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Dr. Harry Greenspun, senior adviser for Deloitte’s Center for Health Solutions, says healthcare will soon catch up with other sectors and believes wearable devices and other technologies will play significant role. In an interview with Federal News Radio, Greenspun identified interoperability as a challenge to technology adoption in the health sector. He told host John […] More
Leidos will maintain and update software the Department of Veterans Affairs uses at seven facilities to fill and ship approximately 117 million prescriptions per year. The company said Monday that the potential three-year, $12 million contract also covers work to integrate and standardize the Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy‘s production systems. Steve Comber, president of Leidos’ health group, said the company will […] More
SGI Corp. has won a contract to work with two hospitals on efforts on projects related to real-time diagnostic imaging and medical research. The company will use its high performance computing and big data products to update applications that the Center for Advanced Medical Imaging Sciences uses to research medical diagnostic imaging technology, the company […] More
Federal agencies have a wealth of data that could be mined using machine-to-machine technology to improve real-time decision making, but adoption rates have been slow, a new study from AT&T Government Solutions and the Government Business Council found. Just 19 percent of 355 senior federal officials polled said their departments use or plan to use […] More
Motorola Solutions has begun talks to sell its enterprise business to Zebra Technologies for $3.45 billion in a bid to beef up asset tracking tools for their clients, Health IT Outcomes reported earlier this month. John Oncea writes the two companies expect to finalize the all-cash transaction by yearend. The combined organizations intend to integrate […] More
Under ConvergeHEALTH by Deloitte‘s rapid learning network, Forest Laboratories will collaborate with Intermountain Healthcare to research outcomes by using an analytics platform designed to generate healthcare services insights. Deloitte said Monday the collaborative project initially focused on respiratory diseases and will deploy OutcomesMiner on electronic medical records to establish healthcare outcomes data and develop new products and treatments based on them. “At ConvergeHEALTH […] More
IBMÂ has moved to help address healthcare technology demand in the U.S. public sector market through a series of investments into the company’s federal healthcare practice. The company has launched Watson-based big data services for clinical care and data management initiatives with its research arm and appointed Keith Salzman as chief medical information officer, IBM said […] More
Boston Medical Center has transitioned its database environment to an Oracle-built application in a move to consolidate its health data management. LCN Technology, a Gold level member of Oracle’s PartnerNetwork, has worked to assist the medical center implement the database appliance with Oracle database and application clusters, Oracle said Tuesday. Boston Medical Center aims to […] More
HP Enterprise Services will help configure and implement a new Medicaid management system for the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing under a five-year, $116.9 million contract. As Colorado’s Medicaid fiscal agent, the company will also manage maintenance and upgrade work for the Medicaid Management Information System that is based on HP’s interChange Healthcare platform, HP said Tuesday. “The […] More
Deloitte Consulting has won a $4.95 million contract from MNsure, the agency overseeing Minnesota’s health insurance exchange, to fix short-term problems and chart a course for the future of the exchange, the Minneapolis Star Tibune said Thursday. Jackie Crosby writes Deloitte built exchanges in Connecticut, Kentucky, Rhode Island and Washington and was one of the top candidates […] More
GE’s healthcare division has acquired CHCA Computer Systems, a provider of operating room management and analytics services in a move to grow GE’s software portfolio. Jan De Witte, president and CEO of GE Healthcare’s information technology business, said Tuesday that CHCA’s Opera software application will be integrated into GE’s OR and Perioperative software portfolio. De Witte added that the company intends […] More
Siemens‘ healthcare unit has received clearance from the Food and Drug Administration for the company’s mobile C-arm system, which is built with features designed to aid surgical teams during procedures or operations. The company said Wednesday the Cios Alpha works to generate high-resolution and high-contrast images, has a 25-kilowatt power output and flat-panel detector and has radiographic collimators. Laurie Fisher, VP for X-ray products […] More
