A joint venture between Aptive Resources and Enterprise Resource Performance Inc. has won two task orders worth $121M combined to provide systems integration and operational support for the Department of Veterans Affairs’ healthcare networks.
Read More »Sarjoo Shah Appointed to Lead SAIC State, Local Health IT Program Dev’t
Sarjoo Shah, former chief information officer of Oklahoma’s Department of Health and Human Services, has joined Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) as head of its state and local health information technology programs.
Read More »Cerner Books Potential $94M VA EHR Deployment Support Order
Cerner’s (Nasdaq: CERN) government services business has received a potential $93.6M delivery order to help the Department of Veterans Affairs deploy modernized electronic health records systems at additional VA medical centers.
Read More »Alicia Harkness Appointed to Lead Guidehouse Health Segment; Scott McIntyre Quoted
Alicia Harkness, a founding partner at Guidehouse, has been named leader of the management consulting firm's health segment. She will oversee the development of large-scale health care strategies intended to support public and private sector customers in her expanded capacity, the company said Wednesday.
Read More »HHS, DoD Award $2.05B in COVID-19 Vaccine, Treatment Production Contracts; Alex Azar Quoted
The departments of Defense and Health and Human Services awarded contracts worth $2.05B combined to biopharmaceutical companies Novavax and Regeneron to accelerate the manufacture of their respective COVID-19 vaccine and treatment candidates.
Read More »L3Harris Offers Software to Healthcare and Public Safety Responders Combating COVID-19; Dana Mehnert Quoted
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) will offer its BeOn software application for free to health care and public safety workers, allowing users to turn their smartphones, laptops and other devices into an encrypted public safety radio, the company announced on Tuesday.
Read More »Lockheed Reports Effects of COVID-19 on Healthcare, Supply Chain; Marillyn Hewson Quoted
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) announced on Wednesday that it will further the company’s efforts to aid important supply chain businesses that help deliver national security for the U.S.
Read More »American Systems Celebrates 45th Anniversary of the Government IT, Engineering Company’s Founding; Peter Smith Quoted
American Systems has achieved 45 years since its founding in 1975, the company reported on Monday.
Read More »FAA Authorizes UPS to Operate Drone Fleet for Package Delivery
UPS (NYSE: UPS) became the first company to secure an air carrier certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration to transport packages by drone.
Read More »Gov’t Health Market Vet Chris Mirro Joins Maximus in SVP Role
Chris Mirro, former managing director of the North American public service health portfolio at Accenture (NYSE: ACN), has been appointed a senior vice president at Reston, Va.-based business process services provider Maximus (NYSE: MMS), FedHealthIT reported Monday.
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