
Harris Corp. has won a $1.2 million contract to develop a health computing device for the Department of Veterans Affairs’ health eligibility center. The Melbourne, Fla.-based communications firm said Monday it will create a business rules repository designed to streamline and migrate enrollment and eligibility business rules to a centralized rules engine. Business analysts will [...]
May 7th, 2012 | Filed under Healthcare IT | Read More »

HP was selected by the Department of Veterans Affairs to continue as a prime contractor for digital healthcare information sharing services. HP said the award marks its 10th year of involvement with the VA’s Compensation and Pension Record Interchange support program. HP will provide project management, business analysis, and software design and development services. HP [...]
March 6th, 2012 | Filed under Healthcare IT | Read More »

A Bloomberg Government study has found that U.S. government spending on multiple-award contracts (MACs) grew twice as fast as total contract spending between 2006 and 2010, with MAC spending increasing 49 percent to $121 billion over the period. “Multiple-award contracts are starting to become the center of the universe,” Jaime Garcia, president of Washington-based Seville Government Consulting told [...]
December 27th, 2011 | Filed under General | Read More »
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded CenturyLink‘s subsidiary Qwest Government Services a $2.1 million contract to provide information technology services, the Washington Post reported today. IT services will include telecommunications work. The Post did not release any more contract information.
December 27th, 2011 | Filed under News | Read More »
The TRICARE Management Activity is looking to develop a joint electronic pharmacy system for federal departments including Defense and Veterans Affairs. The activity recently issued a request for information to help its search for a single solution capable of tracking prescription and medication orders, as well as identifying possible drug interactions. TRICARE manages the Military Health Systems‘ information technology [...]
December 5th, 2011 | Filed under Healthcare IT | Read More »
Harris Corp. has won a task order with the Department of Veterans Affairs to help develop new mental health modules for VA’s My HealtheVet portal and help track medication and treatment for patients suffering from mental health disorders. The task order has a $4.5 million ceiling and was awarded under the three-year My Recovery Plan blanket [...]
November 1st, 2011 | Filed under Healthcare IT | Read More »
Irving Burton Associates Inc. recently announced it was a subcontractor to Creative Computing Solutions to deliver technology and program support services to the Veterans Affairs Department. The $12 billion contract is under the Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology program. The five-year multiple award will cover information technology and telecommunications services, program management, strategy planning, cybersecurity, training, [...]
August 10th, 2011 | Filed under News | Read More »