl If you were to ask anyone in the United States what “health access” meant to them, you would get a different answer. In the UK, for most people, it means the ability...

Malcolm Gladwell Keynotes Healthcare Data Interoperability Summit

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The global narrative for “digital health” is relatively easy because the opportunities are so enormous. The only real limit is our imagination. Some of the more recent developments can be...

SANS Institute Report on Cyberthreat To Healthcare Industry

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In light of last weeks cyber-attack on Forbes (here), the release of new cyberthreat report yesterday specifically for healthcare was both timely – and sobering. Maliciously disrupting the...