Last week, Ingenix announced that it would be acquiring Axolotl. Probably no one was happier than the folks at Gilat Satellite Networks who had invested $4.5M in Axolotl over ten years ago, had written off that investment during the dot-com bust in 2001 and now is looking at getting some $24M in cash plus another [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Microsoft’
Assessment: Ingenix Makes HIE Move Acquiring Axolotl
Posted in Analytics, EHR, EMR, HIE, HIT, P4P, tagged acquisition, Axolotl, Elysium, Elysium Express, iNexx, Ingenix, Medicity, Microsoft, PaaS on August 23, 2010 | 12 Comments »
Savvy Move, MSFT Acquires Sentillion
Posted in HIE, Microsoft, Security, tagged Amalga UIS, Microsoft, Sentillion on December 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Today, Microsoft announced that it will be acquiring the healthcare IT security software firm Sentillion. This is Microsoft Health Solutions Group’s biggest acquisition to date and will add critical security features to their clinician centric solution Amalga UIS. Chilmark Research sees this as a very savvy acquisition that will further extend the capabilities and thus [...]
The Mobile App Goldrush
Posted in PHR, tagged Android, Blackberry, Google, iPhone, mHealth, Microsoft, mobile app, Nokia, Symbian on January 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Last week the Washington Post published an article on the fervor surrounding the iPhone and the slew of independent developers that are making boat-loads of money by creating apps for the iPhone. As the article correctly points out, Apple’s goal is not so much to make money from selling these apps, but to become the [...]
Health 2.0 Day One
Posted in PHR, tagged consumer health, Google Health, Health 2.0, Microsoft, Yahoo on October 22, 2008 | 3 Comments »
8:15am, Intro done, Matthew, founder with Indu of the Health 2.0 conference announce all the countries and cross-section of companies represented. Quite amazing just how many people are here, nearly 900, considering the first Health 2.0 event was just over a year ago. Some very very general comments from Matthew on what Health 2.0 is. [...]
EmTech: Keynote, Microsoft’s Craig Mundie
Posted in consumer health, Microsoft, tagged Craig Mundie, diabetes, EmTech, innovation, Microsoft, MIT, Project HealthDesign, Robert Wood Johson Foundation on September 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Highlights of this morning’s keynote by Craig Mundie, Chief Strategy Officer at Microsoft. Computers will be more pervasive and work in the context of what an individual is doing – think GPS and restaurant search ala iPhone. More broadly, and in a healthcare context, think real-time diabetes monitoring, coupled to intelligent alerts. Last week’s Project [...]
And Another Online PHR Survey – Results
Posted in PHR, tagged Google Health, HIMSS, Microsoft on May 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Earlier today had a post on the HDM online quick survey showing early results that PHRs are definitely coming – at least that is what those in the healthcare IT (HIT) sector believe. Further adding validation to the HDM quick poll are the results of an online survey that the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society [...]
Dis-information Among Those in the Know
Posted in EHR, Google, Microsoft, PHR, Privacy, tagged Dossia, EHR, EMC, Google Health, Microsoft, PHR, Privacy, wellness on April 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here I am at the World Health Care Congress with what appears to be all the major movers and shakers in the healthcare sector, Chairmans, CEOs, Presidents, EVPs – some really big names, some very powerful players. Now I will never claim to be as brilliant as these people, after all, I’m writing this sitting [...]
WHCC & Reports from the Field
Posted in consumer health, PHR, policy, tagged Aetna, Cigna, consumer health, Dossia, Google Health, Microsoft, PHR, WellPoint, WHCC on April 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’ll be attending the World Health Care Congress (WHCC) here in Washington DC getting my fill of all things healthcare and most likely an overdose on policy – after all, this is Washington. The people who put on the WHCC have put together quite an impressive agenda with so many different and what look to [...]
Whacking the Privacy Zealots
Posted in PHR, policy, Privacy, tagged Google, Microsoft, PHR, Privacy on March 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Matt Holt, owner and master of The Health Care Blog, has an excellent post today on PHRs and privacy. It is a long post, at times more of a rambling rant, but in the end it does a great job of thoroughly reviewing a lot of the brouhaha surrounding this topic and discrediting many of [...]
