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Humetrix Unveils New Emergency BlueButton App

Lt. Dan | HIStalk Connect | January 5, 2014

Humetrix announces an update to the company’s BlueButton app that allows Humetrix to significantly expand the apps target audience. The new app does not rely on payer or health system data, which it currently only receives from the VA, CMS, and a handful of HIEs. Because of this, Humetrix will be able to market the app as a means of facilitating health data exchange for anyone interested in doing so. Read More »

Humetrix Upgrades iBlueButton App To Support Caregivers; Demos New Features At 2014 International CES Booth 26327 Digital Health Summit

Press Release | Blue Button, Humetrix | January 6, 2014

Humetrix will preview version 5.0 of its signature iBlueButton app, enhanced with “caregiver” features that allow anyone to view, download and share with doctors their own medical records, as well as those of loved ones, all via their smart phone or tablet. Read More »

Humetrix Upgrades iBlueButton App To Support Caregivers; Demos New Features At mHealth Summit Booth 1407

Press Release | Blue Button, iBlueButton, Humetrix | December 9, 2013

Humetrix will today preview version 5.0 of its signature iBlueButton app, enhanced with “caregiver” features that allow anyone to view, download and share with doctors their own medical records, as well as those of loved ones, all via their smartphone or tablet. [...] Read More »

Humetrix’s iBlueButton Wins 2013 Mobile Merit Award, Named Best Overall Consumer App

Press Release | Humetrix | September 9, 2013

Humetrix, a provider of consumer-centric mobile healthcare applications and the developer of the award-winning iBlueButton app, today announced iBlueButton has been named "Best Overall Consumer App" in the 2013 Mobile Merit Awards. Read More »

Iatric Systems Invited to Participate in Healthcare Summit at White House

Press Release | Iatric Systems | May 28, 2012

Iatric Systems...announced today that it has been invited to participate in the Patient Access Summit that will be held June 4, 2012, in Washington, D.C. at the White House Conference Center. The Patient Access Summit brings together thought leaders in the healthcare industry to discuss patient access to health data, technical standards and best practices. Read More »

ICEBlueButton "In Case Of Emergency" App From Humetrix Now Available At iTunes App Store And Google Play

Press Release | Humetrix | December 11, 2013

Anyone with a smartphone can now ensure that emergency responders can see their health history, and loved ones get notified if they are in an accident or face a medical emergency. Humetrix, a leading provider of consumer healthcare apps, today announced that its "In Case of Emergency" (ICE) app, is now available for download to iOS and Android devices. Read More »

Industry Exclusive Interview: Todd Park, HHS's CTO

Mark Hagland | Health Informatics | October 5, 2011

On Wednesday, Oct. 5, Todd Park, chief technology officer of the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) helped open the Merge Live 2011 Client Conference, a user-group conference sponsored by the Chicago-based Merge Healthcare, and taking place this week at the Sheraton Hotel and Towers in downtown Chicago. Read More »

Industry Groups To HHS: Include Patient Generated Data In MU Stage 3

Jonah Comstock | MobiHealthNews | December 4, 2013

Eight healthcare and technology industry groups have sent a letter to the Health IT Policy Committee (HITPC), in the Department of Health and Human Services, asking that Meaningful Use Stage 3 guidelines include a requirement that electronic health records make use of patient generated data from remote monitoring devices. Read More »

Information 'Liberacion'

Mark Hagland | Healthcare Informatics | December 1, 2011

A Federal Healthcare it Leader Shares his Perspectives on ACOs, Innovation, and Information Diffusion

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Levin Warns On NHS Open Source Approach

Rebecca Todd | eHealth Insider | October 9, 2013

The former chief technology officer of the US Department of Veterans Affairs has warned that NHS England’s bid to bring open source to the health service will fail without a central authority to curate it. Read More »

Liberated Health Data A Catalyst to Innovation

Deanna Glick | AOLGovernment | October 11, 2011

The chief technology officer for HHS said efforts to liberate health records and data within the federal space will spur innovation in the public and private sectors that improves Americans' health and health care. Read More »

Markle Foundation Releases Blue Button Video To Show Promise And Potential Of Consumers Access To Their Own Health Information

Press Release | Markle Foundation | September 11, 2012

To help consumers, providers, insurers and other health data holders see how providing the ability for people to download their health records can improve health and health care, the Markle Foundation today released a new video showing the power of blue button technology. Read More »

MHS Gives Glimpse of Future HIT

Tom Sullivan | Government Health IT | February 21, 2012

In a session so crowded that conference officials closed the doors and effectively locked attendees out, Military Health System acting CIO Karen Guice, MD, offered a glimpse of the future of MHS health IT.

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Mobile Milestones: Blue-Button Health Data For Everyone

Elaine S. Povich | AOL Government | August 10, 2012

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is trying to do for the public what the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) did for veterans by building on the VA's popular "Blue Button" application, allowing patients to get their medical records electronically on their mobile devices. Read More »

Mostashari Experiences Blue Button In Action

Mary Mosquera | Government Health IT | December 11, 2012

Most everyone in health IT circles has heard about the Blue Button feature to download personal health information. But as Dr. Farzad Mostashari, the national health IT coordinator, found out, you’ve got to see it to appreciate it. Read More »