Agile helps Alabama build portal for shift to Medicaid
Alabama launches new online portal for children's and women's health care coverage.
NIH backs 3 projects to create medical co-robots
In its latest round of grants under the National Robotics Initiative, the agency is funding projects that could have bigger rewards down the road.
State health exchanges outpace HealthCare.gov
As HealthCare.gov flounders, some of the health insurance exchanges that states established have been running smoothly.
Most Obamacare exchanges performed well in opening days
Despite anecdotal reports of glitches with the launch of federal and state health insurance exchange sites under the Affordable Care Act, most performed well, according to website monitoring service Keynote Systems.
Officials warn of spoofed health exchange websites
The look-alike Web pages may be created by interest groups, private insurance companies and, sometimes, scammers looking to gather personal information.
Mid-year review: 10 predictions for cloud computing
A cloud expert updates his 2013 forecast for cloud adoption, highlighting move to infrastructure as a service and emerging role of cloud brokerage services.
With deadlines nearing, states, hospitals rush to build-out health IT networks
States and hospitals are setting up health insurance exchanges and extending health IT networks in order to meet deadlines included in federal health reform initiatives.
NIH wants info on data analysis software for biomedical research
NIH is seeking input on analysis methods related to compressing, formatting, mapping and visualizing data.
App would give 911 operators control of callers' smart phones
The Android app being developed at the University of North Texas would let dispatchers use a smart phone's camera and sensors to get a better view of an emergency.
States health exchanges still face uncertainties
States are building the infrastructures for integrating their exchanges with federal systems, but a federal data services hub for sharing the information remains a bit of an unknown, GAO says.
Prisons turn to telemedicine for treating inmates
Maturing technology and budget pressures make telemedicine a viable, money-saving practice for corrections departments.
Genome research creating data that's too big for IT
NCI is looking for ways cloud computing could help researchers tap its petabyte-scale human cancer genome database, which is "breaking the standard model" of research.
For CDC, preventing the spread of Plague is part of the game
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention explores gaming, particularly Plague, Inc., as a way to help prevent the spread of disease.
W.Va.'s online survey preps move to health exchange
Preparing for the new provisions of the Affordable Care Act that will kick in next year, West Virginia has introduced an online survey to judge how ready its health care practitioners are for the coming changes.
FDA-approved hospital robot could boost telemedicine
The RP-VITA, an autonomous navigation robot, gives doctors a telepresence with their patients and access to all of their records.
NIST seeks secure platform for health IT exchanges
The agency wants a secure, usable and comprehensive security platform that would help health care providers exchange electronic information.
Coming in 2014: Death by Internet
Forget 2013; that's old news already. Researchers at the security company Internet Identity are looking ahead to 2014, and what they see isn't pretty.
HHS prescribes 11 basic steps for securing mobile devices
With an eye toward protecting patient privacy, HHS offers tools for keeping health data protected on mobile devices -- advice that any public-sector agency could follow.
Canary in a data mine: How analytics detects early signs of bio threats
A DHS-funded collaborative mines data from poison centers, EMS reports, population, health care infrastructure, social media and other sources.
NASA’s ‘Iron Man’ technology could help people walk again
The X1 robotic exoskeleton, which fits around the body, can help a user stand, walk and, importantly, stop.
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