For over two decades, Tom Dowd has dedicated himself to supporting health-focused government agencies in furthering their missions of providing health and social services to American citizens. Since the creation of KPMG’s federal healthcare sector over 10 years ago, Dowd has guided the company’s efforts to aid these organizations in implementing substantive healthcare-related initiatives. Dowd began his […] More

James Yeager, vice president of public sector and healthcare at CrowdStrike, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz about how the company ensures the long term success for its workforce as well as the implementation of recent acquisitions like Preempt Security and Humio during the latest Executive Spotlight interview. “At CrowdStrike, we focus on our customers first. We invest our time and […] More

Executive Mosaic is honored to introduce Mac Curtis, president and CEO of Perspecta, as an inductee into the 2019 Wash100 — Executive Mosaic’s annual selection of the most influential voices in the government contracting arena — for addressing digital transformation needs in healthcare, defense and intelligence. This marks the fifth consecutive Wash100 award for Curtis.

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10ZiG Technology has introduced a fingerprint authentication system for the Imprivata OneSign Single-Sign-On system to simplify virtual access to patient records and healthcare information for doctors and healthcare providers. The company said Thursday the Fingerprint Reader tool is designed to eliminate the need for healthcare professionals to sign in across multiple endpoints and keep different passwords. 10ZiG […] More

Advanced Concepts and Technologies International has received 10 task orders worth $15 million combined for healthcare management services to the Defense Health Agency and the U.S. Air Force Medical Operations Agency. The company said Wednesday the orders were awarded through pool 1 of the General Services Administration‘s One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services Small Business contract vehicle. “Together with […] More

The Defense Department has granted GlobalMed an authorization to deploy a company-built virtual health platform on DoD networks. GlobalMed said Tuesday it received authority to operate for its video-based telehealth offering designed to connect providers and patients. The ATO certification also allows the company to provide virtual healthcare applications, software and hardware for integration into the Military Health System. DoD approved the company’s […] More

The Maryland-based Center for Advancing Innovation has partnered with the City of Virginia Beach and the Virginia Beach Department of Economic Development to introduce an open innovation challenge for startup companies to develop medical devices, therapeutics and vaccines for diseases related to military service. CAI said Monday it will administer the VABeachBio Innovation Challenge with the goal to […] More

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has unveiled the winners for the second phase of a pair of contests that sought healthcare data management applications for consumers and providers. The Consumer Health Data Aggregator Challenge and the Provider User Experience Challenge aimed to foster the development of market-ready apps that will help consumers and providers integrate […] More

Charlotte, North Carolina-based healthcare firm Premier has called on the incoming administration to address healthcare challenges through the creation of incentives for changes in the care delivery process. The company said in a letter to President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence to promote competition in the pharmaceutical market to reduce drug costs and […] More

Keith Salzman, chief medical information officer at IBM‘s global business services unit, said an emerging ledger technology from Bitcoin software developer Blockchain can potentially help update healthcare information technology systems across the economy and in government. Salzman wrote in a blog post published Tuesday the Blockchain technology uses cryptography to manage what network participants can view to fortify […] More

McKesson will continue to provide information technology hosting services to Virginia-based Davis Health System and the Western Reserve Hospital in Ohio under two separate contract extensions. The company said Friday it works with the two healthcare organizations to help them manage and secure their clinical and financial systems and applications. “We know our customers face an increasingly complex […] More

The Department of Health and Human Services‘ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has issued a request for information on the possible expansion of the horizon scanning system to determine new trends that might help reduce healthcare costs. AHRQ said in a FedBizOpps notice published Feb. 2 that horizon scanning works to identify innovative approaches and platforms that […] More