Healthcare IT

Verizon's public sector business is partnering with various divisions of the Department of Veterans Affairs to help provide broadband internet and telehealth services to veterans residing in rural and remote locations. The project is the focus of a cooperative research and development agreement signed by Verizon Public Sector with the Veterans Health Administration, the company announced Tuesday.

On Dec. 6., the Potomac Officers Club will host the 2023 Healthcare Summit to provide a venue for discussing changes in the U.S. healthcare system since the COVID-19 pandemic. Register now to take part in the event.

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Mike McCalip, vice president of government programs and strategy at Carahsoft Technology, said in a blog post published Tuesday that the Department of Defense should continue to facilitate communication and collaboration with stakeholders to eliminate data silos as it fully implements MHS Genesis, its new electronic health record platform for the Military Health System.

Find out the latest health care technology trends at the Potomac Officers Club's 2023 Healthcare Summit on Dec. 6. Register here to attend this important event.

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Leidos has completed deployment of the MHS Genesis electronic military health record to 9,000 medical providers and clinicians outside the contiguous United States. The Leidos Partnership for Defense Health said Tuesday that the first wave of overseas distribution brings the platform's deployment rate to 91 percent.

On Dec. 6, the Potomac Officers Club will gather U.S. health care professionals, leaders and decision-makers to discuss innovation and issues faced by the industry. Join the POC 2023 Healthcare Summit by registering here.

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The Department of Health and Human Services' Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health has selected six projects to receive $50 million in funding under the Digital Health Security program to address cybersecurity threats to the U.S. health care system. The research projects will advance technologies to protect digital health software and hardware against cyber threats by enabling institutions to automate medical device patching, implement cyber reasoning techniques, employ cognitive health assistants, consolidate electronic health records and mitigate ransomware attacks.

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Srini Iyer, senior vice president and chief technology officer for the health group at Leidos, said government health providers looking to adopt cloud technologies to improve patient outcomes should strengthen security to protect health care data. “Security in the cloud environment is a shared responsibility,” Iyer told Federal News Network’s Jory Heckman in a video […] More

Srini Iyer, chief technology officer of Leidos’ health group, said he believes having an overall data strategy is essential to promote health equity and improve health outcomes. In an interview on Forum’s Keeping IT Brief podcast, Iyer discusses the challenges in health data management that justify why public and private health organizations should have comprehensive […] More

Ventech Solutions and Hull IT Solutions & Services have launched H-Tech Solutions as a joint venture resulting from the Small Business Administration’s Mentor-Protege Program to offer services in health care quality data management. Service-disabled veteran-owned small business H-Tech Solutions specializes in software development, data science and integration, cloud services and cybersecurity, among others, Ventech said […] More

Leidos and its partners completed their continental United States deployment of Military Health System Genesis, the new electronic health record system of the Department of Defense. The Leidos Partnership for Defense Health launched the system at seven military treatment facilities in five states as well as for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in six […] More