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SAS-Created Research Group to Utilize Medical, Police Data to Combat Opioid Abuse
SAS has established an Opioid Analytics Users Group that seeks to analyze data from medical records, toxicology results, and police reports nationwide to develop insights into which areas of the country require aid in the ongoing opioid crisis, GovTech reported Friday.
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Booz Allen Execs: Health Agencies Should Learn From IC to Harness the Power of Big Data
Booz Allen Hamilton executives wrote in an article published Thursday on The New England Journal of Medicine that federal health care agencies should leverage data science tools and lessons from the intelligence community to optimize big data in order to improve care quality and reduce costs. Steve Escaravage, a senior vice president and head of Booz Allen’s digital, analytics and strategy practice, co-wrote the piece with Kevin Vigilante, an executive VP and a health business leader at the company; and Mike McConnell, a senior executive adviser at Booz Allen.
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CAE Names New President of Healthcare Unit to Succeed Robert Amyot
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 4, 2019 — CAE (NYSE: CAE) hired a former vice president at Philips Healthtech’s diagnostic imaging group to be the new president of its health care business as incumbent Robert Amyot departs from the role, GovCon Wire reported Wednesday. Rekha Ranganathan, who was VP and global general manager for computed tomography […] More
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Sen. Mark Warner Inducted into 2019 Wash100 for Focusing on National Security and Implementing Cybersecurity Measures
Executive Mosaic is honored to name Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., as an inductee into the 2019 Wash100 — Executive Mosaic’s annual selection of the most influential voices in the government contracting arena — for his focus on national security and implementation of cybersecurity measures.
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NVIDIA’s Anthony Robbins: Executive Order Calls for Government to Take Leadership Role in AI Efforts
Anthony Robbins, vice president for the North American public sector at NVIDIA, said the new White House executive order on artificial intelligence seeks to recognize the capability of AI and the government’s role in advancing AI adoption to ensure the security and prosperity of citizens. Robbins wrote in a Nextgov article published Thursday how AI could help improve health care, cybersecurity, transportation, disaster relief, defense system sustainment efforts and other initiatives in the public sector.
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Leidos, GeoVax to Jointly Develop Malaria Vaccines
GeoVax Labs has partnered with Leidos on an effort to develop anti-malaria vaccines in support of the United States Agency for International Development. The companies will work to deliver vaccine candidates that combat P. falciparum malaria under USAID's Malaria Vaccine Development Program, GeoVax said Monday.
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Senseonics, Geo-Med Partner to Provide Glucose Monitoring Tool for Veterans
Senseonics Holdings and service-disabled veteran-owned small business Geo-Med have teamed up to provide over 9M veterans and U.S. government employees access to an implantable device built to monitor glucose levels in patients with diabetes. Senseonics said Thursday its Eversense continuous glucose monitoring system uses a fluorescence-based sensor, a mobile application and a smart transmitter for data communication.
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InterSystems Announces Health Data Platform on AWS Marketplace
InterSystems is offerring its health data platform on the Amazon Web Services marketplace, providing simplified access to users across health care and life science industries. The company said Tuesday its IRIS for Health platform works to help users develop and execute health care applications via machine learning, clinical information systems and high-performance computing.
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