hospitals

These Boots Are Made for Tracking: GPS Technology Comes to Shoes

Lauren Goode in Commerce on January 30 at 9:03 am PT

The souped-up shoes are aimed at caretakers who need to monitor people suffering from Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. However, they raise some technical — and legal — questions.

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Getting Docs to Use PCs

Katherine Hobson, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on March 15, 2011 at 4:30 am PT

Hospitals have spent millions of dollars adopting electronic medical records, aiming to get a slice of the government’s $27 billion in incentives. Now, they need to teach doctors and other staffers to use the records.

Got Broadband? Not Sure? There's a Map for That.

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on February 17, 2011 at 2:30 pm PT

It took two years and $350 million, but America now has a detailed map showing where all its broadband Internet connections are and where they are not.

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Qualms Arise Over Outsourcing Of Electronic Medical Records

Amol Sharma and Ben Worthen, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on November 2, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

Indian technology companies are eyeing a coming wave of U.S. spending to digitize health-care records. But sensitivity over outsourcing and resistance by American hospitals to sending medical information overseas could thwart efforts to win big contracts.

The New York Times Explains the Ad Market: Banks Bail, and So Does Hollywood. But Big Pharma Steps Up, and “Modest” Improvement Coming

Peter Kafka in Media on October 23, 2009 at 6:59 am PT

The publisher delivered a pleasant earnings surprise yesterday by cutting costs. Now it’s hoping for a revenue bump, if advertisers will play along.

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Smart-Phone Makers Call the Doctor

Niraj Sheth and Yukari Iwatani Kane, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on October 7, 2009 at 5:10 am PT

The medical waistband is the latest front in the battle among smart-phone makers for the business customer. Pagers have long reigned in hospitals, where they are prized for their dependability. But with doctors treating more patients and hospitals facing pressure to be more efficient, companies like Apple Inc. and Research In Motion Ltd. see an opportunity to peddle their devices.

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Health Insurers Eye Social Networking

Anna Wilde Mathews, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on August 20, 2009 at 5:05 am PT

Lots of companies are starting to track social-networking tools like Twitter and Facebook to keep an eye on negative comments, put out their own happier spin and interact with consumers.