Healthcare IT

Dell wants healthcare and life sciences technology startups to participate in the company’s pitch contest for a chance to present business concepts to a panel of industry leaders. The mHealth pitch challenge is meant for companies that aim to develop software or hardware platforms for healthcare organizations, Dell says. Entrepreneurs will have an opportunity to […] More

Informatica has introduced an application retirement offering for healthcare customers that work to modernize business applications. The new tool is built based on the Informatica Data Archive platform and works to retain necessary data and consolidate information technology infrastructure upon retirement of legacy systems, Informatica said Tuesday. Dave Wilson, senior director for health and life sciences […] More

A UnitedHealthcare electronic bill-payment service has processed more than $20 million in medical payments to more than 20,000 providers to date. UHC’s myClaims Manager platform is built with an InstaMed technology to help plan participants across the U.S. manage their medical claims and help member organizations receive healthcare-related payments, United Healthcare said Monday. “By enabling consumers […] More

Optum has unveiled a new health intelligence platform that is intended to help healthcare providers extract insights from large volumes of patient data. The Optum One platform is built for customers to analyze information from electronic medical record systems and make decisions based on the results by using applications, Optum said Tuesday. The technology is designed […] More

Verizon has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to run the company’s remote health-monitoring technology on the iOS mobile operating system run by Apple devices such as iPhones and iPads. The company said Tuesday the Converged Health Management platform is built to help reduce hospital readmissions by helping clinicians, healthcare providers and […] More

Xerox will work with PatientPoint to help healthcare clients adopt PatientPoint’s electronic check-in and population health management platform under a $28 million contract. PatientPoint designed the software product for medical professionals to engage patients in their own care through mobile and online communications, Xerox said Tuesday. Xerox will help PatientPoint clients integrate the platform into their […] More

Lockheed Martin will collaborate with the University of Miami to further develop predictive modeling techniques and data analytics technology for managing healthcare information. The team aims to integrate predictive analytics into UM Health System’s operations and help clinicians access and secure real-time patient data, Lockheed said Tuesday. Karoom Brown, a Lockheed business development director, said […] More

More than half of respondents to a Royal Philips survey of healthcare executives cited clinical devices and mobile technologies as among their major information technology investments targeted toward compliance. Interoperability, mobile connectivity and applications were also mentioned as items on the agendas of health IT executives in 2014, Philips said Monday. Fifty-nine percent of respondents cited clinical […] More

More than 5,500 healthcare organizations worldwide use Avaya‘s communication and collaboration platforms to facilitate delivery of medical services to patients. Avaya spent more than $2.5 billion within the past six years to research and develop tools for hospitals to manage patient information, the company said Monday. Tara Mahoney, senior director for Avaya’s professional service healthcare […] More

Lockheed Martin has worked to modify its missile defense analytics technology for early detection of sepsis, a potentially fatal blood condition. The Sia analytic framework was tested on 4,500 patients and the technology identified sepsis conditions 90 percent of the time during the trial, Lockheed said Monday. “Lockheed Martin took insights from real-time, streaming sensor data, […] More