Healthcare IT

IBM has invested in Modernizing Medicine to help that company further develop and launch a Watson-powered, cloud-based mobile clinical decision support application into the marketplace. Modernizing Medicine aims for its schEMA app to analyze large volumes of medical literature to offer clinicians point-of-care data, IBM said Thursday. “IBM’s investment will help speed the introduction of […] More

Trinity Health has selected Leidos to manage the healthcare provider’s cybersecurity systems in an effort to protect patient health data. Leidos will work to detect vulnerabilities and monitor critical assets within the Minot, North Dakota-based hospital’s infrastructure, Leidos said Thursday. “Leidos Health is pleased to provide managed security services for Trinity Health to help keep their […] More

Terri Cooper, Deloitte’s federal health sector lead, has highlighted the opportunities and challenges for health providers, planners, policymakers and regulators in the coming months. Cooper noted in her 2015 Industry Outlook that the health sector’s opportunity is to control costs while maintaining the quality of medical treatment for consumers. She recommended that health officials leverage developments in population health, health […] More

Health IT company Cerner Corp. has selected Cloudera’s enterprise data hub to power its big data platform in an effort to analyze healthcare information and improve patient outcomes. Mike Olson, founder and chief strategy officer for Cloudera, said Thursday the company will work with Cerner “to capture, organize, analyze and act” on healthcare data from […] More

A TechNavio report predicts a 5.7 percent average growth for the worldwide health information technology market on a year-over-year basis through 2018. The research firm identified CareFusion, Cerner, Dell, McKesson and Philips Healthcare as among the key vendors in the sector, Reports and Intelligence said Thursday. The report indicates that government and private organizations have […] More

CAE‘s healthcare business has signed a distributor agreement to include VirtaMed‘s interventional surgical simulators in CAE’s portfolio of medical simulation products for healthcare clients in Canada and the U.S. CAE said Friday it will distribute VirtaMed’s arthroscopic, gynecologic and urologic simulators such as ArthroS, HystSim, PelvicSim and UroSim with CAE’s LapVR, EndoVR and CathLabVR. “The orthopedic market is adopting simulation, and we look forward to providing the ArthroS […] More

Lockheed Martin and Illumina have partnered to jointly develop genomics services in an effort to deliver personalized healthcare to the public. Lockheed will combine its information systems and integration resources with Illumina’s genetic sequencing tools in the project that aims to help countries consolidate genomics into their national health systems, Lockheed said Monday. “We envision the advantages […] More

Booz Allen Hamilton has received 25 contracts worth almost $79 million combined to provide military health services at the U.S. Defense Department during the last quarter of fiscal year 2015. The contracts cover work in areas such as healthcare analytics, medical data privacy and security, behavioral health and wellness, combat care and health engagement, Booz Allen […] More

CNSI has introduced a new mobile application and online portal intended to help healthcare providers connect with patients. The company worked with the Michigan Department of Community Health’s Bureau of Medicaid Operations to develop the myHealthButton app and myHealthPortal technology, CNSI said Thursday. Sharif Hussein, CNSI’s Midwest Region senior vice president, said the company built […] More

Battelle, ExThera Medical and NxStage Medical have collaborated to develop a medical device for treating sepsis under a contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Battelle will work to review the safety and efficacy aspects of ExThera’s Seraph Microbind Affinity Blood Filter as part of the Dialysis-Like Therapeutics device program, Battelle said Wednesday. “Battelle […] More

The U.S. Defense Department’s health services provider is seeking a contractor to support medical information technology systems across the military. In a notice published Friday on FedBizOpps, the Defense Health Agency said it would issue potential five-year contract for global help desk support related to the military health system. DHA wants a vendor who can […] More