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Verizon has released their virtual platform, Verizon Virtual Visits, that will aim to expand access to medical care for patients through smartphones, tablets and computers. Verizon Virtual Visits’ goal is to provide an enterprise-class platform for health systems that will allow for patients to be seen by a physician remotely for a cold, flu, sore […] More
Cisco plans to help the southern region of Denmark grow its use of video technologies in hospitals in an effort to further advance health facilities in the region. Regional Council Chairman Carl Holst signed a memorandum of understanding with Cisco’s Hans Hwang Monday, agreeing to work together to expand Southern Denmark’s use of modern technology […] More
With support from the USAID-funded Health Policy Project, Futures Group and the Ministry of Public Health Afghanistan have partnered on an initiative to establish the Public-Private Dialogue Forum, to engage public and private sectors in discussions on health concerns, policies and regulations. The Forum represents development in Afghanistan’s efforts to improve healthcare for citizens, maximizing […] More
Deloitte has moved to expand its ConvergeHEALTH analytics consortium with the addition of Regenstrief Institute, an informatics and healthcare research organization. Regenstrief will join Intermountain Healthcare and Moffitt Cancer Center/M2Gen within the ConvergeHEALTH network, Deloitte said Tuesday. “We are excited to have the Regenstrief Institute join our consortium with Intermountain and M2Gen. Adding Regenstrief to […] More
VMware has introduced an analytics system for healthcare industry customers to gather and analyze electronic medical records data, InformationWeek reported Friday. Charles Babcock writes the Care Systems Analytics technology is built to work with the Epic electronic medical records system in exchanging patient data. The company adapted its vCenter Operations Manager to collect data from Epic […] More
Inmarsat and the Global eHealth Foundation will collaborate to introduce telemedicine programs meant to connect healthcare providers with patients in sub-Saharan Africa with the aid of satellite communications technology. The alliance intends to use Inmarsat’s Alphasat global telecommunications satellite to help people living in remote areas throughout sub-Saharan Africa to access mobile healthcare services, Inmarsat […] More
Washington State’s Health Care Authority announced that using CNSI’s ProviderOne technology, they have become one of the first states in the country to fully comply with federal mandates, specifically CORE, set by the Affordable Care Act, CNSI said. The state has updated it’s Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) using ProviderOne, the primary Medicaid payment provider […] More
The Defense Department has awarded a $150,000 grant to medical device firm Pharmaco-Kinesis Corp. to develop a carbon-nanotube-based biosensor technology for early detection of organ injuries, an expansion of PKC’s current Nano-Impedance Biosensor. PKC said Monday that it was awarded the grant through the DoD Defense Health Program’s Small Business Innovation Research initiative after the Pentagon carried out a review process. […] More
Xerox Corp. will work to train Miami Children’s Hospital personnel on how to adopt the revised coding system for medical diagnoses and insurance billing. MCH will switch from the ninth version of international classification of diseases to ICD-10 on Oct. 1, 2015, Xerox said Wednesday. Charles Fred, group president of healthcare provider services at Xerox, […] More
SAP AG has partnered with the Stanford School of Medicine to analyze genetic and environmental risk factors associated with heart disease and other medical conditions by using SAP’s HANA in-memory computing platform. The company has also joined the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health, a coalition of research organizations, medical providers and information technology companies […] More
Leidos’ healthcare business has received a MEDITECH certification to provide electronic health record implementation services for customers. Leidos Health achieved the MEDITECH 6.x READY (rapid adoption, evidence-based, advanced workflows, dedicated team and your success) status following completion of implementation projects and training sessions, Leidos said Tuesday. “READY will provide our customers with the tools needed […] More
Carpathia Vice President for Government Solutions Stu Fleagle said the company will spearhead the expansion of Duke Human Vaccine Institute’s computing platform with a custom plan and offer to draw up a strategy that suits the organization’s challenges. “A healthy computing infrastructure isn’t possible until certain security and compliance standards have been met,” Fleagle said […] More
