A Leidos-led industry team has delivered the new Military Health System’s electronic health records platform to a U.S. Army medical center located in Tacoma, Washington. The Leidos Partnership for Defense Health that includes Accenture, Cerner and Henry Schein will install and provide training and support for the MHS Genesis system at the Madigan Army Medical Center, Leidos […] More

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

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

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

CGI has received a task order to test and evaluate the Defense Department’s healthcare management system modernization initiative in an effort to help streamline healthcare delivery. The company said Friday it will work to verify the Joint Interoperability Test Command’s requirement for operational and interoperability testing of the DoD’s electronic health records system. The order contains one base year and two […] More

MarketsandMarkets has predicted the global mHealth solutions market to hit $59.15 billion by 2020, representing a compound annual growth rate of 33.4 percent. The report cites the growing use of smartphones, tablets, connected medical devices, mHealth applications in healthcare management, 3G and 4G networks and patient-centric healthcare delivery as factors that will drive the market, […] More

James Reagan, chief financial officer at Leidos, has said the Reston, Virginia-based company plans to submit a bid for a contract to provide logistics support to the U.S. Special Operations Command, the Washington Business Journal reported Wednesday. James Bach writes the potential contract could be part of what an analyst at Credit Suisse’s recent Industrials Conference described […] More

Technavio has released a new report that forecasts the healthcare information technology market in the United Arab Emirates to grow 11.12 percent year over year from 2014 through 2019. Reportlinker said Nov. 12 government and international incentives and standard record format requirements help to spur investments in healthcare IT in the UAE. The report projects […] More

Research and Markets has reported that increased activity toward the integration of remote monitoring and diagnosis systems will drive activity in the global healthcare information technology market through 2019. The company said Tuesday its latest report predicts a compound annual growth rate of 6.44 percent for the market over a five-year period ending 2019 due to the increased IT integration […] More

Orion Health will provide an interoperability and information exchange platform for implementation across the Military Health System for the Defense Healthcare Management System Modernization program at the Defense Department. The company’s Rhapsody Integration Engine works to facilitate interoperability between DoD’s EHR platform and civilian centers that provide healthcare services to uniformed personnel, the company said Monday. Orion Health is part of […] 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

Cambridge International Systems will act as a subcontractor to Leidos under a $4.3 billion contract for the modernization of the U.S. Defense Department‘s military electronic health records system. The Leidos Partnership for Defense Health comprises four primary contractors, 30 small and large member companies, and 17 technology suppliers that will work to deliver an integrated […] More