Healthcare IT

 Apprio will offer health information technology services to federal customers through the General Services Administration‘s IT Schedule 70 contract vehicle. The company said Monday its service offerings under the contract’s health IT special item number will cover electronic health records, software engineering, program management, claims administrations, big data and interoperability. Apprio has provided engineering, program management and technology support to federal customers such as the […] More

The Food and Drug Administration has expanded its emergency use authorization for an Abbott-developed molecular test for Zika virus detection to involve the use of whole blood in addition to previous serum and urine sample usage. Abbott said Thursday the RealTime ZIKA test was created for use on the company’s molecular diagnostics instrument called the m2000 RealTime […] More

The Defense Department has certified and added Vocera Communications‘ integrated clinical communication system comprised of software and wearable badge to DoD’s Unified Capabilities Approved Products List. Vocera said Thursday its UC APL certification offers DoD facilities an option to acquire and implement the Vocera Communication System on department networks. The company also updated the speech engine and functionality in its software platform to comply with the Joint Interoperability Test Command’s […] More

A Deltek market report predicts the federal health information technology market to reach $6.4 billion in spending by 2021 at a compound annual growth rate of 1.4 percent due to investments aimed to analyze, digitize, secure and share health information. Deltek said Wednesday federal agencies such as the Defense Health Agency and the Department of […] More

The Department of Veterans Affairs has chosen CGI to provide healthcare claims auditing and recovery services via the company’s set of financial waste, fraud and abuse identification and tracking system. CGI said Monday the Veterans Health Administration‘s Office of Community Care will oversee the company’s utilization of the ProperPay platform to help VA identify improper payments for […] More

Elusys Therapeutics has delivered a second batch of monoclonal antibody injections designed for inhalation anthrax treatment to the Strategic National Stockpile after the company received $16.35 million in funds as part of a potential $45 million procurement contract from the U.S. government. The company said Tuesday its ANTHIM injection contains a neutralizing toxin that works to help prevent the spread of anthrax and potential tissue damage in the human body. […] 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

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

IBM‘s Watson Health unit and the Food and Drug Administration have entered into a two-year research agreement to study the use of blockchain technology to facilitate a secure exchange of health data. The company said Wednesday the partnership will initially focus on oncology-related information and look into the exchange of owner-mediated data from sources such as electronic medical records, clinical […] More

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology seeks public comments on Accenture‘s draft white paper that explores the capture, use and exchange of patient-generated health data. Accenture said Wednesday its federal services subsidiary created the report as part of a two-year contract with ONC to determine opportunities and challenges related to the capture of PGHD by […] More

PaxVax has teamed up with the National Institutes of Health and the Defense Department to produce a commercial vaccine for the chikungunya virus. The company said Thursday it licensed NIH’s virus-like particle vaccine technology for chikungunya and aims to fully commercialize the vaccine through the collaborative effort. NIH currently evaluates the vaccine under a second-phase trial and PaxVax noted it plans […] More

A new Deltek report predicts that U.S. federal government demand for vendor-furnished health information technology products and services will hit $6.4 billion by fiscal year 2021 from $6 billion in fiscal 2016 at a compound annual growth rate of 1.4 percent. The “Federal Health Information Technology Market, 2016-2021” report forecasts that efforts to digitize, share, analyze and […] More