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  • in Government Cloud, News

    Marius Haas: Dell, Deloitte to Expand Market Coverage With Integrated Cloud Tools

    Deloitte and Dell have formed a partnership to deliver products that work to help develop an information technology infrastructure focused on customer experience and drive patient outcomes through automation and healthcare technologies. The companies said Wednesday they will combine Deloitte’s CloudMix and Dell’s cloud, security and Dell One identity access management offerings through the Dell Boomi cloud integration platform. They will […] More

  • in Industry News, News

    Marcus Collier: General Dynamics Extends Work on Arkansas’ Healthcare Analytics System

    General Dynamics‘ information technology business unit will continue to work with Arkansas to expand the state’s healthcare analytic engine and reporting system. The business will implement additional episodes and functionality on the Arkansas Department of Human Services’ analytics engine over the next four years, General Dynamics said Thursday. Marcus Collier, senior vice president of the IT business’ health and civilian solutions division, said […] More

  • in Healthcare IT, News

    Marty Canning: Lexmark to Provide Gov’t Health Agency with Printing Systems, Services

    Lexmark has secured a five-year, $100 million contract to deliver printing products and enterprise services to a government agency that oversees healthcare delivery in Alberta, Canada. The Alberta Health Services agency chose Lexmark to install multifunction printers and manage in-house printing at the organization’s more than 900 sites across the province, Lexmark said Tuesday. Marty […] More

  • in News

    Michelle Monnett Joins RTKL as Healthcare Practice Group Associate VP; Jonni Johnson Comments

    Michelle Monnett, formerly a business strategy guidance, marketing and client development executive at AECOM, has joined RTKL as associate vice president for the healthcare practice group. She will oversee RTKL’s effort to promote the company’s healthcare services in the mid-Atlantic region, RTKL said Tuesday. “Michelle’s proven client development expertise will secure a strong market position for RTKL’s performance-driven design strategy,” said Jonni Johnson, […] More

  • in Industry News, News

    Frost & Sullivan: Government Set for Wound Care Market Innovation, Growth

    A new Frost & Sullivan report projects the government sector to be among the sources for new options to expand the world’s $9 billion wound care market. The market analyst urged wound care manufacturers to watch the public health industry for direction in advanced treatment and cost management. “The biggest opportunity for wound care manufacturers and suppliers will emerge from […] More

  • in Healthcare IT, News

    Praescient Analytics: Data Analysis, Social Media, Crowdsourcing Key in Anti-Ebola Effort

    Praescient Analytics has highlighted three ways healthcare providers could apply to efforts to stop the spread of Ebola virus. Praescient said Wednesday that healthcare organizations could minimize the number of Ebola infections of their workers if low infection probability is factored into infection prevention protocols. The low infection probability is based on a comparison by Brookings Institution nonresident senior fellow […] More

  • in Industry News, News

    LexisNexis Surveys Consumer Willingness to Share Personal Data with Industries, Gov’t; Dennis Becker Comments

    LexisNexis Risk Solutions has conducted a survey on how government and commercial collection of personal identification information impacts consumer behavior. The company polled more than 3,000 consumers over their willingness to share personal information with the financial, healthcare, retail and government sectors in low, medium and high risk transactions, LexisNexis said Tuesday. “Organizations need to be cognizant of how […] More

  • in News, Products & Service

    LexisNexis Lands SAFE-BioPharma Association Certification for ID Credentials; Kim Little Sutherland Comments

    LexisNexis‘ risk solutions practice has earned certification from SAFE-BioPharma Association on the capability of its identity credentials to manage access to personal and sensitive information. Kim Little Sutherland, senior director for identity management at LexisNexis, said Monday that this highlights the company’s identity management and multifactor authentication solutions for both government and healthcare organizations. The accreditation covers LexisNexis Instant […] More

  • in Industry News, News

    Lou Feuerstein Joins Grant Thornton Audit, Healthcare Practice

    Grant Thornton moved to expand its healthcare portfolio with the addition of Louis Feuerstein as managing director for audit and healthcare chief for Metro New York and New England. Feuerstein has spent over 30 years managing accounting and consulting services in both healthcare and non-profit organizations, Grant Thornton said Thursday. He will be based in Iselin, […] More

  • in Healthcare IT, News

    Craneware Buys Kestros, Appoints Russ Rudish to Board; Keith Neilson Comments

    Craneware has bought Kestros Ltd. for $2.08 million in a move to bolster Craneware’s presence in the patient access market, Daily Record reported. Scott McCulloch writes that Edinburgh-based medical billing software developer Craneware plans to expand the use of Kestros’ technology platform from the National Health Service Trusts to the growing healthcare market. “This investment […] More

  • in Healthcare IT, News

    Cisco to Help Alberta Modernize Patient Care Systems; Nitin Kawale Comments

    Cisco has teamed up with the University of Calgary’s W21C Program and Alberta Health Services to further the development of healthcare services in Alberta. The team will use Cisco’s technologies and strategies to attempt to modernize and deliver patient care systems in hospitals and households through a virtual hub, Cisco said Monday. “Cisco believes that the future […] More

  • in News

    Leslye Katz Joins ICF’s Board; Sudhakar Kesavan Comments

    Leslye Katz, a more than 20-year financial management veteran, has been elected to the board of directors at ICF International. She currently serves as board member of rehabilitative care provider HealthSouth Corp. and held the senior vice president, chief financial officer and controller roles at IMS Health between 2001 and 2010, ICF said Thursday. “Ms. […] More