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NIST Invites Tech Vendors for Wireless Medical Device Cyberscurity Demo

The National Institute of Standards and TechnologyÂ is looking for industry partners to help createÂ and demonstrate a standards-based reference technology designÂ for the protection of wireless medical infusion pumps against cyber threats. NIST said ThursdayÂ itsÂ National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence seeks modules for anÂ end-to-end sample platform intended to help healthcare organizations and clinicians avoid unauthorized access and unintended […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman February 1, 2016, 5:51 am
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Military Health System to Adopt McKesson Clinical Decision Support Tool

McKesson has been selected to deploy its evidence-based clinical decision support tool at military hospitals and clinics worldwide for the Military Health System. The Military Health System selected McKessonâ€™s InterQual system to complement its military treatment facilitiesâ€™ clinical judgment tool, McKesson said Thursday. The InterQual incorporates peer reviews from clinical experts across the U.S. McKesson […] More

by Jay Clemens January 25, 2016, 10:54 am
in Healthcare IT, News

SOS International Launches New Medical Support Team; Julian Setian Comments

SOS InternationalÂ has introduced a new medical support division chartered to deliver medical services to the U.S. government and oil, gas and mining companies. The new SOSi division will launch advanced telemedicine services designed to help staff gain access to medical expertise. The company said Dec. 15Â its operations and life-support services to the U.S. military based […] More

by Jay Clemens January 19, 2016, 8:57 am
in Healthcare IT, News

LCG to Maintain HHS Health Resources & Services Help Desk; Matthew Briddell Comments

LCG has received a $17.5 million contract to maintain the Department of Health and Human Servicesâ€™ Health Resources and Services Administration help desk operations. The company will collaborate with HRSAâ€™s office of information technology to deliver information and services to people, organizations and state governments on behalf of HRSA, LCG said Thursday. Matthew Briddell, a […] More

by Jay Clemens January 15, 2016, 7:24 am
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Carahsoft’s Michael Shrader: Healthcare Challenges Present IT Market Opportunities

Michael Shrader, vice president of innovative and intelligence solutions at Carahsoft, believes technical challenges that healthcare providers face present an opportunity for information technology vendors, he wrote in a blog article published Wednesday. HeÂ has noted some vendors that have built information technology products in efforts to help government agencies manage a healthcare insurance program and […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman January 7, 2016, 9:33 am
in Healthcare IT, Industry News, News

DHA Eyes GSA’s Contracting Tools to Facilitate Military Health IT Projects

The Defense Health Agency has announced plans to use a portfolio of General Services Administration-run governmentwide acquisition contracts to buy commercial healthcare information technology products and services for the Defense Department. The DHA said Tuesday in a FedBizOpps notice that it is considering placement of military health IT task orders on theÂ Alliant, Alliant Small Business, […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman December 28, 2015, 4:00 am
in Healthcare IT, News

MarkLogicâ€™s David Nace: Industry to Play Greater Role in 2016 EHR System Updates

David Nace, chief medical officer at MarkLogic, has said he expects greater participation from industry stakeholders in efforts to introduce updates on electronic health records systems in 2016. Such changes are likely to occur in the “usability” of EHR systems as doctors and medical organizations call for major upgrades of such platforms, Nace writes in […] More

by Jane Edwards December 23, 2015, 9:59 am
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Booz Allen-Kaggle Competition Seeks Algorithms for Heart Disease Diagnosis; Josh Sullivan Comments

Booz Allen Hamilton and data science community Kaggle have launched their second annual competition that aims to encourage participants to develop algorithms that will work to help speed up heart disease diagnosis. Booz Allen and Kaggle will collaborate with the National Institutes of Health in the 90-day Data Science BowlÂ contest, Booz Allen said Monday. “We […] More

by Jane Edwards December 15, 2015, 8:15 am
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Mitre-Run R&D Center Teams Up With NHIT Collaborative; Luis Belen Comments

A Mitre-operated federally funded research and development center and the National Health IT Collaborative for the Underserved have forged a partnership in an effort to address health disparities and improve health for underserved communities. The CMS Alliance to Modernize Healthcare FFRDC will work with the NHIT Collaborative to include underserved populations in discussions as the […] More

by Jane Edwards December 2, 2015, 9:56 am
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HHS, OptumLabs Form Healthcare Research Partnership; Susannah Fox Comments

The Department of Health and Human Services has teamed up with OptumLabs, a healthcare research center co-founded by Mayo Clinic and Optum, in an effort to utilize OptumLabs’ databases of de-identified patient data for healthcare research. OptumLabs will work with HHS’Â Agency for Healthcare Research and QualityÂ to compare identified trends in the Medical Expenditure Panel SurveyÂ with […] More

by Jane Edwards November 19, 2015, 7:00 am
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Cloudera, Patterns and Predictions to Build AI Tool for Veteran Mental Health Initiative

Cloudera has partnered with Patterns and Predictions to develop artificial intelligence technology for the prediction ofÂ military veterans’ suicide riskÂ based on their social media posts and text messages. The companies seek to integrate Hadoop-based predictive analytics architecture into the AI platformÂ with the goal of helping mental health professionalsÂ identify suicidality indicators among former service members, Cloudera said […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman November 13, 2015, 10:37 am
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CACI Receives Defense Health Readiness Support Extension; Ken Asbury Comments

CACI International has received a three-year, $38.5 million task order from the U.S. Navy to extend the companyâ€™s defense health readiness support for the U.S. armed forcesâ€™ medical information systems. The company will perform engineering, development, testing, training, implementation and help desk support for the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlanticâ€™s Theater Medical Information […] More

by Jay Clemens November 5, 2015, 9:39 am