Published by patricia on 30 Oct 2009
Health & Human Services awards Lockheed Martin new information technology contracts (News-Medical-Net)
Lockheed Martin has been awarded $170 million in new Health & Human Services (HHS) information technology contracts, all geared toward improving efficiency in our nation’s health systems.
Published by patricia on 29 Oct 2009
General Dynamics Honored with Outstanding Contractor Award by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics , received the 2009 Outstanding Contractor Award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Assistant Secretary for Children and Families at a 1 p.m. award ceremony today at the National Transportation Safety Board Conference Center in Washington, D.C.
Published by patricia on 28 Oct 2009
Health Management Technology News (Health Management Technology)
BARRINGTON, Ill., Oct 28, 2009 GE Healthcare, one of the leading providers of healthcare information technology, today announced its selection by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to provide extensive surveillance data for H1N1 and seasonal influenza activity throughout the United States.
Published by patricia on 27 Oct 2009
Electronic Health Record Systems Will Require ‘Some Form of Oversight,’ Government Advisor Says (GenomeWeb News)
WASHINGTON, DC As more healthcare providers move to implement electronic health records by 2011, the technologies for storing and managing these vast data sets will need to be regulated, an advisor to the federal government said at a conference here this week.
Published by patricia on 26 Oct 2009
Lockheed Locks Down Federal Health IT Contracts (InformationWeek)
Awarded $170 million in contracts, the company will provide services for government health information technology systems.
Published by patricia on 23 Oct 2009
Fighting job loss with H.I.T.; Nov. 1-7 is Health Information Technology Week (Rome News-Tribune)
With unemployment numbers near historic highs, Georgia Northwestern Technical College is planning to showcase what college officials say will be a growing career field during Health Information T…
Published by patricia on 22 Oct 2009
GE launches $250 million health care tech fund (INO News)
The unit of General Electric Co. also says it will set aside $250 million for investments in partnerships with health care information technology and diagnostics companies and says it bought MRI scanner maker ONI Medical Systems.
Published by patricia on 21 Oct 2009
GE launches $250 million health care tech fund (KOLD News 13 Tuscon)
Buying or Selling a Home? The unitof General Electric Co. also says it will set aside $250 million for investments in partnerships with health care information technology and diagnostics companies and says it bought MRI scanner maker ONI Medical Systems.
Published by patricia on 20 Oct 2009
CSC Wins Competitive Information Technology Contract From Environmental Protection Agency (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
CSC announced today that it is one of seven companies awarded a blanket purchase agreement for information technology support from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency . The BPA has a seven-year performance period and an estimated maximum total ceiling value of $955 million for all firms.
Published by patricia on 19 Oct 2009
Leahy’s funds help physicians and independent pharmacies to adopt health information technology (News-Medical-Net)
More Vermont physicians will be using electronic prescribing and other health information technology to improve patient care, under a $1 million federal grant secured by U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy.