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Microsoft plans medical-record service
HealthVault is just getting off the ground: Will consumers trust the company with private info?
October 4, 2007 2:13 PM PDTPolice Blotter: Fired worker blames porn on malware
Respiratory therapist, fired after porn bookmarks were found on a hospital computer, unsuccessfully uses the virus-did-it claim.
October 3, 2007 5:05 PM PDTMicrosoft: Better software can prevent medical mishaps
Company teams with Britain's health system to come up with a common interface for reducing the thousands of hospital mix-ups that occur annually.
September 10, 2007 7:49 PM PDTVideoconferencing ties seniors with families
Advances in technology may one day allow the elderly to virtually touch their grandchildren, family and friends.
Photos: Dining with Grandma from miles away
The possible cure for health care ills
There's little on the surface that's attractive about the health care industry, says CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos. Except maybe medical devices.
July 31, 2007 2:21 PM PDTKids say e-mail is, like, soooo dead
The future of e-mail might be found on the pages of MySpace and Facebook, if teen habits are any indicator.
July 18, 2007 5:43 PM PDTTaking the pulse of eldercare tech
At the Healthcare Unbound conference, a key topic is how to support seniors, especially those a long way from doctors or family members.
July 18, 2007 12:30 AM PDTKey to funding for eldercare technologies? Pilots
Test programs provide important information as to whether a technology will work and whether people would be willing to pay for it, say panelists.
July 18, 2007 12:18 AM PDTEldercare technologies must go beyond big fonts
Developing devices for the booming eldercare market takes broad awareness of limitations, analyst advises during SF conference.
July 16, 2007 9:05 PM PDTTaking your meds? Sensors will know
High-tech monitors, Webcams and GPS devices can help caregivers check in on elderly parents--from afar.
Managing the meds from miles away
An increasing number of baby boomers are turning to technology to help keep track of their aging parents' medication.
AOL founder launches health care Web site
RevolutionHealth.com puts consumers at the center of managing their health care--a trend, analysts say, already under way online.
April 19, 2007 11:12 PM PDTEngineering change: Photos
From Mongolia's wind-torn steppes to the slums of Buenos Aires, technologists are finding ways to help the world's poor.
April 11, 2007 4:04 PM PDTYahoo Health partners with educational video network
HealthiNation to provide streaming video content to Yahoo's health portal.
March 20, 2007 8:40 PM PDTMicrosoft to acquire search start-up Medstory
Acquisition of company specializing in health-related searches will become part of Microsoft's nascent Health Solutions Group.
February 27, 2007 11:28 AM PSTUCSF nurses test tablet PCs
Intel and Motion Computing show off the C5 tablet PC, a digital assistant for overworked health care professionals.
Photos: Intel checks into the hospital
Cardinal Health to help fund medical records database
Company is first in the health care industry to join Dossia, backed by such companies as Intel, Wal-Mart.
February 2, 2007 5:30 PM PSTU.K. health service plans 'telehealth' rollout
National Health Service aims to install devices in patients' homes that can collect and transmit their health data.
January 26, 2007 11:41 AM PSTIBM's answer to medical mashup: A search engine
Company unveils prototype network that would create a mashup of a patient's records.
January 24, 2007 1:56 PM PSTMedical records mashup would span a lifetime
Five major companies have joined forces and invested in what appears to be the ultimate personal medical-records database.
December 7, 2006 3:00 PM PST
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