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  • Zane Burke: Cerner, Leidos & Accenture Could Team Again on VA EHR Rollout; Jerry Hogge Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Zane Burke: Cerner, Leidos & Accenture Could Team Again on VA EHR Rollout; Jerry Hogge Comments

    Cerner President Zane Burke has said the health information technology company hopes to retain its partnership with Leidos and Accenture for the delivery of a modernized electronic health record system to the Department of Veterans Affairs, Healthcare IT News reported Thursday. The team known as the “Leidos Partnership for Defense Health” won a potential $9 billion […] More

  • Apprio Secures DHA EHR Program Transition Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Apprio Secures DHA EHR Program Transition Support Contract

    Apprio has received a contract to help transfer the U.S. military’s electronic health record system modernization program from a Defense Department office to a Defense Health Agency directorate. The company said Wednesday it will support the transition of the Military Health System “GENESIS“ EHR project to DHA’s Health Information Technology Directorate from the DoD’s Healthcare Management System Modernization Program Management Office. […] More

  • Leidos Team Deploys New DoD EHR Platform at Naval Hospital Bremerton; Jerry Hogge Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Team Deploys New DoD EHR Platform at Naval Hospital Bremerton; Jerry Hogge Comments

    The team of Leidos, Cerner and Accenture has installed a new electronic health records platform at Naval Hospital Bremerton in Washington as part of the Defense Department‘s efforts to modernize the Military Health System. Leidos said Monday the deployment of the MHS GENESIS platform in Bremerton is part of the initial operational capability rollout of the EHR system […] More

  • VA Intends to Procure Rivera Group's Modeling Software - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VA Intends to Procure Rivera Group’s Modeling Software

    The Department of Veteran Affairs plans to award Rivera Group a sole-source contract on Sept. 6 to deliver and maintain a modeling software. VA said Thursday in a FedBizOpps notice that Rivera Group will provide its Eagle6 software to help detect vulnerabilities in the department’s VistA electronic health record system. The software will support security remediation, standardization and virtualization efforts under an […] More

  • VA to Adopt COTS Platform for EHR System Modernization; Leidos’ Jerry Hogge Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VA to Adopt COTS Platform for EHR System Modernization; Leidos’ Jerry Hogge Comments

    The Department of Veterans Affairs opted to adopt a commercial off-the-shelf platform to manage its electronic health records by awarding a sole-source contract to Cerner in June, E-Commerce Times reported Friday. The commercial EHR system from Cerner will replace VA’s current VistA platform and is designed to be interoperable with the Defense Dapartment’s EHR tool. DoD selected […] More

  • Roger Krone: Leidos Eyes Future VA EHR System Integration Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Roger Krone: Leidos Eyes Future VA EHR System Integration Support

    Leidos CEO Roger Krone has said he believes the company could help the Department of Veterans Affairs integrate a commercial electronic health records system with VA’s current VistA platform, FCW reported Tuesday. Krone, an inductee into Executive Mosaic‘s Wash100 for 2017, told investors June 14 that Leidos has engaged in “top-level conversations” with VA officials to […] More

  • IBM’s Keith Salzman: Health IT Platforms Should Be Designed With Cybersecurity in Mind - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM’s Keith Salzman: Health IT Platforms Should Be Designed With Cybersecurity in Mind

    Keith Salzman, chief medical information officer for global business services at IBM’s federal business, has said that health information technology platforms should be designed for users and should be equipped with cybersecurity tools and features that protect privacy in order to realize the benefits of health care digitization. Salzman told Dan Chenok, executive director of IBM’s Center for the […] More

  • Coast Guard Looks at Commercial EHR Platform Sources - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Coast Guard Looks at Commercial EHR Platform Sources

    Interested vendors have until May 26 to respond to a U.S. Coast Guard request for information on the possibility of replacing the service branch’s paper-based health data documentation system with an electronic health records system. USCG currently explores potential industry sources of an integrated Electronic Health Record Acquisition platform that can work to secure personally identifiable information and personal health information, according to […] More

  • VA Eyes Sofware-as-a-Service Model for VistA EHR System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VA Eyes Sofware-as-a-Service Model for VistA EHR System

    The Department of Veterans Affairs has posted a request for information on cloud-based commercial platforms in a move to identify a potential alternative for VA’s electronic health record system. VA said Wednesday in a FedBizOpps notice the department is interested in a software-as-a-service model to manage the Veterans Information Systems and Technology Architecture platforms that are not fully modernized. The RFI focuses […] More

  • Microsoft Azure Govt Cloud Gets FedRAMP High ATO From VA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Azure Govt Cloud Gets FedRAMP High ATO From VA

    The Department of Veterans Affairs has granted authority-to-operate certification to Microsoft‘s Azure Government cloud platform through the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. Microsoft said Wednesday the FedRAMP High ATO designation confirms that Azure meets security standards needed to handle sensitive VA workloads such personally identifiable information and protected health information. The company also received FedRAMP approval in February to add 12 customer-facing services in Azure Government’s provisional ATO. […] More

  • Apprio to Offer Agencies Health IT Services Under GSA Schedule 70 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Apprio to Offer Agencies Health IT Services Under GSA Schedule 70

     Apprio will offer health information technology services to federal customers through the General Services Administration‘s IT Schedule 70 contract vehicle. The company said Monday its service offerings under the contract’s health IT special item number will cover electronic health records, software engineering, program management, claims administrations, big data and interoperability. Apprio has provided engineering, program management and technology support to federal customers such as the […] More

  • Deltek: Federal Health IT Market Worth $6.4B by 2021 Amid Continued Agency Investments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deltek: Federal Health IT Market Worth $6.4B by 2021 Amid Continued Agency Investments

    A Deltek market report predicts the federal health information technology market to reach $6.4 billion in spending by 2021 at a compound annual growth rate of 1.4 percent due to investments aimed to analyze, digitize, secure and share health information. Deltek said Wednesday federal agencies such as the Defense Health Agency and the Department of […] More