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Microsoft plans medical-record service

October 4, 2007 2:13 PM PDT

HealthVault is just getting off the ground: Will consumers trust the company with private info?

Police Blotter: Fired worker blames porn on malware

October 3, 2007 5:05 PM PDT

Respiratory therapist, fired after porn bookmarks were found on a hospital computer, unsuccessfully uses the virus-did-it claim.

Microsoft: Better software can prevent medical mishaps

September 10, 2007 7:49 PM PDT

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.

Videoconferencing ties seniors with families

August 14, 2007 7:44 PM PDT

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

July 31, 2007 2:21 PM PDT

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.

Kids say e-mail is, like, soooo dead

July 18, 2007 5:43 PM PDT

The future of e-mail might be found on the pages of MySpace and Facebook, if teen habits are any indicator.

Taking the pulse of eldercare tech

July 18, 2007 12:30 AM PDT

At the Healthcare Unbound conference, a key topic is how to support seniors, especially those a long way from doctors or family members.

Key to funding for eldercare technologies? Pilots

July 18, 2007 12:18 AM PDT

Test programs provide important information as to whether a technology will work and whether people would be willing to pay for it, say panelists.

Eldercare technologies must go beyond big fonts

July 16, 2007 9:05 PM PDT

Developing devices for the booming eldercare market takes broad awareness of limitations, analyst advises during SF conference.

Taking your meds? Sensors will know

July 5, 2007 2:40 PM PDT

High-tech monitors, Webcams and GPS devices can help caregivers check in on elderly parents--from afar.
Photos: Home monitoring
Video: Long-distance eldercare

Managing the meds from miles away

June 5, 2007 1:42 PM PDT

An increasing number of baby boomers are turning to technology to help keep track of their aging parents' medication.
Photos: Tech lends hand to med management

AOL founder launches health care Web site

April 19, 2007 11:12 PM PDT

RevolutionHealth.com puts consumers at the center of managing their health care--a trend, analysts say, already under way online.

Engineering change: Photos

April 11, 2007 4:04 PM PDT

From Mongolia's wind-torn steppes to the slums of Buenos Aires, technologists are finding ways to help the world's poor.

Yahoo Health partners with educational video network

March 20, 2007 8:40 PM PDT

HealthiNation to provide streaming video content to Yahoo's health portal.

Microsoft to acquire search start-up Medstory

February 27, 2007 11:28 AM PST

Acquisition of company specializing in health-related searches will become part of Microsoft's nascent Health Solutions Group.

UCSF nurses test tablet PCs

February 21, 2007 1:14 PM PST

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

February 2, 2007 5:30 PM PST

Company is first in the health care industry to join Dossia, backed by such companies as Intel, Wal-Mart.

U.K. health service plans 'telehealth' rollout

January 26, 2007 11:41 AM PST

National Health Service aims to install devices in patients' homes that can collect and transmit their health data.

IBM's answer to medical mashup: A search engine

January 24, 2007 1:56 PM PST

Company unveils prototype network that would create a mashup of a patient's records.

Medical records mashup would span a lifetime

December 7, 2006 3:00 PM PST

Five major companies have joined forces and invested in what appears to be the ultimate personal medical-records database.