Apple's Siri chief now building connected device platform at Samsung
The engineer who oversaw development of Apple's Siri technology is now at Samsung building an online service for linking together the "Internet of things." (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - November 9, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Researcher sounds alarm on state health exchange security
Several state healthcare exchanges established as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) appear buggy and easy to attack, a security researcher warned this week. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - November 7, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
'War Room' notes describe IT chaos at Healthcare.gov
On the morning of Oct. 1 in Washington, temperatures in the low 80s were expected, the Republican-engineered federal shutdown was in its first day, and a Healthcare.gov "War Room" team gathered for a meeting. They kept notes. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - November 7, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Republicans hammer HHS secretary for HealthCare.gov issues
Officials at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ignored multiple auditor reports warning them of potential problems at insurance-shopping website HealthCare.gov before the site's launch Oct. 1, one Republican senator said Wednesday. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - November 6, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Superbug tracking app hits top medical spot in Apple's App Store
A new app that tracks where antibacterial resistant superbugs are growing has become a favorite among physicians with more than 100,000 downloads in less than a month. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - November 5, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Senators question HealthCare.gov's security
U.S. lawmakers questioned the security of HealthCare.gov, the U.S. government's troubled insurance-shopping website, after reports that one applicant's personal information was shared with another applicant. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - November 5, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
ACA's Healthcare.gov website 'didn't have a chance in hell'
No one should be surprised by Healthcare.gov's troubled rollout -- the early success rate for large, complex IT projects is very low. Insider (registration required) (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - November 5, 2013 Category: Information Technology Tags: IDG Insider Source Type: news
HealthCare.gov site response times are getting better
Response times at the ailing HealthCare.gov have improved significantly in recent days as a technology team tries to fix the problems with the U.S. government's health-insurance shopping website, officials said. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - November 1, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Google, Oracle, Red Hat join HealthCare.gov effort
Employees of Google, Oracle and Red Hat have joined the U.S. government's effort to fix the ailing HeathCare.gov, officials said Thursday. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - October 31, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
CMS officials warned of security risks just before Healthcare.gov went live
Less than four days before Healthcare.gov went live, two senior officials at the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services expressed reservations about the security preparedness of the site. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - October 31, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
HHS head takes blame for troubled HealthCare.gov site
Security problems reported at the U.S. government's troubled HealthCare.gov are overblown because security testing has been ongoing for months, the secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - October 30, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Healthcare.gov blame game goes on at House hearing
A federal official directly responsible for Healthcare.gov appeared Wednesday to blame a 'subset' of contractors for the website's problems. In doing so, the government was refuting contractor claims that the Website's problems are the government's fault. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - October 29, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Security concerns prompt subpoena for Healthcare.gov data
A U.S. House committee chairman, citing security concerns, today ordered a Healthcare.gov contractor to provide detailed information about its work on the project. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - October 29, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Scramble to fix Healthcare.gov site heightens security risks
The ongoing scramble to fix glitches affecting the troubled Healthcare.gov website could heighten security risks and introduce fresh vulnerabilities into an already fragile system. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - October 29, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
What's Wrong With Healthcare.gov's Price Estimator
In the early days of Healthcare.gov, I praised the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for publishing a dataset with sample rates for every health plan participating in the federal health insurance marketplace. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - October 27, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
