HHS opens research pubs, grant data
In pursuit of its open government goals, the Department of Health and Human Services is expanding access to financial data and to the results of its funded scientific research.
NIH launches big data portal for Alzheimer’s research
The new data sharing and analysis web portal aims to speed the development of predictive models and effective therapies for Alzheimer’s disease.
NIH dives into cyber-physical systems research
The National Institutes of Health is among several federal agencies offering grants for breakthrough projects showing the integration of computational and physical systems.
FDA opens the doors for mHealth apps
In an effort to spur development of new technologies, the Food and Drug Administration said it would not regulate health apps that pose no threat to patients.
Big data promises a health care remedy
Government agencies are making strides testing uses of big data to predict risks of disease or the path of a killer virus, but hurdles remain, including linking legacy datasets and setting up common vocabularies.
How a computing powerhouse delivers health care insights
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Lab used three diverse high-performance computing architectures to analyze publicly available health-related datasets.
Nowcasting: Disease monitoring at Internet speed
New research adds to growing evidence that disease monitoring techniques using social media are emerging to take the place of costlier and slower traditional tools.
Michigan intros first of its kind Medicaid mobile app
Partnering with the private sector, Michigan has created a mobile application for Medicaid recipients to view their medical records and coverage remotely.
Can EHRs power up the fight against epidemics?
Government health IT leaders say electronic health record systems can expand information sharing and help public health responders fight the spread Ebola and future viruses.
VA recruits Watson analytics, cloud to fight PTSD
Veterans Affairs launches a pilot project to test uses of IBM Watson analytics to help doctors sift electronic medical records to support clinical decision-making in treating PTSD.
Health IT wish list: more mobile, telehealth, analytics, open data
National Coordinator for Health IT's draft five-year plan outlines expanded health information sharing through mobile, sensor and analytics technologies.
The Internet of hygiene
Veterans Affairs wants to enhance its use of in-hospital location tracking and sensing technologies to improve patient hygiene and clinical workflows.
Mobile analytics tools track perimeter of Ebola
IBM is leading a group of software firms and developers to build tools to help track, diagnose and even predict the behavior of pandemic illnesses.
VA healthcare office seeks better e-learning tools
The VA’s Business Office of Purchased Care is looking for a virtual learning environment that would provide a more efficient and less costly way to train its employees.
How technology is helping fight Ebola
The tech and health care communities are deploying e-record systems, open data and mapping tools, cloud computing and even robots in the campaign to prevent the spread of Ebola.
NIH invests $32 million to crack big data
The funding will support development of new approaches, software, tools and training programs to improve access to biomedical big data.
FEMA adds patient tracker apps to ER toolkit
New mobile patient tracking software will improve healthcare situational awareness at disaster sites.
ZEBRA taps keyboard dynamics to identify users
Dartmouth’s ZEBRA program uses a sensor bracelet that compares subtle wrist movements with keyboard inputs to authenticate -- and deauthenticate -- computers users.
Across California prisons, inmates now tracked online
The California Department of Corrections digitized all inmate files and set up a fully automated transaction processing system.
Not all clouds created equal
Genomic researchers compared two commercial cloud services, benchmarking their performance and cost.
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