Danielle Carosello, a former government accounts manager at General Electric’s healthcare division, has been promoted to serve as general manager at the same firm, FedHealth IT reported Monday.

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General Electric’s health care business and the Department of Veterans Affairs have signed a research agreement to accelerate the use of 3D printing technology to help meet the medical needs of military personnel and retirees, 3DPrint reported Thursday.

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Paul Klinker, solutions architect for the federal health civilian business at ManTech International, has said the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs should adopt blockchain technology to manage and secure electronic health care records.

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Change Healthcare has secured a position on the fourth iteration of the Defense Logistics Agency‘s potential 10-year Digital Imaging Network–Picture Archiving and Communications System procurement vehicle for U.S. military branches and federal civilian agencies. The company said Thursday that Military Health System and Veterans Health Administration customers can buy McKesson-built enterprise imaging products that are now part of Change Healthcare’s […] More

Change Healthcare Holdings and McKesson have launched healthcare information technology company Change Healthcare, which combines CHC’s business and majority of McKesson’s technology solutions unit. The new company also appointed 11 individuals to its executive leadership team, Mckesson said Thursday. Change Healthcare CEO Neil de Crescenzo said the company has 15,000 team members who will work with customers and partners […] More

General Electric‘s healthcare business has received a one-year, $14.4 million contract modification for the supply of patient monitoring systems to the Defense Logistics Agency. The Defense Department said Thursday the modification exercises the eighth option year in a previously awarded 10-year contract and covers subsystems, accessories, consumables and training support. Work will occur in Wisconsin through Jan. 13, 2018 and will support the U.S. […] More

IBM plans to acquire medical image management provider Merge Healthcare for $1 billion in a move to further help physicians diagnose and treat patients. IBM plans to integrate Merge Healthcare’s medical image processing platform into the Watson image analytics and cognitive system, IBM said Thursday. “Healthcare will be one of IBM’s biggest growth areas over […] More

Cisco, Kloudtrack and the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business have teamed up to develop a sandbox exchange intended to help fulfill various technology guideline requirements of healthcare communities. The public and private sector healthcare community, as well as medical and life science organizations, will have access to the HealthTech Innovation Sandbox […] More

Domain-specific generative artificial intelligence can benefit the healthcare sector, where it can function as an assistant to practitioners, facilitating better patient care by providing relevant medical information, according to Srini Iyer, vice president and chief technology officer of the health group at Leidos. Iyer said in an interview with Healthcare IT News that, unlike generic AI models, healthcare-specific AI models can provide more accurate and relevant answers to medical queries because they are trained on medical data. This level of accuracy can potentially result in a faster diagnosis of a patient and superior treatment plans.

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The healthcare industry has tapped into the power of information technology to enhance the process of several operations. Register here to learn what esteemed professionals are doing to enhance IT capabilities for the healthcare landscape at the Potomac Officers Club’s 2023 Healthcare Summit.   Ken Hofgesang is one of the leaders in bolstering healthcare IT […] More

Healthcare executives are accountable for managing and overseeing operations of healthcare organizations such as hospitals, clinics and medical practices. They collaborate closely with medical professionals and organization heads to ensure that every U.S. citizen is receiving high-quality care they need.   10 Inspiring Healthcare Executives Here are some of Executive Mosaic’s 4×24 healthcare members and […] More

Healthcare and education are two of the most attractive industries for hackers. In 2022, healthcare organizations in the U.S. experienced an average of 1,410 weekly cyberattacks per organization, while educational institutions reported that loss of learning following an attack could extend up to three weeks. Executive Mosaic spoke with Tim Boltz, Carahsoft healthcare and education […] More