Health Technology

Federal funding and new tech are speeding efforts to digitize America's medical practices. But are they ready to forge into a paperless existence? CNET News' Ina Fried documents the trials and tribulations. Walk though a typical Kaiser Permanente doctor's office or hospital, and you...

West Allis-based Merge Healthcare today announced an alliance with Shanghai Kingstar Winning Co., a health care IT leader in China. The Merge Healthcare China office (“Merge China”) will make available clinical imaging solutions and professional services to Kingstar Winning for use by more than 800...

The Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems and Compuware announced today that they have joined forces to launch www.meaningfuluse.org. This collaborative web site will promote and advance the national dialogue and education around “meaningful use.” The new site gives the healthcare information...

While the Marshfield Clinic has received recognition for converting to a system where all of its physicians use portable electronic tablets, and where paper medical charts are a thing of the past, electronic heath records are not the end-all, IT officials with the northern Wisconsin...

Patti Brennan, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison described as an authority in the field of health informatics, spoke on the emerging field of home-health information technology at the seventh annual Digital Healthcare Conference 2009 last week. Her talk, “Hi-tech Health@Home: New Center of...

Building on its four-year-old environmental effort, ecomagination, General Electric Co. is launching a $6 billion health care initiative focused on improving health care for more people at reduced cost. GE officials said the initiative, dubbed "healthymagination," is expected to result in the creation of low-cost health...