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Rick Black: Verizon Extends Health IT Cloud Services to 5 More Data Centers

Verizon has expanded its network of data centers that offer cloud information and infrastructure management services to the healthcare sector. The Healthcare Enabled Services portfolio includes enterprise cloud, managed hosting, colocation, intrusion detection and user-logs management, Verizon said Wednesday. These services are now available from Verizon’s facilities in Santa Clara, Calif.; Englewood, Colo.; Carteret, N.J; […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman May 22, 2014, 8:27 am
in Healthcare IT, News

Bill Boyd: Hygeia Solutions Partners to Update NIH Clinical Center’s Decision Support System

TheÂ Hygeia Solutions PartnersÂ joint venture will help the National Institutes of Health update, maintain and run an executive information system for the agency’s clinical research organization under a $3.4 million contract. NIH awarded the multi-year EIS support contract to the ventureÂ through the Chief Information Officers â€“ Solutions and Partners 3 contract vehicle, IntelliDyne said Wednesday. Hygeia […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman May 15, 2014, 8:37 am
in Healthcare IT, News

SAP Launches Patient Relationship Mgmt Tool; Martin Kopp Comments

SAP AG has unveiled a patient relationship management service offering that the company designed to help healthcare providers address patient requirements. The integrated tool contains patient administration and billing features from the SAP Patient Management application, SAP said Wednesday. Martin Kopp, vice president of industry business services for healthcare providers at SAP, said the company […] More

by Jay Clemens May 14, 2014, 11:09 am
in Healthcare IT, News

IBM Develops Cloud Infrastructure for Malaysian Healthcare Provider

IBMÂ has built a cloud-based computing infrastructure to houseÂ KPJ Healthcare Berhad‘s medical records and administrative data from at least 20 hospitals in Malaysia and five overseas medical facilities. The healthcare provider aims toÂ consolidate and centralize its information technology infrastructure in order to connect with other services across the network, IBM said Monday. “By moving our IT […] More

by Admin May 13, 2014, 5:04 am
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Anne Altman: IBM Promotes Watson Supercomputer for Gov’t Healthcare Use

IBM has launched marketing campaigns to offer its Watson computing technology in the federal market with the goal of helping agencies manage health records, the Washington Post reported Monday. Mohana Ravindranath writes that IBM professionals went to Capitol Hill last year to demonstrate the computer’s potential clinical applications to lawmakers. The company also hopes […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman May 12, 2014, 10:53 am
in Healthcare IT, News

Deloitte’s Harry Greenspun: Wearable Tech Can Help Drive Health Sector Growth

Dr. Harry Greenspun, senior adviser for Deloitteâ€™s Center for Health Solutions, says healthcare will soon catch up with other sectors and believes wearable devices and other technologies will play significant role. In an interview with Federal News Radio, Greenspun identified interoperability as a challenge to technology adoption in the health sector. He told host John […] More

by Elizabeth Leigh May 7, 2014, 7:50 am
in Healthcare IT, News

Steve Comber: Leidos to Help VA Update Pharmacy’s Software, Infrastructure

LeidosÂ will maintain and update software theÂ Department of Veterans AffairsÂ uses at seven facilities to fill and ship approximately 117 million prescriptions per year. The companyÂ said MondayÂ that the potential three-year, $12 million contract also covers work to integrate and standardize the Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy‘s production systems. Steve Comber, president ofÂ Leidos’ health group, said the company will […] More

by Admin May 5, 2014, 11:23 am
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SGI to Collaborate with Mass., Harvard Hospitals on Medical Research

SGI Corp. has won a contract to work with two hospitals on efforts on projects related to real-time diagnostic imaging and medical research. The company will use its high performance computing and big data products to update applications that the Center for Advanced Medical Imaging Sciences uses to research medical diagnostic imaging technology, the company […] More

by Elizabeth Leigh May 2, 2014, 12:58 pm
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AT&T Government Solutions Finds Great Opportunity for Feds in M2M Technologies in New Study

Federal agencies have a wealth of data that could be mined using machine-to-machine technology to improve real-time decision making, but adoption rates have been slow, a new study from AT&T Government Solutions and the Government Business Council found. Just 19 percent of 355 senior federal officials polled said their departments use or plan to use […] More

by Admin April 30, 2014, 12:50 am
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Greg Brown: Motorola Solutions’ Sale of Enterprise Business to Impact Government, Public Safety Business

Motorola Solutions has begun talks to sell its enterprise business to Zebra Technologies for $3.45 billion in a bid to beef up asset tracking tools for their clients, Health IT Outcomes reported earlier this month. John Oncea writes the two companies expect to finalize the all-cash transaction by yearend. The combined organizations intend to integrate […] More

by Admin April 30, 2014, 12:00 am
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Deloitte’s ConvergeHEALTH Learning Network to Facilitate Healthcare Research; Brett Davis Comments

Under ConvergeHEALTH byÂ Deloitte‘sÂ rapid learning network,Â Forest LaboratoriesÂ will collaborate with Intermountain Healthcare to research outcomes by using an analytics platform designed to generate healthcare services insights. Deloitte said MondayÂ the collaborative project initially focused on respiratory diseases and will deployÂ OutcomesMinerÂ on electronic medical records to establish healthcare outcomes data and developÂ new products and treatments based on them. “At ConvergeHEALTH […] More

by Admin April 29, 2014, 9:02 am
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Anne Altman: Gov’t Wants to Merge Data Sources as IBM Makes Federal Health Investments

IBMÂ has moved to help address healthcare technology demand in the U.S. public sector market through a series of investments into the company’s federal healthcare practice. The company has launched Watson-based big data services for clinical care and data management initiatives with its research arm and appointed Keith Salzman as chief medical information officer, IBM said […] More

by Jay Clemens April 24, 2014, 11:40 am