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The Department of Health and Human Services has launched the updated federal health insurance marketplace for users in 38 states who want to either enroll or renew their health plans for 2016, USA Today reported Friday. HHS opened the HealthCare.gov website for browsing Sunday with a new tool that helps users calculate out-of-pocket costs for […] More
The U.S. Navy has awarded Leidos a potential five-year, $26 million contract to design a medical and simulation research model for the Navy’s scientific data analysis efforts. Leidos said Thursday it will aid in the Naval Health Research Center’s work to collect identify, analyze and report data. The company will perform work in San Diego under the follow-on contract for a […] More
Cisco and the University of California San Francisco have teamed up to develop a platform designed to achieve interoperability among health information technology systems. UCSF said Wednesday it will set up a center at the university’s Mission Bay campus to collaborate with Cisco and other health technology experts to develop and test the interoperability tool […] More
Apprio has secured a potential five-year, $3.4 million contract to create enterprise data models in support of the Federal Health Architecture’s Federal Health Information Model. FHA is an Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology-administered e-government program that seeks to help federal agencies develop common information platforms in an effort to achieve transparency, data quality and […] More
Research and Markets has reported that increased activity toward the integration of remote monitoring and diagnosis systems will drive activity in the global healthcare information technology market through 2019. The company said Tuesday its latest report predicts a compound annual growth rate of 6.44 percent for the market over a five-year period ending 2019 due to the increased IT integration […] More
Orion Health will provide an interoperability and information exchange platform for implementation across the Military Health System for the Defense Healthcare Management System Modernization program at the Defense Department. The company’s Rhapsody Integration Engine works to facilitate interoperability between DoD’s EHR platform and civilian centers that provide healthcare services to uniformed personnel, the company said Monday. Orion Health is part of […] More
A survey report from Deloitte‘s Center for Health Solutions indicates that the use of technology to manage health, access the healthcare system and purchase health-related goods or services has increased among U.S. consumers. The company said Monday technology use among users with major chronic conditions increased from 19 percent in 2013 to 32 percent in 2014, while 71 percent of the survey […] More
Leidos has entered into a partnership with Virginia Tech for research on the use of big data from electronic health records to improve patient care and drive down healthcare costs. The company said Thursday the team will utilize technical data from healthcare providers to develop methods that address the sector’s challenges in terms of cost and the […] More
New research from ReportsnReports.com forecasts the global healthcare information technology market will enjoy a $13.4 percent annual growth through 2020 as more organizations use electronic health record systems and health information exchanges. ReportsnReports.com said Tuesday healthcare providers have adopted IT tools for managing workflows and patient data in an effort to meet regulatory requirements and […] More
Iron Mountain and QuadraMed have partnered to develop an enterprise master person index tool to help clients remove duplicate and fragmented patient data records. Iron Mountain will combine its information governance services with QuadraMed’s EMPI technology, search algorithms and workflow processes for health organizations to move archival records off-site, Iron Mountain said Tuesday. “Through improved […] More
CAE‘s healthcare business has partnered with MedAffinity to integrate the latter’s electronic health record system with LearningSpace in order to support healthcare simulations for learning purposes. The companies said Tuesday the integrated technology will add simulated clinical experience content into the EHR system in an effort to help LearningSpace administrators review and score learner performance. “[Our] educators can offer […] More
International SOS has awarded Leidos a potential six-year, $50 million subcontract to conduct support services for the Defense Health Agency’s beneficiary education and enrollment program. Leidos will assist in DHA’s TRICARE Overseas Program operations through customer support, beneficiary education, claims assistance, appeals and grievances processing, and healthcare support services, Leidos said Thursday. The contract contains a one-year […] More
