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  • MarketsandMarkets: Healthcare Workforce Mgmt Systems Market Value to Hit $1.5B by 2019 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MarketsandMarkets: Healthcare Workforce Mgmt Systems Market Value to Hit $1.5B by 2019

    A MarketsandMarkets report predicts the global market for healthcare workforce management platforms will grow at a 13.8 percent compound annual growth rate to $1.5 billion in value by 2019. The research firm said Monday that healthcare organizations increasingly are adopting technology designed to manage employee schedules, attendance, shift differentials and patient care. Last year, North […] More

  • David Hamilton: Wyoming Adopts Xerox Tech to Manage ER Visits, Medicaid Costs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    David Hamilton: Wyoming Adopts Xerox Tech to Manage ER Visits, Medicaid Costs

    David Hamilton, group president for government healthcare solutions at Xerox, said the company is using health information technology and data analysis to help Wyoming improve the state’s patient care plans. “We’re providing advice and support that help members make decisions for a healthy lifestyle,” Hamilton said Thursday. “By ensuring they receive healthcare in the setting best suited […] More

  • Spero Energy receives $150,000 in funding from NSF - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Spero Energy receives $150,000 in funding from NSF

    Spero Energy Inc., announced yesterday it has received a six-month $150,000 SBIR Phase I grant from the National Science Foundation. The technology is based on Purdue University intellectual property, said Spero. Basudeb Saha, chief technology officer, said the grant will aid in Spero Energy’s commercialization of its conversion technology. “We will use the funding to develop […] More

  • Report: Global Healthcare Analytics Market to Grow 25% by 2019 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Global Healthcare Analytics Market to Grow 25% by 2019

    Research and Markets has released a new report that projects the healthcare analytics market to achieve a 25 percent compound annual growth rate through 2019, HealthITAnalytics reported Thursday. Jennifer Bresnick writes regulatory mandates, ongoing health information technology adoption, predictive analytics and clinical support requirements of healthcare organizations will drive the market. The report also lists […] More

  • New Research Sees 10% CAGR for U.S. Healthcare IT Market - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    New Research Sees 10% CAGR for U.S. Healthcare IT Market

    New RNCOS research has earmarked a compound annual growth rate of 10% for healthcare information technology in the U.S. from 2014 to 2018, thanks to greater collaboration among industry players, updated systems and tighter compliance rules. Increasing mergers and acquisitions activity also plays a role in the upbeat forecast as competing companies close ranks over […] More

  • IBM Partners with Pratt & Whitney to Improve Aircraft Engine Performance - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Partners with Pratt & Whitney to Improve Aircraft Engine Performance

    Pratt & Whitney today announced it is teaming up with IBM to enhance the engine fleet and health solutions. The partnership could provide Pratt & Whitney’s customer base with more time on-wing, current asset maintenance alerts and better insight into flight operational data. “By incorporating learnings from our military engines programs where we are pushing […] More

  • Systems Made Simple Wins Recompete Contract to Support VHA's Innovation Sandbox Cloud - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Systems Made Simple Wins Recompete Contract to Support VHA’s Innovation Sandbox Cloud

    Systems Made Simple has won a recompete contract to provide enterprise systems engineering services for the Veterans Health Administration‘s Innovation Sandbox Cloud. SMS designed its cloud service to drive innovation in health information technology by providing innovators with a centralized virtual environment for concept development and testing, Systems Made Simple said. The company is a New York-based provider […] More

  • Philips Implements New Healthcare Sector Mgmt Structure - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Philips Implements New Healthcare Sector Mgmt Structure

    Philips is making use of a new management structure in the Healthcare sector to improve performance and response to dynamic customer demands. According to the company, Healthcare CEO Deborah DiSanzo has decided to leave Philips to pursue other opportunities and healthcare business groups will report directly to the new Philips CEO, Frans van Houten. “We anticipate performance in […] More

  • James Kaufman: IBM Works With Public Sector, Retailers on Food Safety Algorithm - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    James Kaufman: IBM Works With Public Sector, Retailers on Food Safety Algorithm

    IBM has kicked off an initiative to collaborate with the public health sector and food retailers in identifying potential sources of contaminated food and probing food-borne diseases. James Kaufman, manager of public health research for IBM Research, said Thursday that the company has developed a system that works to discover patterns from data sources by using “predictive analytics […] More

  • HP Awarded 5-Year Delaware Medicaid Services Extension; Susan Arthur Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HP Awarded 5-Year Delaware Medicaid Services Extension; Susan Arthur Comments

    A Hewlett-Packard business unit has signed a $147 million deal to help the Delaware Health and Social Services Department implement a new system for managing the state’s Medicaid enrollment applications and claims. HP Enterprise Services will deploy an interChange Medicaid management information system and continue serving as the fiscal agent for the Delaware’s health agency under […] More

  • Philips, Salesforce.com Alliance to Offer Healthcare Tech Platform; Marc Benioff Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Philips, Salesforce.com Alliance to Offer Healthcare Tech Platform; Marc Benioff Comments

    Royal Philips and salesforce.com have formed a partnership to combine their respective medical technology, clinical informatics, cloud computing and customer engagement offerings to develop an open source, cloud-based healthcare IT platform. The parties said Thursday the platform will be designed to enable personal health management and remote health monitoring and support the Philips Hospital to Home programs. “We have entered […] More