More on the ultimate ‘big data’ cruncher, IBM Watson, from IBM’s Rob High at the DataWeek 2012 conference. Instead of the broad but relatively shallow scope of Watson answering questions on the Jeopardy TV program, the focus is narrow and… Read moreIBM Watson meets oncology
The Center for Technology and Aging (CTA) this week launched its new ADOPT Toolkit to assist healthcare organizations of many types–whether hospitals, providers, home health agencies, payers and aging social services organizations–to better use the right technologies for the right… Read moreHelp in ADOPTing technology for older adults
You wonder where the ‘driver’ is. This sobering survey of 106 healthcare organizations by Mass.-based IT consulting firm Medullan found that 19% of 106 healthcare providers, insurers and other healthcare-related organizations, when asked why they were pursuing mHealth initiatives, cited… Read moreWander alert? 19% of US health organizations pursuing mHealth without a reason
One barrier to independent living for many older people and for the disabled is the potential for unattended cooking fires, the leading cause of kitchen fires in the US. Automated sensors have been developed but are not well known at… Read moreElectric stove fire alarm seeks crowdfunding
The latest iteration in Toyota’s ongoing Partner Robot program is the HSR (sounds like a car model, yes?). The Human Support Robot has many of the features of Hector, the CompanionAble robot [TA 23 Aug], including the tablet control, with… Read moreMove over 'Hector', here comes the mighty HSR robot (JP)
Ziegler, a specialty investment bank with major interests in non-profit senior living and healthcare, regularly sounds out selected senior living organizations on financial issues through their CFO Hotline email survey. Three questions on this survey to 81 LTC were submitted… Read moreLTC survey not encouraging to telecare providers (US)
According to David Lee Scher, MD, a cardiologist who is a member of the panel developing Happtique’s certification guidelines, there are over 40,000 apps in the health, wellness and fitness category. While consumer and provider-use apps are significantly different in… Read moreThe common ground between consumer and medical apps
It appears that the US HHS is adopting the UK approach of heavy fines for small data breaches [TA 10 Aug]. $1.5 million was the cost of the HHS-Office of Civil Rights (OCR) penalty against Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary,… Read moreA very big fine for a very small data breach (US)
It is moving right along at Happtique, the online mHealth application ‘store’ backed by GNYHA Ventures. The first is the upcoming release of compiled comments on its 15 pages of health app certification guidelines released in July [TA 18 July]…. Read moreHapptique finalizes app certification guidelines, readies mRx (US)
At the Mayo Clinic Transform conference last week, their Center For Innovation announced an interesting outcome of their research done for the Connected Care initiative. Connected Care includes the use of telemedicine to connect patients with specialists; instead of traveling… Read moreMedical 'bad news' best delivered in person vs. video, study finds
