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Health Net says 1.5M medical records lost in data breach
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Connecticut-based insurance provider Health Net told state officials that an external hard drive containing personal health and financial data on about 1.5 million customers has been missing for six months. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - November 20, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Update: H1N1 drives demand for secure remote accessEmail this article to a colleague.
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Vendors of remote access technologies are reporting an unexpected increase in demand for their products over the past several months as a result of companies' H1N1-related concerns. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - November 13, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
University researchers to study video games' effect on healthEmail this article to a colleague.
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Nine universities across the U.S. will divvy up a $1.85 million grant to study the effects of interactive games on health, cognitive ability and change behaviors for people with chronic conditions. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - November 7, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
University researchers to study video games' affect on healthEmail this article to a colleague.
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Nine universities across the U.S. will divvy up a $1.85 million grant to study the effects of interactive games on health, cognitive ability and change behaviors for people with chronic conditions. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - November 6, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
CDC adopts new, near real-time flu tracking systemEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Centers for Disease Control will track potential outbreaks of the H1N1 flu using a private, nationwide GE Healthcare database that holds electronic medical records for 14 million people. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - November 5, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Scary new tech fears to haunt your HalloweenEmail this article to a colleague.
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In the spirit of Halloween, columnist Mike Elgan tries to freak you out with some newly reported threats that could come back to haunt all of us. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - October 31, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Gartner joins GAO in raising flu network congestion fearsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Could the H1N1 flu virus give networks a bad case of congestion? It could if workers and students are forced to stay home because of the pandemic and networks aren't prepared for a deluge of Internet traffic. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - October 30, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
GPS tracking system unveiled for Alzheimer's patientsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Alzheimer's Association has unveiled a Web-based application that allows Alzheimer's patients to roam within a pre-established area. If they leave that area, a GPS tracking system alerts loved ones or caregivers who can then locate them. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - October 30, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
CalOptima recovers discs with personal data on 68,000 membersEmail this article to a colleague.
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Several missing CDs with unencrypted personal data on 68,000 members of the CalOptima managed care plan have been traced to a secure postal facility in Atlanta. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - October 29, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
CalOptima says data on 68,000 members may be compromisedEmail this article to a colleague.
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Personal data on about 68,000 members of CalOptima, a Medicaid managed care plan serving Orange County, Calif., may have been compromised earlier this month. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - October 27, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Swine flu national emergency should spur businesses to actionEmail this article to a colleague.
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President Obama's declaration of a national swine flu emergency should send up a red flag to businesses that are still unprepared for a pandemic. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - October 26, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
GE shows off handheld ultrasound deviceEmail this article to a colleague.
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General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt gave a Web 2.0 Summit audience the first public look at a handheld ultrasound machine. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - October 22, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
GE shows off hand-held ultrasound deviceEmail this article to a colleague.
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General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt gave a Web 2.0 Summit audience the first public look at a hand-held ultrasound machine. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - October 21, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Researchers use nanotech to detect early-stage cancerEmail this article to a colleague.
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A team of researchers at Stanford University is developing a biosensor it hopes can help doctors detect various cancers in early stages. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - October 17, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Online test helps you self-diagnose H1N1 fluEmail this article to a colleague.
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With concern rising about the H1N1 flu, you may be able to figure out whether you have it with a Web-based self-assessment tool developed by researchers at Emory University. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - October 15, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Makers of wireless health devices bemoan slow FDA approval processEmail this article to a colleague.
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Makers of wireless electronic health devices bemoaned the federal product approval process and stingy insurance reimbursements for life-saving technology that they argued could reduce overall national health-care costs (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - October 10, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
BI helps New York-area hospitals track, fight H1N1Email this article to a colleague.
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A New Jersey-based hospital chain is using a BI system to keep track of flu-like instances to help determine whether a swine flu epidemic is approaching. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - October 9, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
IBM using nanotech to read DNA, personalize medicineEmail this article to a colleague.
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IBM announced that it is working to ease the process of sequencing genetic code -- a development that could lead to dramatic improvements in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - October 7, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
House members seek stronger health care data breach notificationsEmail this article to a colleague.
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A House committee is voicing concern over a controversial provision in a recently passed health care breach notification bill that gives health care companies considerable discretion on whether to disclose a data breach. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - October 3, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Report: Lack of eHealth standards, privacy concerns costing livesEmail this article to a colleague.
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A new survey of medical executives by PriceWaterhouseCoopers finds the mining of electronic health record information will be the greatest asset to medical facilities over the next five years, but that privacy concerns and a lack of technology is hampering efforts and costing lives. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - October 2, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Nanotech could make humans immortal by 2040, futurist saysEmail this article to a colleague.
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Futurist Ray Kurzweil predicts that advances in nanotechology could start making humans immortal by the mid-2000s by instantly repairing damaged cells and organs and backing up human memories. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - October 1, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
With ACS, Xerox will gain a firm growing quickly offshoreEmail this article to a colleague.
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Xerox will gain a company whose offshore workforce has grown rapidly over the past year when its acquisition of Affiliated Computer Services closes early next year. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - September 29, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Nanotech used to build cancer-detecting microchipEmail this article to a colleague.
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Researchers at the University of Toronto announced the development of a microchip that can be used to detect early stage cancer at the point when it's most treatable. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - September 28, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Med students' tweets, posts expose patient infoEmail this article to a colleague.
