HIPAA, along with outmoded communications technology, reduces the time available for patient care, according to a new survey of healthcare professionals

Miami Children's Hospital recently launched a free iPhone app that uses Wi-Fi triangulation to help patients and their families find their way around the medical center.

Miami Children's Hospital recently launched a free iPhone app that uses Wi-Fi triangulation to help patients and their families navigate through the center.

WebMD and Qualcomm Life are collaborating on a cloud offering that will allow consumers with mobile health monitoring devices to sync their data to the cloud, where it can be shared with healthcare providers.

A House committee this week is meeting to determine whether regulations, including a possible tax on mobile health apps may stifle innovation in healthcare.

The lack of IT workers has forced healthcare to recruit IT help from other industries, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers, which says systems and data integration skills are the most sought-after.

A survey of physicians in eight countries found that U.S. doctors in particular do not believe patients should have full access to their electronic health records.

Warner Thomas, CEO of Louisiana's largest healthcare system, pointed to airlines, banks and online retailers as examples of how the healthcare industry should implement technology, cut costs and improve the customer experience.

Dr. Eric Topol, a cardiologist and professor of genomics took aim at the medical community, calling for the end to paternal medicine and annual checks and the beginning a consumer-centered healthcare, where patients own their own data, including their genomes for drug treatment.