Healthcare IT

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

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

The Hygeia Solutions Partners 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 venture through the Chief Information Officers – Solutions and Partners 3 contract vehicle, IntelliDyne said Wednesday. Hygeia […] More

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

IBM has built a cloud-based computing infrastructure to house 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 to 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

Dr. Harry Greenspun, senior adviser for Deloitte’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