Healthcare IT

International SOS has awarded Leidos a potential six-year, $50 million subcontract to conduct support services for the Defense Health Agency’s beneficiary education and enrollment program. Leidos will assist in DHA’s TRICARE Overseas Program operations through customer support, beneficiary education, claims assistance, appeals and grievances processing, and healthcare support services, Leidos said Thursday. The contract contains a one-year […] More

Leidos has funded a healthcare data analytics pilot program at Georgia Institute of Technology with $40,000 in donation. Georgia Tech will use the funding to develop a data analytics platform in the Interoperability and Integration Innovation Lab, Leidos said Thursday. “These efforts reflect an industry imperative for the work we do every day to optimize […] More

The healthcare sector is 340 percent more likely than any other average industry to experience cybersecurity incidents and attacks, partly due to rapid adoption of electronic medical records, according to a Raytheon|Websense report. Raytheon|Websense’s “2015 Healthcare Drill-Down Report” also indicates that one in 600 attacks on health information technology systems involve sophisticated malware, the cybersecurity […] More

Information Builders has introduced a new health data management offering meant to help health insurers gain a complete view of members. The Omni-Payer system works to consolidate data from various sources in order to create a centralized hub of information for each member, Information Builders said Tuesday. Gerald Cohen, president and CEO of Information Builders, said the […] More

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals has landed a potential 23-month, $38 million contract from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to further develop the company’s experimental drug against Ebola virus. HHS’ Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority could provide $11.3 million in additional funds for Regeneron to produce alternative anti-Ebola monoclonal antibody drugs for clinical research […] More

A Stratistics MRC report, released by Reportbuyer, forecasts the healthcare analytics market’s value will increase from $5.5 billion in 2014 at a 24.82 percent compound annual growth rate to hit $32.4 billion by 2022. The growing demand for healthcare-related information technology systems and implementation of federal health policies are among the forces that could drive […] More

Cambridge International Systems will act as a subcontractor to Leidos under a $4.3 billion contract for the modernization of the U.S. Defense Department‘s military electronic health records system. The Leidos Partnership for Defense Health comprises four primary contractors, 30 small and large member companies, and 17 technology suppliers that will work to deliver an integrated […] More

Chris O’Connell, vice president for federal sales and public sector at Appian, believes there needs to be a closure to the gap between mobile technology and enterprise systems. O’Connell wrote in an opinion piece for GCN published Friday that government agencies and commercial users could use mobile devices to collaborate and access enterprise data at […] More

Maximus has launched a new suite of DecisionPoint tools for state government agencies to manage healthcare services for senior citizens as well as people with disabilities and eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid. The DecisionPoint for Long-Term Services & Supports offering uses a patient-centered model designed to help states coordinate care of LTC recipients at […] More

TeleCommunication Systems has been selected to deploy its cloud-based telemedicine platform for the Iowa Clinic’s project meant to remotely serve patients from multiple devices. The Iowa Clinic integrates TCS’ VirtuMedix platform into the Iowa eClinic service to help healthcare providers reach patients through a virtual platform, TCS said Tuesday. “The Iowa Clinic joins the increasing […] More