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Future doctors are too frequently putting inappropriate postings and sometimes confidential patient information on social sites like Facebook and Twitter, according to study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - September 26, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
MIT creating microchip that could restore visionEmail this article to a colleague.
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MIT researchers say they have developed a prototype of a microchip that could help restore at least some of the vision of blind persons. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - September 24, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
HHS guts health-care breach notification law, groups warnEmail this article to a colleague.
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Privacy and civil rights advocates accused the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services of trying to neuter a landmark data breach notification law for health care organizations that is scheduled to go into effect next week. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - September 18, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Open-source software may unify the medical-records realmEmail this article to a colleague.
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The open-source VistA health records software, which has nothing to do with the Microsoft operating system, may yet prove a huge hit. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - September 15, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
iPhone app tracks swine flu, other disease outbreaksEmail this article to a colleague.
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A free iPhone app called "Outbreaks Near Me" is designed to help users track and report outbreaks of swine flu and other infectious diseases. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - September 3, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
GE seeks licensed spectrum for wireless patient sensorsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Federal Communications Commission will consider allocating licensed spectrum for MBANs, or Medical Body Area Networks, that will allow wireless monitoring of hospital patients. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - September 2, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Study revives debate over cancer from cell phone useEmail this article to a colleague.
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A group of international scientists released a report that again raises concerns about the connection between cell phone use and brain tumors, noting that a recent Swedish study saw a 400% increase in risk for teenage cell phone users. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - August 27, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Forget teens, gamers are 35, overweight and sad, CDC saysEmail this article to a colleague.
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If you think hard-core gamers are mostly teenage boys playing World of Warcraft, you're wrong. According to the CDC, gamers are more likely to be in their mid-30s, depressed and overweight. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - August 22, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Researchers use 'nanobees' to attack, prevent cancerEmail this article to a colleague.
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Researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine said that they have developed nanoparticles that can target cancerous tumor cells. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - August 20, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Medical center CIO finds inflicting guilt on vendors worksEmail this article to a colleague.
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The CIO at Maimonides Medical Center finds laying on the guilt with vendors can help in ensuring they provide technology that's reliable. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - August 18, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Nanotech and biological hybrid could speed computersEmail this article to a colleague.
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Researchers are working on integrating nanotechnology with biological materials to create more powerful computers, medical tools and even prosthetics. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - August 14, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
MIT: Nanotech treatment kills ovarian cancer in miceEmail this article to a colleague.
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Using nanotechnology, MIT researchers have found a way to kill ovarian tumors in mice by deliver killer genes to the cancer cells. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - August 4, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Twitter breach revives security issues with cloud computingEmail this article to a colleague.
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Security issues over cloud computing are not very different from those surrounding any sort of IT outsourcing and need to be treated that way, security managers and analysts say in the wake of breaches involving Twitter and Google Apps. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - July 27, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
IT exec who sabotaged organ donation records sentencedEmail this article to a colleague.
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The IT director of a nonprofit organ procurement center for more than 200 hospitals in Texas has been sentenced to two years in prison for deleting numerous organ donation records and other data after being fired from her job. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - July 21, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Cisco, UnitedHealth team up to build a national network for virtual doctor visitsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Cisco and health insurer UnitedHealth Group are piloting a network that connects patients and health care providers through video conferencing technology, which would allow patients to be diagnosed through the use of biomedical imaging technology from remote locations. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - July 15, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
How a robot can terminate medical errors for kidsEmail this article to a colleague.
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A robotic intravenous device named RIVA that relies on scripts stored in an embedded database could help reduce medical errors. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - July 14, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Wi-Fi enabled health care products to surge with electronic medical recordsEmail this article to a colleague.
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ABI Research forecasts that Wi-Fi-enabled health care products will hit sales of nearly $5 billion globally in 2014, up 70% from 2009. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - July 11, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
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View more Health Care news and analysis from Computerworld.com (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - July 7, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Medical center seeks 'Holy Grail' of mobile devicesEmail this article to a colleague.
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An IT manager at Mount Sinai School of Medicine is looking for a device for health professionals that could be smartphone, an e-book reader or a netbook. He thinks it might take a while to find the right one. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - July 7, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Doctors on Demand prescribes an end to doctor's office visitsEmail this article to a colleague.
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A recently launched service, Doctors on Demand, uses interactive voice technology that allows consumers to contact an available doctor for a quick consult that could avoid costly in-office or emergency room visits. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - July 1, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
DoctorsonDemand.com prescribes an end to doctor's office visitsEmail this article to a colleague.
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A recently launched service, DoctorsonDemand.com, uses interactive voice technology that allows consumers to contact an available doctor for a quick consult that could avoid costly in-office or emergency room visits. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - June 30, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
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A recently launched service, Doctors on Demand, uses interactive voice technology that allows consumers to contact an available doctor for a quick consult that could avoid costly in-office or emergency room visits. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - June 30, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
With flu pandemic alert, firms urged to review disaster recovery plansEmail this article to a colleague.
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Although the World Health Organization today declared H1N1 Flu officially a pandemic, companies were urged to stay the course when it comes to keeping their business operations running. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - June 17, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
13,000 offer up DNA to put their genomes onlineEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Personal Genome Project, which hopes to collect genetic information from 100,000 volunteers and publish it online, said 13,000 people have already offered up material. And storage vendors such as Isilon, Google and Amazon are looking to take part. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - May 19, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
