Health IT

Advanced analytics key to fighting unemployment insurance fraud

The Labor Dept. inspector general estimates that fraudsters may have stolen $45.6 billion from the unemployment insurance program during the pandemic.

3 days ago

A medical laboratory technician examines a slide under a microscope inside the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio Medical Center, April, 28, 2021.

Google wanted exclusive dibs on a priceless trove of military tissue samples. A dozen DoD officials raised ethical, legal concerns.

Google has long sought access to a priceless trove of veterans’ medical data.

7 weeks ago

Health

About 2,000 independent pharmacies coming back to Tricare

Other pharmacies still have time to rejoin Tricare network, but reimbursement rates are lower in the coming year.

Seven federal contract opportunities to watch in FY23

Congress has yet to approve the fiscal 2023 defense budget, but industry is already tracking some key future programs.

7 weeks ago

Veterans Affairs Dept. discloses breach of employee vaccine data

The VA collected the information via a human resources portal as part of its vaccination efforts.

2 months ago

Did VA’s health records problems cause two patient deaths in Ohio?

Republican lawmakers want more details on the deaths and assurances that the new VA records system won't cause more harm.

2 months ago

Latest Ukraine aid request includes funds for USAID, HHS, Energy Dept.

Request includes $14.5 billion for State Dept. humanitarian assistance and global food security, $900 million for health care and support services.

2 months ago

Thousands of pharmacies can rejoin Tricare network after Kroger exits

Many never received a proposed contract for the 2023 retail network, according to the National Community Pharmacists Association.

2 months ago

Palantir wins FDA contract to bolster US food supply chain

This U.S. experienced a severe shortage of infant formula this year as a result a global supply chain crisis compounded by an FDA product recall.

3 months ago

Seerist wins Customs and Border Protection order extension, adds AI

The contract also adds machine learning and ESRI-based geographic information system feature services.

4 months ago

ServiceNow wins $250 million contract to simplify HHS purchasing

Company said its products and services can help HHS simplify ordering and shorten procurement times.

4 months ago

Mitre expands R&D in Hawaii as US focus on Indo-Pacific intensifies

The site will develop “whole-of-nation” technology collaborations in cybersecurity, transportation, healthcare, veterans services and law enforcement.

4 months ago

How US nuclear testing moratorium launched a supercomputing revolution

Supercomputers at Los Alamos are being used for earthquake prediction, assessing the impacts of eroding coastlines, wildfire modeling and other tasks.

4 months ago

Private sector medical care may not be faster or cheaper than VA

The analysis says more data is needed to monitor the value of the fast-growing outside care options for veterans.

5 months ago

Oracle faces huge challenge in salvaging Cerner contract with VA

Cerner has been struggling with the VA, which oversees the nation’s largest integrated healthcare system, on a massive data implementation contract. Oracle now owns the problem - literally- and more is at stake than transforming healthcare as the companies touted in a scripted presentation last month.

7 months ago

Equitable outcomes require understanding of ‘Social Drivers of Health’

With the recent emphasis on digital modernization throughout the government, it is paramount that industry partners empower federal healthcare agencies to improve lives and communities by bridging the technology gap to make IT an enabler of equitable healthcare, not an obstacle to operations.

7 months ago

NIH wants digital health technologies to contain coronavirus

With areas across the United States starting to reopen, the National Institutes of Health wants digital health technologies to protect against another spread.

3 years ago

US and UK cybersecurity agencies reveal ‘large-scale’ password spraying campaigns

Advanced actors are using password spraying to target health care organizations.

3 years ago

NIH partners with GSA’s modernization hub

The National Institutes of Health is the eighth agency to join the GSA's Centers of Excellence initiative.

3 years ago

Want your coronavirus relief payment? New online tools will help with that deposit.

Two new Treasury web portals will allow the IRS to expedite coronavirus relief payments to Americans who didn't file a tax return or didn't provide banking information to the tax agency.

3 years ago

While technology disrupts every sector, the government has doubled-down on health IT to transform patient care and emergency response.

The Labor Dept. inspector general estimates that fraudsters may have stolen $45.6 billion from the unemployment insurance program during the pandemic.

Google has long sought access to a priceless trove of veterans’ medical data.

Other pharmacies still have time to rejoin Tricare network, but reimbursement rates are lower in the coming year.

Congress has yet to approve the fiscal 2023 defense budget, but industry is already tracking some key future programs.

The VA collected the information via a human resources portal as part of its vaccination efforts.

Republican lawmakers want more details on the deaths and assurances that the new VA records system won't cause more harm.

Request includes $14.5 billion for State Dept. humanitarian assistance and global food security, $900 million for health care and support services.

Many never received a proposed contract for the 2023 retail network, according to the National Community Pharmacists Association.

This U.S. experienced a severe shortage of infant formula this year as a result a global supply chain crisis compounded by an FDA product recall.

The contract also adds machine learning and ESRI-based geographic information system feature services.

Company said its products and services can help HHS simplify ordering and shorten procurement times.

The site will develop “whole-of-nation” technology collaborations in cybersecurity, transportation, healthcare, veterans services and law enforcement.

Supercomputers at Los Alamos are being used for earthquake prediction, assessing the impacts of eroding coastlines, wildfire modeling and other tasks.

The analysis says more data is needed to monitor the value of the fast-growing outside care options for veterans.

With the recent emphasis on digital modernization throughout the government, it is paramount that industry partners empower federal healthcare agencies to improve lives and communities by bridging the technology gap to make IT an enabler of equitable healthcare, not an obstacle to operations.

With areas across the United States starting to reopen, the National Institutes of Health wants digital health technologies to protect against another spread.

Advanced actors are using password spraying to target health care organizations.

The National Institutes of Health is the eighth agency to join the GSA's Centers of Excellence initiative.

Two new Treasury web portals will allow the IRS to expedite coronavirus relief payments to Americans who didn't file a tax return or didn't provide banking information to the tax agency.