Healthcare IT

Dell has introduced a cloud-based technology offering in India for integrating healthcare clinical and financial systems, CIOL reported Monday. Healthcare providers and hospitals are able to access workflows and reports across an organization using the centralized application, according to the report. Sid Nair, vice president and global general manager of healthcare and life sciences at Dell Services, […] More

MAXIMUS will hold a series of webinars to discuss strategies for healthcare organizations to disseminate public health data by using web, print and mobile platforms. The company’s health literacy center will host the “Communications Tune Up” webinar series between March 28 and Aug. 15, MAXIMUS said Monday. “Reaching and communicating health information to diverse populations […] More

McKinsey & Co. has been awarded an $843,000 contract to help the U.S. Internal Revenue Service evaluate information technology projects designed to address the healthcare law’s tax provisions, FCW reported Friday. Adam Mazmanian writes McKinsey will assess the IRS’ readiness, budget and risk management strategies to manage the financial assistance systems for Healthcare.gov. The company […] More

IBM (NYSE: IBM) and the New York Genome Center have partnered to evaluate the Watson supercomputer’s cognitive system for a genomic research project intended to help clinicians develop treatment methods for cancer patients. NYGC and its medical partners will develop a personalized care for patients with glioblastoma, a type of brain cancer, by using IBM’s Watson […] More

Dell Services and  ikaSystems will work with the nonprofit Community Health Plan of Washington to update health services for Washington state residents with the goal of complying with federal healthcare reform laws. Dell said Tuesday it will provide information technology and business process outsourcing services to the nonprofit, as well as deploy ikaSystems’ health IT claims and billing tools on a software-as-a-service model. […] More

Dell wants healthcare and life sciences technology startups to participate in the company’s pitch contest for a chance to present business concepts to a panel of industry leaders. The mHealth pitch challenge is meant for companies that aim to develop software or hardware platforms for healthcare organizations, Dell says. Entrepreneurs will have an opportunity to […] More

Informatica has introduced an application retirement offering for healthcare customers that work to modernize business applications. The new tool is built based on the Informatica Data Archive platform and works to retain necessary data and consolidate information technology infrastructure upon retirement of legacy systems, Informatica said Tuesday. Dave Wilson, senior director for health and life sciences […] More

A UnitedHealthcare electronic bill-payment service has processed more than $20 million in medical payments to more than 20,000 providers to date. UHC’s myClaims Manager platform is built with an InstaMed technology to help plan participants across the U.S. manage their medical claims and help member organizations receive healthcare-related payments, United Healthcare said Monday. “By enabling consumers […] More

Optum has unveiled a new health intelligence platform that is intended to help healthcare providers extract insights from large volumes of patient data. The Optum One platform is built for customers to analyze information from electronic medical record systems and make decisions based on the results by using applications, Optum said Tuesday. The technology is designed […] More