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  • Premier Survey: Health System Leaders Begin Strategies for Potential Zika Outbreak - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Premier Survey: Health System Leaders Begin Strategies for Potential Zika Outbreak

    Charlotte, North Carolina-based healthcare strategies developer Premier has found that U.S. hospitals conduct patient education, staff training, screening, surveillance and reporting to prepare for a potential outbreak of the Zika virus. Premier said Monday health system C-suite leaders have led efforts to address the disease based on guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “As we monitor the implications for the possible […] More

  • Chenega to Support Defense Health Agency's Med-COI Enclave Transition Effort - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Chenega to Support Defense Health Agency’s Med-COI Enclave Transition Effort

    Chenega has been awarded a $9 million contract by the Defense Health Agency to help DHA transition service local area network assets to the Medical Community of Interest enclave. The Alaska native village corporation’s healthcare services business will work to collect data, conduct asset inventory, coordinate with onsite and remote medical treatment facilities under the firm-fixed contract, the […] More

  • Deloitte Presents to HHS Blockchain Adoption Opportunities to Address Health Info Exchange Concerns - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deloitte Presents to HHS Blockchain Adoption Opportunities to Address Health Info Exchange Concerns

    Deloitte‘s response to the Department of Health and Human Services‘ blockchain ideation challenge focuses on six current “pain points” in the Health Information Exchange and the potential use of blockchain to address them. Deloitte said Thursday HIE users face challenges in the difficulty to establish a trust network, costs per transaction, the lack of a Master Patient Index, inconsistent data standards, […] More

  • DHA Taps CNTS to Support DoD Health Surveillance Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHA Taps CNTS to Support DoD Health Surveillance Mission

    Cherokee Nation Technology Solutions has secured a $17.1 million firm-fixed-price contract to provide support services to the armed forces health surveillance branch of the public health division within the Defense Health Agency‘s healthcare operations directorate. The Defense Department said Tuesday the contractor will help DHA conduct health surveillance for DoD and assist in the analysis, interpretation and dissemination of […] More

  • HHS Raises Cytori Contract Option Value to Support Thermal Burn Treatment Devt - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HHS Raises Cytori Contract Option Value to Support Thermal Burn Treatment Devt

    The Department of Health and Human Services‘ Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority has amended a previously awarded contract option to Cytori Therapeutics to fund continued development and investigation of the company’s burn wound treatment. Cytori said Monday BARDA increased the option’s value by $2.5 million to approximately $16.6 million and supplemental funds from the amended contract will support activities necessary […] More

  • ERP International to Help Manage Defense Health Agency’s E-Commerce Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ERP International to Help Manage Defense Health Agency’s E-Commerce Program

    Enterprise Resource Planned Systems International has won a $7.7 million task order from the Defense Health Agency to maintain and operate the electronic commerce program of DHA. The order contains one base year, four option years and an 11-day transition period that will run through Sept. 27, the Defense Department said Monday. ERP International will also support DHA’s efforts to procure, manage and […] More

  • DHA Picks System Plus for Global Military Health System Training Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHA Picks System Plus for Global Military Health System Training Services

    System Plus Inc. has won a $39.9 million contract to support the Defense Health Agency‘s global clinical system training mission as DHA prepares to implement the new Genesis military health system. The company will develop a training support concept for the agency’s enterprise systems not included in previous training contracts as well as provide applications support beyond the agency’s clinical portfolio, the Defense […] More

  • SSM Health, DoD Enter Electronic Patient Record Exchange Agreement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SSM Health, DoD Enter Electronic Patient Record Exchange Agreement

    The Defense Department and nonprofit health system SSM Health have partnered to exchange electronic health records of DoD’s active-duty service members, civilian employees, retirees and dependents. The partnership authorizes SSM Health-affiliated care providers in Illinois, Missouri and Oklahoma to access patient records of DoD employees, dependents and retirees while the department can also access SSM Health’s records, the nonprofit said Wednesday. Richard Vaughn, […] More

  • DHA Taps Accenture Subsidiary to Build Health Provider Credentialing Tool for DoD, VA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHA Taps Accenture Subsidiary to Build Health Provider Credentialing Tool for DoD, VA

    An Accenture subsidiary has received a potential 16-month, $7.8 million contract from the Defense Health Agency to develop, test and field a joint platform designed to support the credentialing process for health care providers between the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs. ASM Research will build a tool based on DoD’s Credentials Quality Assurance System […] More

  • DoD Clears Fort Drum-HealtheConnections EHR Exchange Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD Clears Fort Drum-HealtheConnections EHR Exchange Partnership

    The Defense Department has approved an electronic health information exchange between Fort Drum’s medical department activity and community healthcare providers in New York. Under the initiative, Fort Drum MEDDAC has integrated the medical electronic records of soldiers and their families into HealtheConnections‘ data exchange system, the Fort Drum Regional Health Planning Organization said Wednesday. The partnership aims to prevent duplicate medical procedures and […] More

  • NIH Awards Grant to SAB Biotherapeutics for Flu Treatment R&D - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIH Awards Grant to SAB Biotherapeutics for Flu Treatment R&D

    SAB Biotherapeutics has received a $1.42 million Small Business Innovation Research grant from the National Institutes of Health to fund the production and preclinical testing of an antibody the company designed to treat influenza. The company said Wednesday it teamed up with the University of South Dakota’s Sanford School of Medicine for the project under the BioSNTR program that works to […] More

  • Research and Markets: Data Mgmt Tech Helps Drive Health IT Market Growth - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets: Data Mgmt Tech Helps Drive Health IT Market Growth

    Research and Markets predicts the global healthcare information technology market will grow at an annual rate of 13.4 percent to reach $228.79 billion by 2020. The company said in a report published in August that efforts to reduce medical costs and regulations for safety and security of patient data will drive the demand for healthcare IT offerings through 2020. Data management requirements from […] More