There are two more M2M news items worth noting in the wake of last month's HIMSS (Healthcare Information Management Systems Society) conference.Sprint made a couple of key announcements during the event, regarding partnerships with IDEAL LIFE and BL Healthcare. More...

Don’t know if you happened to see it, but there was a good article the other day at RCR Wireless News about Sprint’s presence at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society conference, focusing particularly on M2M and its potential in healthcare. More...

Besides all of the cool technology and clever folks, HIMSS was quite an eye-opening event as the country’s healthcare discussion drags on ad infinitum. For those of you who think you know all the facts around the healthcare debate, check out the opening remarks of Barry Chaiken, MD, one of the head guys at HIMSS – scary! Interestingly, most of the problems and inefficiencies we continuously hear about had solutions on display at HIMSS. It would appear that integrated, ubiquitous solutions can in fact cure many of our major health care ills. More...

Drinks at the W in Atlanta for the HIMSS innovation awards were very cool, trendy, happening, hip, hop, exclusive, rad …….. whatever -  the place was tedious, trying too hard. In the spirit of full disclosure, the drinks were free, and under those circumstances I would recommend it to anyone! More...

Judging from the audience's positive reaction, Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse hit the nail on the head Monday when he presented on wireless technology in the health care industry. He couldn't have chosen a riper industry. Even beyond all the political noise, this is an industry in transformation. Pressure? You got it--cost cutting and a huge push to increase the quality of care for starters. More...

Let me start off with the facts: I’m not really a big fan of keynote addresses; 8 a.m. is an awful early start time, particularly if you make 30 or so wrong turns in downtown Atlanta on the way to said keynote; and the views expressed here are entirely my own (no one else has any interest in taking credit for them). More...