Healthcare IT

Dendy Young, co-founder and chairman of Perthera, has said he expects an ongoing investment round to pull in $4 million for the McLean, Virginia-based precision medicine services company, Washington Business Journal reported Thursday. He told the publication that Perthera has secured $2.2 million in funding commitments from investors such as Pilot Growth Equity and McLean Capital, where Young […] More

The Defense Health Agency plans to award Leidos a potential $25 million task order to provide sustainment services for the Armed Forces Health Longitudinal Technology Application-Composite Health Care System. DHA will issue the fixed-price task order under a blanket purchase agreement to be awarded following a full-and-open competition initiated by the General Services Administration, the […] More

Terumo BCT has received a three-year grant from the Defense Department to study the effectiveness of a new medical technology to cut the risk of bloodborne pathogen transmission in military personnel. The company said Wednesday it will use the funds awarded through DoD’s Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program to further develop the Mirasol pathogen reduction technology. “This new […] More

Reston, Virginia-based tiag has announced it will expand the company’s cyber team that provides support to the U.S. Army‘s Atlantic Regional Health Command in an effort to help defend the service branch’s medical network against security threats. The company said Monday it seeks to help transform DoD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process sites to incorporate […] More

ICF has secured a potential four-year, $9 million task order to help the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention maintain a system used to track cancer occurrence, treatment and outcomes nationwide. The company said Monday it will continue to provide maintenance support for CDC’s  National Program of Cancer Registries – Cancer Surveillance System under the recompete task order […] More

CNSI has secured a potential five-year, $44 million contract to help the Department of Veterans Affairs modernize a system used to process healthcare claims data. The company said Wednesday it will support the modernization and implementation of a claims processing platform for VA’s Financial Services Center to adjudicate, manage and prepare claims from healthcare providers. Rockville, Maryland-based CNSI will also migrate […] More

Zeriscope has been selected to help the U.S. Army conduct a research project that aims to study the effects of multiple treatment options for people with traumatic brain injury. The company said Tuesday it will provide a telemedicine platform along with an integrated wearable sensor kit to the one-year TBI research effort as part of the […] More

A business unit of General Dynamics has received a potential five-year, $52 million task order to provide strategic support services to a U.S. Army organization that works to develop  pharmaceutical drugs, vaccines and medical support equipment for warfighters. General Dynamics Information Technology will provide administrative, programmatic, technical, scientific and logistical support to the Army Medical Materiel Development […] More

PatientPoint has partnered with The Veteran Group to offer point-of-care education and engagement platforms to the Department of Veterans Affairs and other federal healthcare providers. The Veteran Group will deploy and install PatientPoint’s health technology products at government customer facilities in an effort to help improve clinician-patient communication, PatientPoint said Thursday. Larry Carver, president and CEO […] More

LexisNexis has added data from the Defense Department Boards for the Correction of Military Records to its online research tool in a move to provide veterans and their advocates with access military record change information from all the military branches. The company said Thursday its Pro Bono Task Force added the information to Lexis Advance […] More