Healthcare IT

Lockheed Martin and Wyle Laboratories have submitted research proposals for a new program that seeks to examine potential health issues that astronauts may encounter during deep-space missions. The companies’ submissions are among 24 research projects that will receive $12.9 million in total funds from NASA and the National Space Biomedical Research Institute, NSBRI said Thursday. […] More

Vion will compete as the only small business original equipment manufacturer awardee on a 10-year, $20 billion governmentwide acquisition contract for information technology products and services awarded by a National Institutes of Health office. The company said Thursday it will offer cloud and other IT products and services in the areas of health and life sciences via the Chief Information Officer – Commodities […] More

Informatica Corp. has integrated data for Connecticut’s health insurance marketplace, which the state established to fulfill Affordable Care Act requirements. Access Health CT began operations in September 2013 and has enrolled more than 282,000 Connecticut residents since, Informatica said Wednesday. Amit Walia, senior vice president and general manager of data integration and security at Informatica, […] More

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has awarded $300,000 in total grants to six teams of developers and healthcare organizations that aim to live-test new health IT applications. The medical app developers were chosen and matched with healthcare providers through ONC’s Market R&D Challenge, according to a blog post published Tuesday […] More

IBM has partnered with Epic and the Mayo Clinic to help clinicians leverage IBM’s Watson cognitive computing system to access and analyze electronic health records. Epic seeks to integrate the IBM technology into clinical decision support tools that are based on open architecture and designed to offer providers insight from medical literature, IBM said Tuesday. […] More

Comprehensive Health Services Inc. has been selected to consult and train the U.S. Air Force’s healthcare teams under a five-year, $4.25 million subcontract awarded by Engineering and Computer Simulations. CHSi will provide medical modeling and simulation training to 2,500 Air Force personnel based in the U.S., U.K. and Japan, CHSi said Monday. “CHSi is honored to […] More

Computer Sciences Corp. has been selected to co-manage a local patient care coordination center in Trafford, U.K. CSC will provide patient communications through a unified system, perform clinical workflow services and analyze care delivery performance in collaboration with the British National Health Service’s Trafford Clinical Commissioning Group, CSC said Wednesday. Philippe Houssiau, vice president of U.K. healthcare at […] More

Xerox Corp. has been awarded a five-year, $564.9 million contract to modernize New York’s Medicaid claims processing system in an effort to help fulfill the specific requirements of Medicaid members and providers. Xerox’s team will manage Medicaid programs such as healthcare delivery and coordination in compliance with the Affordable Care Act using its health enterprise […] More

IBM has unveiled the Watson Health Cloud to serve as a platform for data and insights on health and wellness issues as part of the company’s efforts to expand computing functions in the health sector. The company said Monday it also pursued industry partnerships and acquisitions alongside the creation of the IBM Watson Health business unit amid an […] More

HP Enterprise Services will continue to handle the Medicaid information system of Arkansas under a new seven-year, $190 million contract with the state’s Department of Human Services. HP will extend its term as state’s Medicaid fiscal agent and process customer claims through the company’s interChange Medicaid management information system, HP said Tuesday. The contract contains a one-year base period and six one-year […] More

Russ Rudish, global healthcare leader at Deloitte, has offered multiple strategies that he believes can help providers manage cyber-related risks to their information technology assets. Rudish said industry needs to have safeguards in place because technology designed to improve healthcare system interoperability, care delivery and electronic medical records access might also expose organizations to security […] More