Healthcare IT

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

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

Software firm iCONECT has teamed up with Lockheed Martin’s information systems and global solutions segment in an effort to help healthcare institutions reduce maintenance costs associated with legacy electronic medical records systems. Lockheed will use its tool to migrate EMRs and related data from a variety of legacy applications to the iCONECT-built XERA Application Decommissioning repository […] More

Minnesota-based Adventium Enterprises will work to upgrade the security of medical devices under a $2.2 million contract as part of the Department of Homeland Security science and technology directorate’s Intrinsically Secure, Open, and Safe Control of Essential LayErS project. DHS said Tuesday the project aims to protect medical devices from cyber threats. “Many medical devices are networked into hospital […] More

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

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 McKesson’s InterQual system to complement its military treatment facilities’ clinical judgment tool, McKesson said Thursday. The InterQual incorporates peer reviews from clinical experts across the U.S. McKesson […] More

SOS International 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. 15 its operations and life-support services to the U.S. military based […] More

LCG has received a $17.5 million contract to maintain the Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration help desk operations. The company will collaborate with HRSA’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