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  • CSC Launches Healthcare IT-as-a-Service Platforms on UK's Digital Marketplace - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSC Launches Healthcare IT-as-a-Service Platforms on UK’s Digital Marketplace

    Computer Sciences Corp. has started to offer care coordination and population health as-a-service platforms to U.K. government agencies through the online G-Cloud marketplace. CSC said Monday its care coordination offering consists of business process services intended to help providers address referral management, complex care coordination, discharge management and patient access challenges. The services are supported by a delivery platform that includes a directory […] More

  • Grant Thornton Joins HITRUST Network to Implement Healthcare Industry Standards - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Grant Thornton Joins HITRUST Network to Implement Healthcare Industry Standards

    The nonprofit Health Information Trust Alliance has designated Grant Thornton as a HITRUST CSF Assessor to help promote information security and privacy standards for the healthcare industry. Grant Thornton said Tuesday that designation grants the firm authority to offer services through the HITRUST CSF privacy and security framework designed to help address healthcare organizations’ security, privacy and regulatory challenges. David Reitzel, […] More

  • InBios Receives HHS Funds for Zika Diagnostic Test Development; Nicole Lurie Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    InBios Receives HHS Funds for Zika Diagnostic Test Development; Nicole Lurie Comments

    InBios International has received a two-year, $5.1 million contract from the Department of Health and Human Services to further develop a blood screening technology intended to identify people infected with the Zika virus. HHS’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response will fund the serological test being developed by InBios with the goal to speed up […] More

  • Accutype Services Certified to Offer Medical Transcription Services Under GSA Schedule 36 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Accutype Services Certified to Offer Medical Transcription Services Under GSA Schedule 36

    Accutype Services has received certification to deliver medical transcription services to the federal government under the General Services Administration‘s Schedule 36 contract. The woman-owned company said Tuesday its medical transcription offering is registered on the GSA Advantage electronic ordering system. Deborah Walton, Accutype Services operations manager, said the contract works to open new markets for the company and expand its services beyond the […] More

  • Onvia Report Shows 2Q Decline on State, Local, Educational Procurements - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Onvia Report Shows 2Q Decline on State, Local, Educational Procurements

    An Onvia study has revealed nationwide state, local and educational procurements including bids and requests-for-proposals has declined by 1.4 percent in the second quarter of 2016 from Q2 of 2015. Onvia said Thursday its “State & Local Procurement Snapshot for Q2 2016” report showed the year’s first half showed an 0.6 percent increase compared to the same period in 2015. “Onvia […] More

  • KEPRO to Help DoD Assess Military Healthcare Services; Joe Dougher Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    KEPRO to Help DoD Assess Military Healthcare Services; Joe Dougher Comments

    KEPRO has received a contract from the Defense Department to conduct healthcare assessments for Military Health System beneficiaries under the Tricare program. As the Defense Health Agency‘s Tricare quality monitoring contractor, the company will integrate the direct and purchased care delivery systems and audit 54 military treatment facilities worldwide, KEPRO said Monday. “We will continue […] More

  • Washington Headquarters Services Taps Boston Consulting to Support DoD Cost Mgmt Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Washington Headquarters Services Taps Boston Consulting to Support DoD Cost Mgmt Efforts

    The Washington Headquarters Services has awarded Boston Consulting Group an $8.1 million contract to provide subject matter expertise and analysis services in support of the Defense Department‘s efforts to implement cost management policies, systems and procedures. Boston Consulting will perform work at the Pentagon and is scheduled to finish April 25, 2017, the department said Wednesday. WHS obligated the full contract […] More

  • CAE, Quebec Extend Medical Simulation Tech R&D Agreement; Marc Parent Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CAE, Quebec Extend Medical Simulation Tech R&D Agreement; Marc Parent Comments

    The Quebec provincial government in Canada has agreed to continue to support CAE‘s efforts to develop healthcare-focused simulation and training platforms through 2020. CAE said Thursday the agreement also adjusts the value of Quebec’s financial contribution to the company’s medical simulation and training R&D program to $54.1 million in repayable investment from approximately $77.1 million in 2009. The program now has an estimated value of $148.6 million, […] More

  • Brocade & Harris Forge Govt, Commercial Sector Cyber Strategy Alliance - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Brocade & Harris Forge Govt, Commercial Sector Cyber Strategy Alliance

    Brocade and Harris have formed a partnership that will work to help customers adopt cybersecurity strategies in efforts to protect assets. Brocade said Tuesday the team will develop new services that integrate Harris’ cybersecurity technologies and Brocade’s software-defined networking products in support of customers in the government, financial services, healthcare, energy, oil and gas, retail and service […] More

  • NASA Competition Seeks to Enlarge Human Tissue for Deep Space Exploration; Steve Jurczyk Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Competition Seeks to Enlarge Human Tissue for Deep Space Exploration; Steve Jurczyk Comments

    NASA and the nonprofit Methuselah Foundation’s New Organ Alliance have jointly launched a $500,000 prize competition that seeks methods to grow human tissue to support deep space missions. Under a controlled laboratory environment, three teams will develop a thick vascularized organ tissue that will function as organ models for studies of deep space environmental effects as part […] More

  • Former NASA Chief Dan Goldin Launches Neural Tech Company Called KnuEdge - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former NASA Chief Dan Goldin Launches Neural Tech Company Called KnuEdge

    Dan Goldin, a former NASA chief, launched a new San Diego, California-based company called KnuEdge that provides neural computing technology for the aerospace, banking, healthcare, hospitality and insurance sectors. KnuEdge said June 6 that it has also developed a new military-grade voice recognition and authentication technology called KnuVerse that works to utilize human-voice interfaces in next-generation computing. […] More

  • CGI to Assess DoD Healthcare Mgmt System Modernization Program; Pat Dougherty Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CGI to Assess DoD Healthcare Mgmt System Modernization Program; Pat Dougherty Comments

    CGI has received a task order to test and evaluate the Defense Department’s healthcare management system modernization initiative in an effort to help streamline healthcare delivery. The company said Friday it will work to verify the Joint Interoperability Test Command’s requirement for operational and interoperability testing of the DoD’s electronic health records system. The order contains one base year and two […] More