Tag Archives: Healthcare IT

Microsoft and the Healthcare Information Trust Alliance have launched a matrix intended to assist customers of the company's Azure cloud offering in efforts to implement HITRUST controls and comply with global cybersecurity standards.

Unissant has secured a contract to help the U.S. Army's Medical Research and Development Command develop, test and deploy a cloud-based technology platform for managing health information.

Qualtrics has developed a platform that seeks to help government health agencies automate contact-tracing processes to control the spread of COVID-19.

The National Institutes of Health has issued a request for information on digital technology platforms that could help two NIH organizations respond to the coronavirus pandemic and advance public health response efforts.

Conduent has released a disease surveillance and outbreak management technlogy on Microsoft's Azure cloud platform as part of efforts to help public health organizations trace and report COVID-19 cases.

Charles River Analytics, Tozny, Assured Information Security and the University of Washington have collaborated to develop a tool that will work to trace signals that could indicate signs of injury and illnesses.

Clearwater Compliance, Ferris State University, the University of Texas at Austin and Kennesaw State University have partnered to develop programs that will help students secure skills in information infrastructure security.

Vecna Technologies has received an authority to operate from the Defense Health Agency to allow military treatment facilities to purchase and integrate the company's patient check-in tool, which is designed to allow patients to confirm their healthcare appointments, to their networks.

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory has released a tool designed to analyze huge amounts of data for research efforts aimed at helping clinicians improve patient care and medical decisions.

Charles River Analytics has secured a two-year, $1M contract from the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command to develop a screen-based simulator for the Deparment of Defense to train warfighters in medical care and logistics.

Bruce Grotenhuis, a senior director at Telligen, has been promoted to vice president of federal health solutions at the Iowa-based health management company, FedHealthIT reported Friday.

Chenega Corp.'s healthcare services subsidiary and MedCognition will collaborate on a project to develop augmented reality-based training modules for trauma care in the U.S. military sector.

Monty Nanton, a former senior vice president of business development at ManTech International, has been named a vice president at technology services provider BeaconGov, FedHealthIT reported Friday. 

Samsung Electronics America, the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology jointly hosted a three-day hackathon that challenged participants to create healthcare information technology applications.

James Gordon, a former executive at Maximus' federal division and General Dynamics' information technology business, has been appointed president of Falls Church, Va.-based health information technology company Cognosante.