TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 17, 2019 — Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) hired Peter Porter, a former IBM (NYSE: IBM) executive and technology sales veteran, to serve as director of federal system sales, GovCon Wire reported Tuesday. G2Xchange ETC reported Monday that Porter, who most recently served as a certified client executive at IBM, brings more than […] More

Six companies have issued a joint statement at the CMS Blue Button 2.0 Developer Conference to address barriers to the use of technology platforms that work to facilitate health care interoperability. Microsoft, IBM, Google, Salesforce, Oracle and Amazon have vowed to work together to “unlock the potential in health care data, to deliver better outcomes at […] More

Oracle has secured a six-month, $11.2 million task order to support the development of an integrated technology platform for the U.S. Marine Corps to manage the service branch’s logistics operation. The Defense Department said Monday the company will also provide sustainment and maintenance services for the Global Combat Support System – Marine Corps Logistics Chain Management. GCSS-MC/LCM is […] More

CORL Technologies analyzed the certification status of 1,000 vendors from the company’s database of nearly 30,000 health industry business associates and found that just 26 percent of BAs hold a security certification. CORL said Tuesday its analysis also showed that 74 percent of health industry businesses lack security certifications related to health IT. “Without the proper security certifications in place, a security breach experienced by […] More

Research and Markets has released a new report that forecasts a 39.44% compound annual growth rate for the global healthcare Internet of Things security market from 2016 through 2022. The “Global Healthcare IOT Security Market: Focus on Solutions, Services, and Geography – Estimation & Forecast, 2016-2022” estimates the market reached $4.74 billion in 2015 and will […] More

Systems integration and consulting services firm Mythics will provide Oracle-built products and services to the State Department under a blanket purchase agreement with the agency. All State Department bureaus, offices and components worldwide will have access to Oracle products as Mythics is a resale partner, the latter company said Friday. The BPA is intended to act as a procurement vehicle for the State Department to optimize service […] More

New research from ReportsnReports.com forecasts the global healthcare information technology market will enjoy a $13.4 percent annual growth through 2020 as more organizations use electronic health record systems and health information exchanges. ReportsnReports.com said Tuesday healthcare providers have adopted IT tools for managing workflows and patient data in an effort to meet regulatory requirements and […] More

A Stratistics MRC report, released by Reportbuyer, forecasts the healthcare analytics market’s value will increase from $5.5 billion in 2014 at a 24.82 percent compound annual growth rate to hit $32.4 billion by 2022. The growing demand for healthcare-related information technology systems and implementation of federal health policies are among the forces that could drive […] More

A Research and Markets report has forecast a 26.5 percent compound annual growth rate for the healthcare analytics market over the next five years to reach a total market value of 18.7 billion by 2020. The research firm said Thursday medical cost and care management programs, the use of electronic health records and big data, […] More

A new Research and Markets report says an increase in demand for wireless and cloud technologies will help drive the healthcare cloud computing market to $12.65 billion in total value by 2020. The report sets the market’s compound annual growth rate at 20.1 percent from 2014 through 2020, Research and Markets said Wednesday. Research and Markets says North America become […] More

A new MarketsandMarkets report projects the Asia-Pacific and Latin American regions would drive future growth in the global healthcare mobility solutions market to $84.82 billion by 2020. The market analyst said Thursday both economies have attracted local entrepreneurs and global leaders by modifying healthcare-related regulations and monitoring how policies are implemented. The report also suggests that the growing geriatric population in Japan […] More

Oracle and SRA International have collaborated to help the U.S. Coast Guard implement a single enterprise-wide infrastructure for managing human resource and payroll functions. The Direct Access system is built to run Oracle’s PeopleSoft Global Payroll software and consolidates multiple applications used by the Coast Guard, the Public Health Service and the National Oceanic and […] More