February 6, 2009 (Computerworld)
and the Continua Health Alliance this week unveiled jointly developed software designed to stream patient information from a doctor’s mobile device to online data stores.
The two tech giants worked with the Beaverton, Ore.-based health care provider to extend the value of
offerings, and to ensure that stored patient health records are up to date, according to an
press release.
“Our partnership with IBM will Read the rest of this entry »

It’s often the security issue that dogs Google, Microsoft and other purveyors of personal health records (PHR): How will so much personal medical data be kept safe?
A tangential question for Google, however — one that has dogged the search giant since its
Health offering was first made available in May 2008 — is whether Google’s search-based advertising platform creates a conflict with storing personal health data.
Google Vice President of Read the rest of this entry »

IBM (NYSE: IBM), in collaboration with
,
today announced new software that will enable personal medical devices used
for patient monitoring, screening and routine evaluation to automatically
stream data results into a patient’s Google Health Account or other
personal health record (PHR). This breakthrough extends the value of PHRs
to consumers and also helps to ensure that such records are current and
accurate at all times. Once stored in a PHR, Read the rest of this entry »

PatientAssistance.com is a nonprofit organization providing information
on thousands of patient assistance programs to help users better manage,
and reduce, prescription drug costs. Users can search by medication or
for specific patient assistance programs, which are updated on a regular
basis. The site offers patients a variety of tools including local drug
pricing information, the ability to track programs Read the rest of this entry »

Fitness Freak? Google Has Some Tracks For You
,
Feb 12, 2009 02:35 PM
Are you ready to share more of your location information with Google? If so, Google’s
software for Android will let cyclists, hikers, and joggers record their routes and share them with others.
Last week, Google announced
, a product that allows friends to share their location information so they may see one another on a map.
takes the same idea and wraps it around Read the rest of this entry »

People who use Google Health will now be able to automatically stream data from medical devices – such as those used to monitor glucose levels and blood pressure – into their personal health records.
In a partnership announced Thursday, Google Health users will be able to use IBM software to connect their personal medical devices to their health record. That will allow patients to exchange the data with their doctors or other authorized parties Read the rest of this entry »

. Every page, including ads, is displayed, and the table of contents is hyperlinked.
But the collection of mags on Google is still tiny, and Google doesn’t provide a list of its magazines, which makes trying to find anything on the site a frustrating exercise. So far no Time, Newsweek, US News, the Economist, etc.
For mags we could find, the inventory was all over the place. Men’s Health has a relatively fresh Oct 2008 issue already up on Google, Read the rest of this entry »

Scientific Learning creates educational software that accelerates
learning by improving the processing efficiency of the brain. Based on
more than 30 years of neuroscience and cognitive research, the Fast
ForWord(R) family of products provides
struggling readers with computer-delivered exercises that build the
cognitive skills required to read and learn effectively. Scientific
Learning Reading Assistant(TM) Read the rest of this entry »

Aetna is the first benefits provider to make use of Microsoft’s platform. Microsoft
, but the Aetna partnership may be the first signs of a slight advantage over Google (
). While a
providers have partnered with Google Health, we’ll see how long it takes before a major health insurer does the same.
Meanwhile, Yahoo (
. Colorado-based HealthGrades provides hospital and physician ratings and reviews, which Yahoo
into a new, searchable physician Read the rest of this entry »

Arizona seniors will be pioneers in a Medicare program that encourages patients to store their medical histories on Google or other commercial Web sites as part of a government effort to streamline and improve health care.
The federal agency that oversees Medicare selected Arizona and Utah for a pilot program that invites patients to store their health records on the Internet with Google or one of three other vendors.
The program allows patients Read the rest of this entry »