The Innovation Institute has tapped Dell to become a founding partner of its California-based Innovation Lab to help develop health information technology platforms. Dell said Tuesday the Innovation Institute acts as an incubator for healthcare companies and evaluates, develops and commercialize medical tools and services through its Innovation Lab. The company will collaborate with the institute to […] More

Dell has partnered with Texas A&M Health Science Center to open a health technology academy to provide health professionals with continuing education focused on information technology developments in the industry. The company and center said Thursday they hope to foster healthcare discovery and innovation through a technology-driven curriculum and training programs for students, clinicians and current physicians. “Advances in healthcare […] More

Dell has introduced a cloud-based technology offering in India for integrating healthcare clinical and financial systems, CIOL reported Monday. Healthcare providers and hospitals are able to access workflows and reports across an organization using the centralized application, according to the report. Sid Nair, vice president and global general manager of healthcare and life sciences at Dell Services, […] More

Dell Services and  ikaSystems will work with the nonprofit Community Health Plan of Washington to update health services for Washington state residents with the goal of complying with federal healthcare reform laws. Dell said Tuesday it will provide information technology and business process outsourcing services to the nonprofit, as well as deploy ikaSystems’ health IT claims and billing tools on a software-as-a-service model. […] More

Dell and ikaSystems have partnered to deploy business process outsourcing services and platforms with the goal of helping Affinity Health Plan offer its products on New York state’s health insurance exchange. Affinity is a nonprofit issuer that works with primary care facilities and community health centers to provide coverage for more than 265,000 customers in […] More

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has rolled out a tool for agencies and companies to assess insider threat vulnerabilities. CISA said Tuesday its Insider Risk Mitigation Self-Assessment Tool features a set of questions that organizations can answer to determine security risk posture in the workplace. The questionnaire is designed to also help government and […] More

Management and technology consulting firm Northcross Group has developed an online questionnaire meant to help contractors determine their potential capacity to meet a particular maturity level under the Department of Defense's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program.

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ExecutiveBiz talked with Roger Karner, president of U.S. market, about his company’s recent name change, suite of lighting products for federal customers and where he sees Signify driving the most value in 2018. “Privacy and security are essential elements of our product development process and fundamental to being a responsible innovator.” ExecutiveBiz: Philips Lighting recently […] More

Carl Salzano retired in the Spring of 2014 as a senior vice president for acquisition services at Booz Allen Hamilton, where he also served as co-chairman of the Veteran and Wounded Warrior Committee. The U.S. Navy veteran joined Booz Allen in 1986 after holding leadership roles at firms including Bendix Aerospace and Advanced Technology. Soon […] More

Nigerian hacktivists yesterday attacked the Niger Delta Development Commission’s website, reportedly reacting to the government’s plan to spend about $6.5 million on President Goodluck Jonathan‘s May 29 inauguration, NEXT reports. Known as NaijaCyberHactivists, the Nigerian hacker group warned of more attacks this weekend should the president decide to maintain his budget. The letter expressed frustration […] More

Larry Clifton, senior vice president of recruiting and workforce planning for CACI, has a few ideas about how to improve recruiting strategies. “This simple idea also keeps with my philosophy that if you want to advance your game, you need to try something different,” he wrote in an article for ERE. “You improve recruiter results […] More

Dr. Nick van Terheyden, formerly chief medical information officer at Nuance Communications, has joined Dell Services“™ healthcare and life sciences business as chief medical officer. Dell said Monday van Terheyden will report to Sid Nair, vice president and global general manager of HCLS business at Dell Services, and will oversee strategic initiatives for the company“™s […] More