Healthcare IT

Ventech Solutions and Hull IT Solutions & Services have launched H-Tech Solutions as a joint venture resulting from the Small Business Administration’s Mentor-Protege Program to offer services in health care quality data management. Service-disabled veteran-owned small business H-Tech Solutions specializes in software development, data science and integration, cloud services and cybersecurity, among others, Ventech said […] More

Leidos and its partners completed their continental United States deployment of Military Health System Genesis, the new electronic health record system of the Department of Defense. The Leidos Partnership for Defense Health launched the system at seven military treatment facilities in five states as well as for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in six […] More

Google‘s cloud business created a pair of artificial intelligence technology suites in a bid to provide life sciences and public sector organizations with secure online tools to shorten time-to-market of drug development. The Target and Lead Identification Suite uses AI to predict antibody structures and identify the function of amino acid mutagenesis, Google said Tuesday. […] More

CGI has been named a benefactor member of Health Level Seven International, a standards development organization that aims to enable interoperability in global health information systems. With the company’s HL7 membership, its personnel will be trained and certified in the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources standard for exchanging electronic health records, according to Steve Sousa, a […] More

The Department of Defense has infused an additional $10 million into the Defense Innovation Unit’s Rapid Assessment of Threat Exposure project, which tested a wearable technology prototype for early detection of COVID-19. The funding enables the RATE program to include 4,500 new devices in its study and expand distribution of the technology within the department, DIU said […] More

Carahsoft Technology and BodiMetrics will distribute the latter’s wellness pulse oximeter and sleep monitoring device ring to customers in the U.S. federal market. Tim Boltz, director of healthcare strategy at Carahsoft, said in a statement published Tuesday the company will make Bodimetrics’ Circul+ Ring available to public health care agencies through the partnership. Circul+ Ring is designed […] More

Rob Carey, president of Cloudera Government Solutions, said that information technology capabilities are being used today to help solve social challenges that could not be previously addressed through paper-based or physical data. In an interview with Healthcare IT Today, Carey shared his experiences and lessons as a chief information officer in the government, as well […] More

A defense health-focused partnership led by Leidos has deployed the U.S. military’s new electronic health record system to 18 Military Treatment Facility Commands across six states. The Leidos Partnership for Defense Health delivered the Military Health System Genesis system to 10,000 new users in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi and South Carolina as part of […] More