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CAE to Distribute VirtaMed’s Surgical Simulators in North America; Robert Amyot Comments

CAE‘s healthcare business has signed a distributor agreement to include VirtaMed‘s interventional surgical simulators in CAE’sÂ portfolio of medical simulationÂ productsÂ for healthcare clientsÂ in Canada and the U.S. CAE said FridayÂ it willÂ distributeÂ VirtaMed’sÂ arthroscopic, gynecologic and urologic simulators such asÂ ArthroS, HystSim, PelvicSim and UroSimÂ with CAE’sÂ LapVR,Â EndoVR andÂ CathLabVR. “The orthopedic market is adopting simulation, and we look forward to providing the ArthroS […] More

by Anna Forrester January 13, 2015, 8:30 am
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Lockheed Martin, Illumina Form Genomics Service Alliance; Horace Blackman, Jay Flatley Comment

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 Illuminaâ€™s genetic sequencing tools in the project that aims toÂ help countriesÂ consolidate genomics into their national health systems, Lockheed said Monday. â€œWe envision the advantages […] More

by Jay Clemens January 13, 2015, 4:41 am
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Booz Allen Lands $79M in FY 2015 4Q Contracts for Military Health Services

Booz Allen Hamilton has received 25 contracts worth almost $79 million combined to provide military health services at the U.S. Defense DepartmentÂ 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

by Mary-Louise Hoffman January 12, 2015, 9:32 am
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CNSI Unveils New Medicaid Mobile App, Online Portal; Sharif Hussein Comments

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 Healthâ€™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

by Jay Clemens January 9, 2015, 12:11 pm
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Marty Toomajian: Battelle, ExThera Partner to Develop Sepsis Treatment Device

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 ExTheraâ€™s Seraph Microbind Affinity Blood Filter as part of the Dialysis-Like Therapeutics device program, Battelle said Wednesday. â€œBattelle […] More

by Jay Clemens January 9, 2015, 11:08 am
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DHA Prepares Military Health IT Support Contract

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

by Mary-Louise Hoffman January 9, 2015, 11:05 am
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William Arras: DigitalGlobe, NGA Partner to Deliver Ebola-Related Geospatial Data

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has partnered with DigitalGlobe to offer geospatial intelligence and mapping products for government and private organizations that conduct Ebola response operations in West Africa. DigitalGlobe said Wednesday the agency introduced Image City Map GEOINT products that are based on the company’s satellite imagery and human geography data sets and designed to […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman January 9, 2015, 6:57 am
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Booz Allen’s Grant McLaughlin: Consumers to Drive Healthcare IT Adoption

Grant McLaughlin, a Booz Allen Hamilton vice president, predicts that consumers’ perceived advantages of information technology will drive electronic health systems adoption among clinicians and patients, HealthITAnalytics reported Monday. â€œThe expectation is, â€˜Well, if I can get it in the rest of my life, why canâ€™t I get it here too?â€™Â I think consumers are […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman January 6, 2015, 7:47 am
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Reportstack: Health IT Outsourcing Market to See 9% Annual Growth Through 2019

A new market report has projected an 8.60 percent compound annual growth rate for the healthcare and life sciences information technology outsourcing market from 2015 to 2019. Reportstack said Tuesday healthcare providers enlist third-party vendors to provide enterprise IT infrastructure and application management services. According to the report, cloud computing is among the outsourced technologies […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman December 30, 2014, 9:28 am
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US Navy Certifies Carestream’s Medical Imaging Tech

Carestream Health has obtained Defense Department authorization to provide the company’s picture archiving and communications systems to U.S. Navy-run hospitals. The Vue PACS technology is approved to operate on the branch’s network and certified as security compliant under the DoD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process, Carestream said Monday. Medical facilities use PACS to store […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman December 23, 2014, 6:56 am
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IBM to Help VA Search Electronic Health Records; Carolyn Clancy Comments

IBM Corp. has been awardedÂ a $6.8 million contract with the Department of Veterans Affairs to collect and analyze electronic health records and medical literature. The company will search and present medical records using its Watson cognitive technology under the two-year pilot research, VA said Monday. Carolyn Clancy, VA interim undersecretary for health, said the pilot […] More

by Jay Clemens December 16, 2014, 4:54 am
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Tom Rodgers to Lead McKesson’s New Health Startup Investment Fund; John Hammergren Comments

Tom Rodgers, formerly Cambia Healthâ€™s venture investment lead, has returned to McKesson Corp. as managing director and headÂ of that companyâ€™s newly launched venture capital fund. He will lead McKesson Venturesâ€™ efforts to invest in early- and growth-stage companies that provide services to the healthcare industry, McKesson said Wednesday. â€œMcKesson Ventures will help us support the […] More

by Jay Clemens December 15, 2014, 9:33 am