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  • Vermont Health System Seeks New Data Exchange Program; John Evans Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vermont Health System Seeks New Data Exchange Program; John Evans Comments

    Vermont’s health system and information exchange are planning to introduce a new clinical data exchange program in the state, Government Health IT reported Thursday. Anthony Brino writes Vermont Information Technology Leaders and Fletcher Allen Health Care intend to open the portals to clinics, hospitals and physicians for providers to gain access to clinical, radiology and […] More

  • Carestream Health Inks $70M DoD Medical Imaging Tech Extension - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carestream Health Inks $70M DoD Medical Imaging Tech Extension

    Carestream Health has been awarded a one-year, $70.2 million contract extension from the Defense Department to provide medical imaging systems for federal agency customers. Carestream will engineer radiography systems for the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and other federal agency users seeking to access X-ray results, Carestream said Thursday. The company’s wireless detectors […] More

  • Peter Tippett: Verizon Seeks to Build Up Health IT Infrastructure, Ecosystem - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Peter Tippett: Verizon Seeks to Build Up Health IT Infrastructure, Ecosystem

    Dr. Peter Tippett, chief medical officer and vice president at Verizon Enterprise Solutions, recently spoke with HIT Consultant Media about the company’s approach to health information technology compliance in an interview published Thursday. Tippett told interviewer Lois Drapin at the 2013 mHealth Summit that Verizon uses digital signing and two-factor identification platforms in order to comply […] More

  • Maryland Picks Optum for Health Care Portal; Matt Stearns Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Maryland Picks Optum for Health Care Portal; Matt Stearns Comments

    Optum has won a $4 million project to help the Maryland state government update its health care exchange, MedCity News reported Sunday. Group spokesman Matt Stearns told the publication the two-month project involves performance and stability upgrades on the Marylandhealthconnection.gov website. Meredith Cohn writes the Columbia-based company is a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, the same […] More