Microsoft is buying healthcare search engine MedstoryMicrosoft Corp. announced Monday it is buying Medstory Inc., a Foster City, California-based start-up that offers web search technology for medical information.
... Comments (0)Source: Earthtimes.orgPosted: Tuesday, February 27, 2007New health risk: Scam artists hijack medical identitiesScam artists accessing personal information may be after more than your money. Instead of credit cards and bank records, these crooks want to use your medical identity - and the results can be life-threatening.
... Comments (0)Source: Eagle Tribune, USPosted: Monday, February 26, 2007Health information searchers look to social media for straight talkOnline health searchers are relying on user-generated media to learn about health and medical issues. Finding content on credible corporate, nonprofit and government Web sites – as well as on certain blogs, wikis and other social media – may be increasing Americans' trust in the information they find online, according to a study conducted in December by Envision Solutions, LLC.
... Comments (0)Source: DM NewsPosted: Monday, February 26, 2007Patients tracked by chip RFID chips are likely to be used to monitor the whereabouts of patients in at least one hospital in New Zealand by the end of the year, after a trial proposed by the Health IT cluster met with strong interest from would-be suppliers.
... Comments (0)Source: Stuff.co.nz, New ZealandPosted: Monday, February 26, 2007Patient Care With BI Solutions!Business Objects, a provider of business intelligence solutions, is helping hospitals and health insurance providers gain a clear and complete view of key metrics, performance indicators and analytics that support critical planning and informed decisions.
... Comments (0)Source: EFYTimes, IndiaPosted: Monday, February 26, 2007Killing The Messenger RNA -- But Which One?Tiny molecules called microRNAs, only 19 to 21 nucleotides in length, are able to effectively silence sometimes large sets of genes.
... Comments (0)Source: Medical News TodayPosted: Monday, February 26, 2007Vendor Notebook: Motion releases new clinical tabletMotion Computing, a San Francisco-based vendor of ultramobile computing and wireless communications, has unveiled its new C5 mobile clinical assistant.
... Comments (0)Source: Healthcare IT NewsPosted: Monday, February 26, 2007Mayo offers health info over cell phonesMayo Clinic has teamed up with Digital Cyclone of Minnetonka to deliver medical information to sick people who don't have time for a doctor's appointment.
... Comments (0)Source: WKBT, USPosted: Friday, February 23, 2007Telemedicine Server for Dermatology Applications Lucid has previewed its VivaNet telemedicine server for dermatology applications. The VivaNet server is intended to link dermatology practitioners using Lucid's non- invasive VivaScope confocal imagers with other dermatologists or pathologists via the Internet.
... Comments (0)Source: Wireless HealthcarePosted: Friday, February 23, 2007Tele-health offers remote careThailand will be the new Asian base for Tele Health Services, a health service provider using new technology that allows patients to be diagnosed and partially treated from a remote location.
... Comments (0)Source: Nation Multimedia, Thailand Posted: Friday, February 23, 2007