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10 Things DoD Wants In Its Next EHR
Ending months of anticipation, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) released its official request for proposals to modernize its Electronic Health Records (EHR) system and enable the DoD to share health data with the private sector and the Department of Veterans Affairs...
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Cerner, Intermountain Partner To Propose Clinical Approach For DoD
Cerner has struck a deal with health system Intermountain Healthcare to beef up the Leidos Partnership for Defense Health with added clinical governance of solutions and workflow. The Leidos Partnership, which includes Accenture, Cerner and a group of domain experts in military health is pitching the Department of Defense's Healthcare Management System Modernization initiative...
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Department Of Veterans Affairs Selects HP To Help Improve Operations, Healthcare Services
HP Enterprise Services today announced a maximum value $543 million Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Real-Time Location System (RTLS) contract with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to procure and deploy a management system that will assist in the automation and improvement of operations and veteran healthcare services. Read More »
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Heartbleed-Weary Tech Firms Show OpenSSL A Little Love
A new attack vector has been identified, causing renewed distress over the difficulty of coming up with a Heartbleed cure. Coincidentally, the latest threat information comes just as a group of tech companies announced a new effort to shore up OpenSSL security...
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HP Plans Open Source Offer For NHS
Hewlett Packard is planning to provide a full electronic patient record system on the open source framework being developed by NHS England. Read More »
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HP Wins $39 Million Contract To Continue VistA Support
HP was awarded a five-year, $39 million contract to continue providing operations and maintenance software applications support for the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture, also known as VistA. Read More »
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IBM’S Full-Court Press To Capture DOD Health Records Contract
It’s no secret the multibillion deal to overhaul the Defense Department’s electronic health records system will be one of the most significant government contracts awarded in 2015...
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Is This A Different Kind of HealthCare.gov Contract?
A few days before a report reamed Obamacare officials for poor contracting practices, the government announced another cloud computing procurement for HealthCare.gov -- this one based on lessons learned, it said...
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Major Players Bid For Slice Of Federal Health Records Pie
Four teams of contractors so far have indicated they want in on the DoD's massive electronic health records program. While each of the teams presents formidable resources in healthcare IT, to some degree no group has a complete, ready-to-go, solution, said IDC's Scott Lundstrom...
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Mobile Devices, Apps Open For Attacks
In many ways, mobile device security is an oxymoron in its current state. In fact, if you're using an Internet of Things-type device, chances are it has an average of 25 hidden vulnerabilities, according to new research, making it a ripe target for hackers...
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NHS England Open Source Plans Revealed
NHS England is looking to create a series of community interest companies to act as custodians for open source products introduced to the NHS. NHS England revealed in mid-2013 that it wanted to encourage an open source option for trusts looking to invest in electronic patient record systems, and that some of the £260m ‘Safer Hospitals Safer Wards: Technology Fund’ would go towards this.
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No Longer Why Open Source, But How To Do Open Source
Fifteen years ago I spent a good deal of my time evangelizing open source software...Today I spend more time educating perspective open source participants on how they can leverage open source to reduce development costs, improve operational efficiency and drive customization for their own purposes.
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PwC Enters Competition For DoD EHR Modernization Contract
PricewaterhouseCooper is the latest organization to throw its hat into the ring to contend for the sizeable EHR contract offered by the Department of Defense (DoD). PwC US is joining forces with DSS, MedSphere, and General Dynamics Information Technology to put together a competitive bid...
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Quanta Launches Open Compute Solutions, Including Open Rack
For years, Quanta Computer has been building servers for Facebook and Rackspace based on design concepts advanced by the Open Compute Project (OCP). Today Quanta QCT launched a line of hardware products making those Open Compute designs available to a broader pool of customers.
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Red Hat Wins VA Medical Appointment Scheduling Challenge as Part of HP Open Community Team
Red Hat, Inc...today announced it was selected, as part of the HP Open Community team, as an award winner in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Appointment Scheduling Challenge. The contest was designed to challenge software developers to create new systems that schedule appointments in the VA’s nationwide health system.
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