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Xerox Researchers Develop Digital Analytics Tool to Monitor Medical Patients; Manish Gupta Comments

Xerox researchers have designed a medical technology that uses a video camera and analytics software to track a patient’s vital signs. The Xerox Innovation Group is testing the wireless patient monitoring system at the Manipal University Hospital in India and University of Rochester Medical Center in New York, the company said Thursday. â€œThis research can […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman February 6, 2014, 11:44 am
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IBM Invests $100M in Watson Computer Africa Roll Out; Kamal Bhattacharya Comments

IBM Corp. wants to invest $100 million in a 10-year initiative to roll out its artificial intelligence and cognitive systems in Africa in an effort to seek business opportunities in the region. IBM will deploy the Watson technology from its Africa research laboratory, where researchers can develop new services in healthcare, education, water and sanitation, […] More

by Jay Clemens February 6, 2014, 11:25 am
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Battelle to Help CDC Maintain Biological Specimens; Sudip Parikh Comments

Battelle has been awarded a five-year, $12.6 million contract to help run a national repository of human biological samples for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The nonprofit research firm will help CDC maintain blood, tissue, urine and genomic specimens that are stored inside large metal vats at the agency’s CASPIR biostorage facility in […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman February 5, 2014, 8:17 am
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Oracle, Nuance Comms Partner for Speech-Based Clinical Data Process; Nick Giannasi Comments

Oracleâ€™s Health Sciences unit has partnered with Nuance Communications to integrate their technologies for a clinical trial process that works around the concerns of productivity, cost and participant retention of health sciences groups, Oracle said Monday. Oracle’s e-clinical software and Nuanceâ€™s speech recognition healthcare technology will combine to develop a data management offering for mobile […] More

by David J. Barton February 4, 2014, 10:04 am
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Walter Reed Center Deploys AtHoc Emergency Alert System

AtHoc Inc. has provided a mass notification system to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for hospital personnel to communicate and safeguard patients in the event of an emergency. The Bethesda, Md.-based military hospital implemented AtHoc’s Interactive Warning System,Â which works to notify 12,000 on-premise medical staff in the event of a critical situation, AtHoc […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman January 29, 2014, 5:42 am
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Xerox to Create VHA Online Reimbursement Processing Tool; Mike Bowers Comments

Xerox will implement an electronic pricing system for the Veterans Health Administration to manage Medicare reimbursement coverage forÂ veterans. VHA intends for the Xerox’ web-based tool to automatically calculate Medicare payment rates of non-contracted hospice and home health services, Xerox said Tuesday. â€œClaims pricing is a growing segment of the VHAâ€™s health services offerings,” said Mike […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman January 28, 2014, 11:52 am
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Intel-GE JV Signs Up for Mississippi Telehealth Program

Intel and General Electric‘s joint healthcare venture and Mississippi’s government have partnered to offer telemedicine services to people with diabetes in underserved communities. The Diabetes Telehealth Network includes Intel-GE Care Innovations, C Spire, GE Healthcare, the North Sunflower Medical Center and University of Mississippi Medical Center, the university said Thursday. Gov. Phil Bryant said this […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman January 24, 2014, 11:52 am
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Oracle to Help LA County Healthcare Analytics Platform; Dave Watson Comments

Oracle is working with Los Angeles County’s Department of Health Services to implement an enterprise analytics platform intended to help the agency monitor clinical resources and manage patient records. LA County DHS wants to use Oracle technology as the baseline for the department’s integrated warehouse containing medical, utilization and financial data, Oracle said Tuesday. According […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman January 22, 2014, 7:50 am
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Booz Allen Wins 12 Military Health Contracts Worth $55M; Andrea Inserra Comments

Booz Allen Hamilton has won 12 contracts with a total combined ceiling value of more than $55 million to perform health services for the U.S. military. All contracts were won since Sept. 1 from the departments of the Navy, Air Force and Army, as well as the Defense Health Agency, Booz Allen said Thursday. Andrea […] More

by Jay Clemens January 17, 2014, 8:06 am
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Oracle Updates Medical Data Platform; Jonathan Sheldon Comments

OracleÂ has updated its electronic health records and omics data platform in an effort to help healthcare clients further efforts to identify medicines. The new version of Oracle Health Sciences Translational Research Center is built to feature more than 70 tables and new attributes such as medical encounters, treatment results and medical histories of patients, Oracle […] More

by Jay Clemens January 7, 2014, 10:15 am
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CMS Cites 4% Increase in 2012 U.S. Medical Spending; Anne Martin Comments

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said that U.S. spending on healthcare increased by 3.7 percent to $2.8 trillion in 2012, Reuters reported Monday. Caroline Humer writes that national health spending has been growing at a slower pace and CMS has linked the slowdown to recession-induced changes in medication prices and care payment policies. […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman January 7, 2014, 9:01 am
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Vermont Health System Seeks New Data Exchange Program; John Evans Comments

Vermontâ€™s health system and information exchange are planning to introduce a new clinical data exchange program in the state, Government Health IT reported Thursday. Anthony Brino writes Vermont Information Technology Leaders and Fletcher Allen Health Care intend to open the portals to clinics, hospitals and physicians for providers to gain access to clinical, radiology and […] More

by Jay Clemens January 3, 2014, 11:51 am