Process and technology-based critical services provider Acuity International has teamed with NYC Health + Hospitals to establish 60 COVID-19 testing locations throughout New York City. The sites are dispersed across all five boroughs
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A Department of Health and Human Services office is looking for the public’s feedback on proposed standards, implementation specifications and certification criteria for the electronic prior authorization process. The Office of the
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Octo has acquired B3 Group, a Herndon, Virginia-based information technology consulting firm that offers digital transformation services. As part of the transaction, Octo will build upon B3’s 13-year partnership with the U.S. Department
More The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) is seeking information on digital health technologies that could be used to transform health equity, community health and individual wellness. The request
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Gene Dodaro, comptroller general of the U.S. and head of the Government Accountability Office, has announced the seven new members of a national advisory committee tasked with promoting and implementing an interoperable
More Oracle Corporation has entered into an agreement to acquire North Kansas City, Missouri-based health information technology company, Cerner Corporation, in an all-cash tender offer for $95 per share. Under the $28.3 billion transaction, Oracle
More Two senators have introduced a bill that would require the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to submit electronic health record modernization project reports to Congress on a periodic basis. Sens. Jerry Moran,
More Pat Flanders, chief information officer of the Defense Health Agency (DHA), said that DHA aims to consolidate more than 200 military health technology contracts into fewer than 10 acquisition programs over the
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded 11 grants worth $58 million combined over five years to support research initiatives that seek to advance health equity and address health disparities. NIH
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The Department of Health and Human Services has awarded $73 million in cooperative agreements to 10 higher education and minority-serving institutions through a program that seeks to train over 4,000 individuals in
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