Healthcare IT

Robert Nag, center leader at the University of Montreal Healthcare Training Center, has highlighted a number of practices that he says could aid in healthcare simulation programs. Nag, a former visual database engineer at CAE, said in an interview published Sunday that educators need to establish fundamentals such as personnel scheduling, simulation logistics management and […] More

Lockheed Martin has formed a healthcare technology alliance to consolidate the health information technology services of partners such as academic institutions and medical technology firms. The company said Wednesday group members include Cisco, Cloudera, Illumina, Intel and Montgomery College. Alliance members will work to develop technology services for efforts to protect patient data, extract results from genomic research […] More

Inovalon and Hewlett-Packard have signed a multi-year agreement to provide analytical platforms for the Georgia Department of Community Health in an effort to help the state agency manage its health insurance programs. Inovalon said Wednesday it will combine its iPORT cloud-based platform for data integration and Quality Spectrum Insight cloud-based analytics tool with HP’s reporting, analytics […] More

Hewlett-Packard will develop an e-health information technology platform for the health and family welfare department of Kerala in India as part of efforts to improve patient care at the region’s healthcare facilities, InfotechLead reported Monday. Shilpa Khatri writes that the platform will work to deliver digital healthcare services using mobile applications, analytics, data mining and […] More

The National Institute of Standards and Technology‘s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence is seeking public comment on its draft guide for securing medical and patient information on mobile devices. NIST said Thursday the “Securing Electronic Records on Mobile Devices” document is the first in a series of publications providing guidance on the use of open source, standards-based or commercially available […] More

Lyndon Dacuan, market analyst at Onvia, believes the challenges faced by agencies to protect healthcare data present an opportunity for contractors. Dacuan said Thursday agencies look for companies who are capable of providing network protection systems as cyber criminals continue to take interest in health information. He recommended that companies form a “strong relationship” with […] More

Dell Services and Baystate Health’s technology center TechSpring have introduced programs that aim to improve the provision of care for patients with chronic conditions through telehealth and predictive analytics. Dell said Tuesday it will work to collect claims, socio-economic and clinical data from several patient populations in an effort to help TechSpring home in on […] More

The University of Virginia Health System has teamed up with Mitre to build tools for the analysis of patients’ health data. UVA said Friday Mitre will provide consulting services for UVA as the academic health center works to develop predictive analytics-based systems intended to detect risk of lung failure, hemorrhage and other conditions among patients and send alerts to medical […] More

Accenture has launched a new version of a set of software platforms designed to help government agencies manage and track applications for Medicaid benefits and other public services. The company Thursday Human Services Suite version 7.1 is comprised of Citizen Self-Service Portal, Accenture Public Service Platform and Benefits Management System. The latest release has an identity […] More

Cerner has been contracted to refresh the Military Health System’s anatomic pathology laboratory information system for the Defense Health Agency. The company will install its server hardware, peripheral equipment and services in the Defense Department’s anatomic pathology laboratories worldwide and issue the company’s CoPathPlus software licenses, Cerner said July 8. DHA intends to implement CoPathPlus to help the […] More

CGI has been awarded a contract by Highmark to continue helping the Pittsburg-based health insurer audit and validate medical claims with a CGI technology. CGI designed its Customized Audit System platform for healthcare payers to identify coding errors and overpayments, the company said Wednesday. “More timely, accurate notification of overpayments will also help our healthcare […] More

A Mercom Capital Group report says venture capitalists pumped about $1.2 billion into the healthcare information technology industry during 2015’s second quarter, up from the $784 million recorded during the previous quarter. The health IT sector closed 138 deals in Q2, compared with 142 during Q1, and secured nearly $2 billion in VC investments over […] More