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  • Philips to Build Ventilator for HHS Pandemic Response; Robin Robinson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Philips to Build Ventilator for HHS Pandemic Response; Robin Robinson Comments

    Philips Respironics will work to develop a new portable ventilator for doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals to use in response to pandemics or other public health emergencies under a project for the Department of Health and Human Services. HHS said Wednesday awarded a three-year, $13.8 million contract to the Pittsburgh area-based business of Philips Healthcare for […] More

  • Vishal Agrawal: Georgia Hospital Selects Harris Platform for Medical Records Mgmt - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vishal Agrawal: Georgia Hospital Selects Harris Platform for Medical Records Mgmt

    Harris Corp. will implement a medical technology for Georgia-based Phoebe Putney Health System to facilitate exchange of patient records across the organization’s network of five hospitals. Phoebe Putney chose Harris’ Fusion FX Provider Portal to help clinicians access medical data in real-time and make decisions at the point of care, Harris said Wednesday. Vishal Agrawal, […] More

  • Xerox Unveils Midas+ Healthcare Management, Analytics Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Xerox Unveils Midas+ Healthcare Management, Analytics Tool

    Midas+, a Xerox company, has launched an analytics and workflow software that examines large amounts of patient-care information to provide healthcare providers insights on care recommendations. The Juvo Care Performance Platform works to suggest possible patient outcomes and trends based on data analysis from hospitals, national claims and continuity-of-care documents, Xerox said Thursday. Besides real-time analytics, Juvo also […] More

  • NIH Allergy Institute Taps Emergent BioSolutions for Anthrax Vaccine Dry Formulation; Adam Havey Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIH Allergy Institute Taps Emergent BioSolutions for Anthrax Vaccine Dry Formulation; Adam Havey Comments

    Emergent BioSolutions has landed a five-year, $29 million contract with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to make a dry formulation of the NuThrax anthrax vaccine candidate in an effort to facilitate shipping and storage at normal temperatures. The company said Monday the contract covers manufacturing, non-clinical processes and application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for Investigational New Drug status. “We […] More

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  • CGI's e-CareLogic EHR System to Be Available in Whole UK; Calum Macleod Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CGI’s e-CareLogic EHR System to Be Available in Whole UK; Calum Macleod Comments

    An integrated clinical electronics records system that CGI developed for University College London Hospitals will soon be available for use by other healthcare providers in the U.K. Calum Macleod, vice president of healthcare for CGI in the U.K., said the e-CareLogic tool works to help healthcare professionals and hospital managers gain access to patient data and information. […] More

  • Mike Rhodin: IBM Watson to Help Mayo Clinic Offer Patients Trial Options - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mike Rhodin: IBM Watson to Help Mayo Clinic Offer Patients Trial Options

    IBM and Mayo Clinic have partnered to expand the database of IBM’s Watson cognitive computer in an effort to develop clinical trials and provide individual medical options to patients. IBM Watson will work to analyze Mayo’s clinical data in order to match trials with specific patients, IBM said Monday. “Using Watson’s cognitive computing capabilities, Mayo Clinic can consistently […] More

  • Verizon's Darryl Shaw: Enterprises Seek Cloud Tools for Healthcare Delivery - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Verizon’s Darryl Shaw: Enterprises Seek Cloud Tools for Healthcare Delivery

    Darryl Shaw, director of healthcare solutions and new product development at Verizon Enterprise, says his company is seeing higher rates adoption of cloud services for healthcare delivery among customers. Carlos Arcila, external communications manager for Verizon Enterprise, wrote Thursday that chief information officers are moving to migrate their services to cloud environments in order to fulfill Health Insurance Portability […] More

  • Rob Lipowski: Piedmont Healthcare Selects Lexmark Image Mgmt Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rob Lipowski: Piedmont Healthcare Selects Lexmark Image Mgmt Tool

    Lexmark will work with Piedmont Healthcare to consolidate the healthcare system’s medical image management by deploying the company’s content and process management tool. Atlanta-based Piedmont Healthcare selected Lexmark’s Perceptive Acuo Vendor Neutral Archive to manage diagnostic imaging studies and migrate existing research into Perceptive Acuo, Lexmark said Wednesday. “The Perceptive Acuo Vendor Neutral Archive was selected to initially work with Piedmont Healthcare’s radiology and cardiology […] More

  • Dr. Nicole Lurie: HHS, Mapp Biopharmaceutical Partner for Anti-Ebola Drug Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dr. Nicole Lurie: HHS, Mapp Biopharmaceutical Partner for Anti-Ebola Drug Development

    Mapp Biopharmaceutical has landed an 18-month, $24.9 million contract with the Department of Health and Human Services to further develop ZMapp, an antibody drug designed to treat the Ebola virus. HHS’ Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority will provide financial, preclinical and manufacturing support to Mapp with the goal of obtaining U.S. regulatory approval for […] More

  • Harris-eClinicalWorks Team Helps ICE Adopt Cloud EHR System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris-eClinicalWorks Team Helps ICE Adopt Cloud EHR System

    Harris Corp. collaborated with eClinicalWorks to implement a unified cloud-based electronic health records infrastructure for 23 detention facilities run by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. The companies deployed the eClinicalWorks-based EHR system with the goal of helping ICE Health Service Corps integrate and exchange medical data of detainees across different locations, eClinicalWorks said […] More

  • Carpathia: Healthcare Providers Must Have 'Continuous Diligence' in Compliance - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carpathia: Healthcare Providers Must Have ‘Continuous Diligence’ in Compliance

    Carpathia has outlined common mistakes it believes healthcare providers make when they want ensure compliance with HIPAA regulations on protected health information as they explore technology trends like cloud computing and dynamic data infrastructure. In a blog entry posted Wednesday, the cloud and managed hosting services company indicated that healthcare providers could face large fines and other sanctions without “continuous diligence” in […] More

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  • David McCurley: Accenture Updates Human Services Software Suite for Federal Data Interoperability - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    David McCurley: Accenture Updates Human Services Software Suite for Federal Data Interoperability

    Accenture has released a new version of its software kit to aid government agencies in processing eligibility and service renewal in online benefits applications, such as Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The company said Tuesday that Human Services Software Suite version 6.1 includes the Public Service Platform, Citizen Self-Service Portal and Benefits Management System products and leverages […] More

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