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Topic: HIT

DocuTAP raises $11.9M to build software for urgent care clinics

DocuTAP raises $11.9M to build software for urgent care clinics

May 2, 2013 12:59 pm by | 0 Comments

The Emergency Room is often a chaotic place where precision and agility mean the difference between life and death. DocuTAP has raised $11.9 million from Bessemer Venture Partners to make ... Read more
Two healthcare innovators join “Super Mayor” and Zappos CEO on Dreamers & Doers list

Two healthcare innovators join “Super Mayor” and Zappos CEO on Dreamers & Doers list

April 29, 2013 12:31 pm by | 0 Comments

Government Technology issues its Top 25 list every year to recognize the “hardest-working and most innovative individuals in the public sector.” Two people working to improve public health and healthcare ... Read more
Shower test: Robert Scoble offers proof that Google Glass is waterproof

Shower test: Robert Scoble offers proof that Google Glass is waterproof

April 28, 2013 6:32 pm by | 0 Comments

If you were wondering if Google Glass survived a full shower, here’s some photographic proof courtesy of tech industry cheerleader Robert Scoble. ’You thought I was kidding when I said ... Read more
Box CEO: We want to manage all the content in healthcare

Box CEO: We want to manage all the content in healthcare

April 24, 2013 11:53 pm by | 0 Comments

Cloud storage startup Boxis pushing into the health care vertical, regulatory challenges and all. Box’s team has spent a year researching the space and ensuring that the product is HIPAA ... Read more
HIMSS map covers everything you ever need to know about HIT projects in America

HIMSS map covers everything you ever need to know about HIT projects in America

April 22, 2013 3:41 pm by | 2 Comments

If you ever wondered, “Where is the closest ACO?” there is a map for that.Wondering if there is any state legislation that your company should be tracking? HIMSS State IT ... Read more
Responsibility Matters: A Message from a Data Analyst

Responsibility Matters: A Message from a Data Analyst

April 19, 2013 9:47 am by | 0 Comments

I recently read an article that raised the question of who owns your health data. By ownership, I am referring to who has the power to either access or give ... Read more
IU Health Bloomington Hospital plans to cut jobs

IU Health Bloomington Hospital plans to cut jobs

April 18, 2013 8:10 pm by | 0 Comments

IU Health Bloomington Hospital plans to cut jobs in the coming months, but officials will not yet say how many.The losses will accompany consolidation of IU Health's information technology system, ... Read more
What do athenahealth and Square have in common? They get outsourcing

What do athenahealth and Square have in common? They get outsourcing

April 17, 2013 10:32 am by | 0 Comments

Athenahealth is the biggest, best healthcare biller in the country, bar none. Their economies of scale and complete access to the raw information enable them to be the best biller ... Read more
Madison aiming to be epicenter for HIT

Madison aiming to be epicenter for HIT

April 7, 2013 7:30 am by | 0 Comments

Madison's new cluster of health care technology companies is coming into its own.With at least five local businesses started by former Epic Systems Corp. employees that have created about 400 ... Read more
Diagnotes delivers patient info to on-call docs and updates medical records

Diagnotes delivers patient info to on-call docs and updates medical records

March 6, 2013 7:21 am by | 0 Comments

Diagnotes Inc. wants to make it easier for on-call doctors to get up to speed quickly with patients they may have never met.The Indianapolis startup is on the verge of ... Read more
Remotium embeds your work computer into your phone, curing BYOD security risks

Remotium embeds your work computer into your phone, curing BYOD security risks

February 25, 2013 8:36 pm by | 0 Comments

Remotium lets you remotely access your ’work phone" by setting up a virtual environment where all your work phone applications are. It streams any apps you use, and saves all ... Read more
How to create a BYOD policy for your company

How to create a BYOD policy for your company

February 23, 2013 1:50 pm by | 0 Comments

Eighty-one percent of companies have some kind of BYOD program in place, but only 37 percent of IT managers thought that their company’s mobile strategy was working well. If you ... Read more
10 Healthcare Trends to Watch in 2013

10 Healthcare Trends to Watch in 2013

December 31, 2012 1:27 am by | 4 Comments

 1. ICD-10 TransitionOctober 1, 2014 seems like a very long time from now. While predominantly impacting hospitals and payers, the impact of the change to a new classification scheme will ... Read more
Amazon competitor ProfitBricks targets startups with free cloud server for 1 year

Amazon competitor ProfitBricks targets startups with free cloud server for 1 year

December 15, 2012 4:57 pm by | 0 Comments

ProfitBricks - a Boston-based infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) company - announced the launch of a foundation program for the startup community: use of a cloud server for free for one year. Companies ... Read more
Walmart starts offering iPhone 5 for $127, 4S for $47, & fourth-gen iPad for $399

Walmart starts offering iPhone 5 for $127, 4S for $47, & fourth-gen iPad for $399

December 14, 2012 7:03 pm by | 0 Comments

With the holidays here or fast approaching, it’s time for some great last-minute deals. Walmart is leading the charge with some phenomenal Apple deals ’ $399 for the 16GB fourth-generation ... Read more