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Larry Page wants to see your medical records

A day after breaking an almost year-long silence on a medical condition that had affected the way he speaks, Google co-founder Larry Page said Wednesday that people should be more open about their medical histories.

Feds look to make health data more user-friendly to tech developers

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services wants health tech developers in Silicon Valley to make greater use of its data to help make advances in the field and aid entrepreneurs in the region.

HIPAA rules, outdated tech cost U.S. hospitals $8.3B a year

HIPAA, along with outmoded communications technology, reduces the time available for patient care, according to a new survey of healthcare professionals.

Box sets its sights on healthcare customers

Box is taking steps to increase usage of its cloud storage and file sharing system in the health care industry, where it sees a demand for tools that simplify content collaboration.

Hospital opts for Wi-Fi over GPS in smartphone navigation app

Miami Children's Hospital recently launched a free iPhone app that uses Wi-Fi triangulation to help patients and their families find their way around the medical center.

Video conferencing helps tuberculosis patients

Vivid Solutions has rolled out a pilot to trial videophones in the home to meet the World Health Organisation requirement that sufferers of tuberculosis - a highly communicable disease - must be observed taking their medication.

Miami hospital turns to Wi-Fi triangulation for smartphone mapping app

Miami Children's Hospital recently launched a free iPhone app that uses Wi-Fi triangulation to help patients and their families navigate through the center.

WebMD, Qualcomm build consumer cloud for mobile health data

WebMD and Qualcomm Life are collaborating on a cloud offering that will allow consumers with mobile health monitoring devices to sync their data to the cloud, where it can be shared with healthcare providers.

House to meet on regulating mobile health apps

A House committee this week is meeting to determine whether regulations, including a possible tax on mobile health apps may stifle innovation in healthcare.

Lack of healthcare IT workers slows tech progress

The lack of IT workers has forced healthcare to recruit IT help from other industries, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers, which says systems and data integration skills are the most sought-after.

U.S. doctors don't believe patients need full access to health records

A survey of physicians in eight countries found that U.S. doctors in particular do not believe patients should have full access to their electronic health records.

Bill Clinton calls for healthcare price transparency, embracing IT to cut costs

Former President Bill Clinton on Wednesday called for transparency in healthcare pricing and addressing chronic disease epidemics such as obesity in order to drive down the cost of care for all. He also called for embracing IT and letting go of outmoded administrative systems.

Physicians may be marginalized as mobile tech engages us in healthcare

Dr. Eric Topol, a cardiologist and professor of genomics, took aim at the medical community, calling for the end to paternal medicine and annual checks and the beginning a consumer-centered healthcare, where patients own their own data, including their genomes for drug treatment.

Hospitals need to copy airline, bank, retail e-business models

Warner Thomas, CEO of Louisiana's largest healthcare system, pointed to airlines, banks and online retailers as examples of how the healthcare industry should implement technology, cut costs and improve the customer experience.

Health providers can't find, keep IT staff

A survey of IT executives in U.S. hospitals revealed that many are concerned they will not be able to find the IT employees they need to implement technology required under the Affordable Care Act.

AI found better than doctors at diagnosing, treating patients

New research by Indiana University shows using artificial intelligence to understand and predict the outcomes of medical treatment could reduce healthcare costs by more than 50% while also improving patient outcomes by nearly the same amount.

IBM supercomputer takes on new role in health arena

IBM's Watson supercomputer has gone from game show king to doctor's office helper.

Researchers use Twitter to track flu outbreak

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University are using Twitter to track what has been a particularly severe flu season across the U.S.

In-home health monitoring to leap six-fold by 2017

The number of patients monitored at home by healthcare providers is expected to grow from 308,000 today to 1.8 million in 2017.

Feds plan to address e-health record complaints

As a February deadline approaches for physicians to report on the status of their EHR rollouts, a number of complaints over ease of deployment and reimbursement payments have also come into the federal government, which an official said the agency plans to address.