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  • VA Seeks Contractor for Veteran Health Info Access Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VA Seeks Contractor for Veteran Health Info Access Services

    The Department of Veterans Affairs has issued a request for information on a contractor that can help National Data Systems manage access to veterans’ health information. A FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday states that VA is seeking a contractor that will support NDS in distributing health data from the Veterans Health Administration to clinicians, researchers and […] More

  • Cerner Provides Updates on DoD EHR System Deployment; Leidos’ Jerry Hogge Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cerner Provides Updates on DoD EHR System Deployment; Leidos’ Jerry Hogge Quoted

    Cerner has announced that the Defense Department has started to see improvements in health care services delivery following the initial deployment of its new electronic health records platform, Nextgov reported Wednesday. Travis Dalton, president of government services at Cerner, wrote in a blog post published Tuesday the adoption of the MHS Genesis system has resulted […] More

  • Leidos Joins Cerner-Led Team to Support VA’s EHR System Modernization; Jerry Hogge Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Joins Cerner-Led Team to Support VA’s EHR System Modernization; Jerry Hogge Quoted

    Leidos has joined a Cerner-led team to upgrade the Department of Veterans Affairs’ electronic health record system through the deployment of the same EHR platform used at the Defense Department’s medical facilities worldwide. “As lead systems integrator for the DoD’s Defense Healthcare Management Systems Modernization (DHMSM) program, we are pleased that the deployment of MHS […] More

  • Report: DoD to Raise EHR System Deployment Contract Ceiling by $1.1B - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: DoD to Raise EHR System Deployment Contract Ceiling by $1.1B

    The Defense Department plans to increase the ceiling amount of a potential 10-year, $4.3 billion contract to update and deploy a new electronic health records platform by approximately $1.1 billion, Nextgov reported Tuesday. An industry team composed of Leidos, Cerner and Accenture won the MHS Genesis EHR contract in July 2015. Stacy Cummings, program executive officer […] More

  • State Dept Seeks Industry Help for EHR 'Analysis of Alternatives' - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    State Dept Seeks Industry Help for EHR ‘Analysis of Alternatives’

    The State Department has issued a request for information on vendors that can help develop an “analysis of alternatives” for an upcoming electronic health record system procurement effort. A FedBizOpps notice posted Friday says that DOS needs industry support to evaluate the potential advantages and risks of the department’s shared EHR services with other federal agencies and examine other EHR commercial off-the-shelf […] More

  • Jerry Hogge: Leidos Team On Track to Complete 2-Month Optimization Period for DoD EHR System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jerry Hogge: Leidos Team On Track to Complete 2-Month Optimization Period for DoD EHR System

    Jerry Hogge, senior vice president of Leidos’ health business, has said the Leidos-led team is on schedule to implement the optimization process for the Defense Department’s commercial electronic health records system over a two-month period, Nextgov reported Wednesday. The report said DoD and the industry team will address the remaining “trouble tickets” received from four test […] More

  • DHA to Award EHR Sustainment Support Task Order to Leidos - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHA to Award EHR Sustainment Support Task Order to Leidos

    The Defense Health Agency plans to award Leidos a potential $25 million task order to provide sustainment services for the Armed Forces Health Longitudinal Technology Application-Composite Health Care System. DHA will issue the fixed-price task order under a blanket purchase agreement to be awarded following a full-and-open competition initiated by the General Services Administration, the […] More

  • 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

  • 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 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