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FCC ruling on 800MHz band a boon for Sprint

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission approved a rule change for part of the 800MHz band at a meeting on Thursday, opening the door for Sprint Nextel to use the band for its 4G LTE network.

Coding contest shows how big data can improve health care

A recent coding competition in the Boston area brought together IT professionals, medical workers and others with an interest in health IT to show how data analytics can improve health care.

Facebook and physicians: Not good medicine

Physicians who use social networks to share clinical experiences risk violating patient privacy. A niche industry of private social network providers has cropped up to address the desire to communicate.

Enterprise BI models undergo radical transformation

There's a dramatic transformation going on in business intelligence practices at many companies, prompted by growing interest in analyzing large, diverse data sets and better tools for completing such tasks.

Crowdsourcing game helps diagnose infectious diseases

Researchers at UCLA have created a crowd-sourcing game that allows hundreds, even thousands of players to help diagnose malaria victims by viewing and choosing among dozens of microscopic images

Feds outline plans for electronic exchange of patient information

Recognizing that health information exchanges will be built by public and private efforts, the U.S. government office in charge of healthcare IT said it wants to promulgate HIE adoption by developing technical standards and offering incentives to healthcare companies.

Facebook looks to connect patients with organ donors

Facebook launched a new tool today that co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg hopes will help connect patients with needed organ donors.

Healthcare industry group builds cybersecurity threat center

Looking to address growing cybersecurity threats in the healthcare industry the Health Information Trust Alliance today said it has established a centralized Cybersecurity Incident Response and Coordination Center where organizations can report incidents and get help remediating electronic medical security problems.

Learn the Secret to Kaiser Permanente's Sustainable Mobile Strategy

Healthcare CIOs know mobile is important to their customers. Phil Fasano, CIO of Kaiser Permanente, took a slow-but-steady mobile approach and is seeing big results since its new site and apps launched. Insider (registration required)

VA ends co-payment for in-home telehealth care

The VA plans to stop requiring that patients make co-payments for in-home video telehealth care. The move could cut costs and spur adoption among commercial healthcare providers.

New healthcare rule to cut red tape, save up to $4.6B, says HHS

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released a proposed rule change to the Affordable Care Act that it estimates will eventually save healthcare providers and payers $4.6 billion by simplifying administrative chores.

Who should be at the root of protecting the nation's healthcare data?

What are CISOs working in healthcare concerned about when it comes to protecting medical data in the future? There are a variety of concerns associated with who should and shouldn't be able to access your individual medical record. This is both a policy issue and a technology issue for the CISO.

Latest healthcare 'meaningful use' rules require patient involvement

The next round of 'meaningful use' healthcare rules require that patients begin using e-health records before hospitals and doctors' offices can qualify for reimbursements.

IBM's Watson expands cancer care resume

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center has brought IBM's Watson supercomputer onboard to help it diagnose and treat cancer patients, just a few months after Watson was hired by Cedars-Sinai for the same purpose.

Healthcare industry CIOs, CSOs must improve security

Given that stolen medical records can bring $50 apiece on the underground market, the frequency and magnitude of data breaches involving electronic health records is increasing. In an effort to help CIOs and CSOs build a better business case for enhancing security, a group of standards and security organizations have issued a new report on the financial impact of such data breaches.

Amid doubts about cloud file-sharing services, enterprises operate their own

Cloud-based file-sharing services like Dropbox have become popular, but organizations with sensitive data say they're reluctant to turn it over to cloud services. Instead, they're buying file-sharing products they manage on their own for bulk file transfers among business partners.

iPads used to bolster physician training, speed up patient care

More than three out of four medical residents at the University of Chicago said tablets allowed them to complete tasks quicker and spend more time on direct patient care.

Are community cloud services the next hot thing?

When Mathew Lodge, senior director of cloud services for VMware, looks out over the cloud landscape and envisions how it will continue to evolve, he sees community clouds playing a big role. And he's not the only one.

Are community cloud services the next hot thing?

When Matthew Lodge, senior director of cloud services for VMware, looks out over the cloud landscape and envisions how it will continue to evolve, he sees community clouds playing a big role. And he's not the only one.

What Stage 2 'meaningful use' e-health rules mean

The U.S. government has published to the Federal Register the second of three sets of 'meaningful use' rules for electronic medical records.