Susan Penfield serves as a senior vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton, where she focuses on the management and strategic use of health information technology tools and leads the firm’s Systems Development Center for Excellence. Penfield oversees work to develop strategies for health data interoperability, analytics tools for health information, the integration of health information, health IT modernization and implementing programs […] More

Deltek projects U.S. government spending on electronic health record systems and other health information technology platforms to reach almost $5 billion by 2019, the Washington Post reported Thursday. Angie Petty, a Deltek senior principal research analyst, writes that federal programs and rules for health data management could accelerate use of EHRs, telemedicine and HIT analytics or cloud tools across […] More

Team DecisionSim will continue to develop clinical simulations for the Veterans Affairs Department‘s simulation training and education program. VA has been applying the DecisionSim platform on patient safety, women’s health, palliative care, specialty care, team and communication skills training, human resources and operations areas, Decision Simulation said Wednesday. “We are excited about the VA’s continued expansion of DecisionSim and are honored to be a […] More

A new Deltek report predicts federal spending on health information technology products and services will grow from $4.3 billion in fiscal 2014 to $4.8 billion in fiscal 2019. Deltek said Thursday the aging population, high medical costs and new healthcare programs for active-duty military as well as veterans are projected to drive federal HIT investment […] More

Deltek expects three federal agencies to launch solicitations for recompete contracts worth almost $30 billion combined in the next three months, the Washington Post reported Sunday. Ashley Bergander, research manager at Deltek, writes the contract vehicles from the Air Force as well as the departments of Energy and Veterans Affairs will be open to both […] More

Dr. Viet Nguyen, chief medical information officer of Systems Made Simple, has joined the firm’s board of directors to guide the company in making decisions about healthcare technology. As Systems Made Simple CMIO, he supports the company’s health IT product development work and helps clients implement standardized clinical terminology, the company said Tuesday. “Our shareholders […] More

ExecutiveBiz: Tell us a little bit about BRTRC’s recent acquisition and how it’s indicative of where the company is heading Terri Thomas: It is a very exciting time for us at BRTRC. SecureForce is our first acquisition. It’s a company that we’ve been working with for two years. We’ve teamed with them repeatedly in the […] More

John Thomas joined Leidos as the Reston, Va.-based national security, health and engineering contractor’s chief strategic officer after Leidos’ 2013 separation from the legacy SAIC organization, where he most recently led close-to-13,000 analysts, scientists, engineers, and business professionals as acting president of SAIC’s National Security Sector. Thomas joined SAIC as an executive focused on military […] More

Xerox will implement an electronic pricing system for the Veterans Health Administration to manage Medicare reimbursement coverage for veterans. VHA intends for the Xerox’ web-based tool to automatically calculate Medicare payment rates of non-contracted hospice and home health services, Xerox said Tuesday. “Claims pricing is a growing segment of the VHA’s health services offerings,” said Mike […] More

Government agencies are increasingly looking to adopt practices of their counterparts in the private sector for taking paper documents and transforming them into an electronic format, according to Chuck Brooks, vice president and client executive for the Department of Homeland Security at Xerox. A former legislative affairs director for DHS’ science and technology directorate, Brooks […] More

Cherreka Montgomery joined SAP NS2 – the independent national security subsidiary of SAP — in late 2012 to serve as national vice president for corporate development. In this role, the State Department and intelligence community veteran works to help agencies in the defense and intelligence arenas manage their missions. Her career in government services includes […] More

Kim Burke serves as the managing director of the public institutions group of Jones Lang LaSalle, where she handles privatization programs, federal financial management and federal real estate and strategic planning functions. Burke also works on initiatives related to program performance measurement, federal legislation, regulatory assistance and Office of Management and Budget scoring and accounting. A […] More