Intel Corp. and the United Nations Population Fund have unveiled a joint effort to educate 1 million healthcare workers worldwide through technology. The UN said on Monday the initiative aims to use software and technical assistance to reduce the number of deaths related to childbirth. The UN said Intel will work with governments to increase [...]
The Washington Post recently reported on the deadline issues surrounding healthcare exchanges. The deadline is set for Jan. 1, 2014 and the Post reports some states are unsure as to whether they will make it. The exchange consists of a web-site where small business and individuals will be able to access insurance policy offerings and [...]
Microsoft recently partnered with the Virginia Department of Health and healthcare systems firm Unival to establish a statewide electronic healthcare registry, according to published reports. The registry will allow residents to provide doctors with instructions regarding what steps to take protect their lives in case of a medical emergency. Residents’ healthcare records will be stored within Microsoft’s HealthVault [...]
The Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services is reaching out to the private sector to help healthcare providers comply with federal regulations. Over the next three months, the office will release 11 video and audio presentations on compliance topics including major healthcare fraud and abuse laws through its website. The [...]
Accenture and AT&T have launched a medical imaging solution for radiologists and healthcare professionals, the companies announced yesterday. The joint solution incorporates Accenture’s medical imaging solution as part of AT&T’s medical imaging and information management solution, which is a cloud-based, non-vendor service. One goal of the platform is to allow hospitals to move away from traditional storage methods [...]
Computer Sciences Corp. has signed a seven-year contract with Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, a medical and surgical services provider, for a new program of work to outsource the trust’s technology services. CSC will be responsible for hosting, developing and managing much of the trust’s information technology and back-office processes. The contract has an option to [...]
NetApp and Iron Mountain have today jointly announced a new partnership to develop a secure cloud-based solution for medical data archiving and disaster recovery. The firms said they will integrate NetApp’s StorageGRID software with two Iron Mountain medical data archiving products: the digital record center for medical images and its vendor neutral counterpart. The companies [...]
