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  • Premier Survey: Health System Leaders Begin Strategies for Potential Zika Outbreak - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Premier Survey: Health System Leaders Begin Strategies for Potential Zika Outbreak

    Charlotte, North Carolina-based healthcare strategies developer Premier has found that U.S. hospitals conduct patient education, staff training, screening, surveillance and reporting to prepare for a potential outbreak of the Zika virus. Premier said Monday health system C-suite leaders have led efforts to address the disease based on guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “As we monitor the implications for the possible […] More

  • ICF to Support CDC Communications Campaign for Opioid Abuse Risk Awareness - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ICF to Support CDC Communications Campaign for Opioid Abuse Risk Awareness

    ICF International has received a two-year, $4.8 million task order from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‘s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control in support of the agency’s communications campaign for opioid abuse risk awareness. The company said Thursday it will manage the development and placement of the campaign’s digital and social media advertisements, create social media […] More

  • ProSource360 to Support CDC's Polio Eradication Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ProSource360 to Support CDC’s Polio Eradication Program

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded ProSource360 Consulting Services a contract of an undisclosed value to provide programmatic support services to CDC’s Polio Oversight Board. ProSource360 said Tuesday it will assist the board in efforts to manage the governance infrastructure of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative and maintain high-level accountability between GPEI partners. GPEI is a collaborative effort of CDC, the […] More

  • Northrop to Support Natl Chronic Disease Prevention System Under $53M CDC Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Support Natl Chronic Disease Prevention System Under $53M CDC Contract

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded a $52.7 million recompete contract to Northrop Grumman to provide technical services for the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Northrop said Monday it will help the NCCDPHP’s Office of Informatics and Information Resource Management to manage information technology services, applications, tools and procedures related to the Chronic Disease […] More

  • DRT Strategies Awarded CDC Contract for Web, IT & Graphics Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DRT Strategies Awarded CDC Contract for Web, IT & Graphics Support

    DRT Strategies has received a 29-month, $3.9 million contract from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for web, information technology and graphics support services. DRT Strategies said Monday it will redesign and modernize CDC’s websites to include social media, data visualization, mobile apps and collaboration sites to help support communication within the public health community. “This contract […] More

  • FDA OKs Emergency Use of Hologic's Zika Virus Diagnostic Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FDA OKs Emergency Use of Hologic’s Zika Virus Diagnostic Tool

    Massachusetts-based medical technology developer Hologic has received emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration for a device the company developed to help clinicians detect Zika virus infections. Hologic said Friday its Aptima molecular diagnostic assay is designed for qualitative detection of ribonucleic acid from the mosquito-borne virus in human blood samples. The assay is based on the company’s Panther system that works to […] More

  • Battelle Updates Hospital Care Performance Analytics Tool; Warren Strauss Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Battelle Updates Hospital Care Performance Analytics Tool; Warren Strauss Comments

    Battelle has updated its analytics software that works to help hospital networks track and analyze clinical quality metrics from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Version 2.2. of the WayFinder QI Dashboard is designed for administrators to assess within-hospital readmissions and monitor their facilities’ performance on the Center for Disease Control‘s National Healthcare Safety Network, Battelle said […] More

  • HHS, FDA Vet Melissa Chapman Joins Triple-i as BD, Capture Unit VP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HHS, FDA Vet Melissa Chapman Joins Triple-i as BD, Capture Unit VP

    Melissa Chapman, a former chief information officer and deputy assistant secretary from the Department of Health and Human Services, has joined Springfield, Virginia-based information technology services company Information Innovators Inc. as new vice president of the business development and capture unit. Chapman joined the company in May and has since led its HHS market growth strategy through subject matter and technical […] More

  • ICF Gets CDC Operations & Modernization Support Task Orders - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ICF Gets CDC Operations & Modernization Support Task Orders

    ICF International has received two task orders with a combined value of $14.4 million from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to provide operations and modernization services in support of the Laboratory Response Network. ICF said Wednesday it will extend data exchange and laboratory informatics services support to LRN as it works to address public health threats and […] More

  • HumanTouch to Support CDC, FDA Through New Atlanta Office - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HumanTouch to Support CDC, FDA Through New Atlanta Office

    HumanTouch has established an office in Atlanta, Georgia to provide help desk and information technology support services to the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The company said Monday it will support health IT operations of both the FDA and CDC from the company office as part of two federal contracts the company holds positions […] More

  • ICF Receives $35M CDC Award for HIV/AIDS Prevention Program Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ICF Receives $35M CDC Award for HIV/AIDS Prevention Program Support

    ICF International has received a five-year, $34.6 million task order to perform analytic, financial and communications services for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s HIV/AIDS prevention program. The company will assist in CDC’s work to gather, analyze and report HIV prevention data, conduct research and literature reviews as well as provide program and grants […] More

  • Executive Profile: Chris Stansbury, PwC Managing Director & Public Sector Sales Lead - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Chris Stansbury, PwC Managing Director & Public Sector Sales Lead

    Chris Stansbury serves as managing director and public sector sales lead at PwC, where he oversees customer sales and public sector business development. Before he joined PwC in 2005, Stansbury served as the managing director and global healthcare sales lead at BearingPoint and a global account executive at SAP. He also held the roles of business […] More