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  • DoD Gives Toshiba Ultrasound System Authorization-to-Operate for Air Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD Gives Toshiba Ultrasound System Authorization-to-Operate for Air Force

    A Toshiba medical systems unit has received a Defense Department authorization to operate one of the company’s ultrasound systems for the U.S. Air Force. Toshiba America Medical Systems‘ Aplio Platinum series ultrasound system has met Air Force and Defense Health Agency guidelines for patient health information malware and malicious software protection, the company said Thursday. Aplio Platinum systems contain Microsoft Windows […] More

  • Fulcrum Doubles Task Area Presence on NIH IT Small Business Contract Vehicle; Craig Matthews Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Fulcrum Doubles Task Area Presence on NIH IT Small Business Contract Vehicle; Craig Matthews Comments

    Fulcrum has been awarded five additional task areas as part of a modification to its existing position on a potential 10-year, $20 billion governmentwide contract vehicle for information technology products and services managed by a National Institutes of Health office. The company now competes for work in all 10 areas under the NIH Chief Information […] More

  • Philips' Medical Systems Subsidiary Lands $77M Contract Modification From DLA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Philips’ Medical Systems Subsidiary Lands $77M Contract Modification From DLA

    Philips‘ medical systems subsidiary has landed a $77 million contract modification from the Defense Logistics Agency for continued training and delivery of patient monitoring systems, subsystems, accessories, spares and repair parts. Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support has exercised the seventh of nine one-year option periods under the contract with an initial one-year base period, the Defense Department said […] More

  • DoD Adopts Mediware-Built Blood Donation Mgmt Software - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD Adopts Mediware-Built Blood Donation Mgmt Software

    The Defense Department has installed a Mediware Information Systems-designed blood establishment computer software the military now uses at more than 20 treatment facilities worldwide. DoD will use Mediware’s LifeTrak to manage blood donations and handle tasks for functions in areas such as donor recruitment and management assistance, manufacturing, testing, labeling and blood product distribution, Mediware said Thursday. The Military Health System uses LifeTrak for MHS’ […] More

  • SRI Int'l to Support Anti-Cancer Vaccine Studies for NIH Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SRI Int’l to Support Anti-Cancer Vaccine Studies for NIH Center

    SRI International will carry out pre-clinical studies on compounds and vaccines to determine if they can act as preventive agents against cancer under a $19.8 million contract with a National Institutes of Health center. The company said Thursday its biosciences division will work to examine the effectiveness of experimental vaccines and test biomarkers in an effort to parallel how the body responds […] More

  • Russell Granzow: DoD Certifies Philips' Digital Pathology Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Russell Granzow: DoD Certifies Philips’ Digital Pathology Tech

    A Royal Philips-built digital pathology technology has been certified by the Defense Department as security compliant under the DoD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process. DoD granted Philips a DIACAP certification and an authorization to operate for the company’s IntelliSite platform that is designed to manage pathological workflows, facilitate multisite collaboration among clinicians and secure electronic protected health information, Philips said Thursday. “This latest […] More

  • ABL to Participate in Engility-Led Army Medical Product R&D Contract Team - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ABL to Participate in Engility-Led Army Medical Product R&D Contract Team

    Advanced BioScience Laboratories will participate in an Engility-led consortium that holds a prime position under a potential 10-year, $900 million contract awarded in January to help research and develop medical products for the U.S. Army. ABL will collaborate with Engility to support the Army’s Medical Research and Materiel Command and aims to leverage its product development, manufacturing, testing and project management experience […] More

  • Accenture to Help ONC Develop Guidelines for Patient-Generated Health Data Mgmt - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Accenture to Help ONC Develop Guidelines for Patient-Generated Health Data Mgmt

    Accenture has received a two-year contract from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology to assist the agency in creating a policy framework on the collection and management of patient-reported information. The company said Monday it aims to help ONC identify strategies for healthcare organizations to use patient-generated health data for care delivery and clinical research efforts. PGHD refers […] More

  • American Systems Completes First Phase Of Defense Healthcare Mgmt Testing Infrastructure; Peter Smith Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    American Systems Completes First Phase Of Defense Healthcare Mgmt Testing Infrastructure; Peter Smith Comments

    American Systems has completed phase one of the testing infrastructure for the Program Executive Office Defense Healthcare Management Systems under a General Services Administration Connections II contract. West Virginia-based Allegany Ballistics Laboratory hosts the testing infrastructure to maintain information technology systems, applications, networks and virtual environments, American Systems said Monday. “American Systems is delighted to be […] More

  • McKesson Gets Extension on 2 Managed Healthcare IT Service Contracts; Nimesh Shah Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    McKesson Gets Extension on 2 Managed Healthcare IT Service Contracts; Nimesh Shah Comments

    McKesson will continue to provide information technology hosting services to Virginia-based Davis Health System and the Western Reserve Hospital in Ohio under two separate contract extensions. The company said Friday it works with the two healthcare organizations to help them manage and secure their clinical and financial systems and applications. “We know our customers face an increasingly complex […] More

  • Raytheon to Integrate Speech Recognition Tech Into Entrada's Mobile Health IT Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Integrate Speech Recognition Tech Into Entrada’s Mobile Health IT Platform

    A Raytheon subsidiary has agreed to combine its speech-to-text conversion technology with Entrada‘s cloud-based mobile productivity platform as the companies aim to simplify the documentation of patient data. Entrada’s technology is designed to help caregivers dictate a patient’s narrative into an electronic health record via a mobile application, Raytheon said Monday. The mobile-based healthcare platform will be integrated with Raytheon BBN […] More

  • Vencore, Havas Health Sign Analytics Tech Marketing Pact; Mac Curtis Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vencore, Havas Health Sign Analytics Tech Marketing Pact; Mac Curtis Comments

    Vencore has partnered with Havas Health to market data analytics technology that aims to help pharmaceutical companies identify people with rare diseases. Mac Curtis, Vencore CEO and an inductee into Executive Mosaic‘s Wash100 for 2016, said Friday the partnership will allow the company “to expand its reach and make a life-changing, and in some cases life-saving, impact on patients who suffer from ailments that have […] More