Department of Defense (DoD)
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A more Open Source future for the Military
This fall, the (retired) eighth Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff described a potential future of the military that’s founded not only in open source thinking, but in next-generation user interfaces and biohacking straight out of science fiction. Read More »
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A New Era for our Military Health System
PwC’s proposed solution, called the Defense Operational Readiness Health System (DORHS), seeks to bring innovations from the commercial marketplace to the military health system by using technology that is seamless, proven and reliable. With team members DSS, Inc., Medsphere Systems Corporation, MedicaSoft and General Dynamics Information Technology, PwC’s goal is to enable every healthcare professional to provide the finest medical care possible to members of the military...
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Accelerating Identification and Tracking of Pandemic Disease Outbreaks
A national biosurveillance program requires the collaboration of multiple federal, state and local agencies to provide a comprehensive view of a health-related event. Bitscopic's Praedico™ biosurveillance platform breaks down the data barriers among organizations with an extensible architecture that can incorporate any kind of data. The platform also delivers high performance by incorporating the latest technologies such as big data, NoSQL databases, and machine learning. Read More »
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Accenture Scoops Up HIT Contractor To DoD And VA
Accenture Federal Services (AFS) announced Wednesday that it will acquire ASM Research, Inc., a provider of information technology and services to U.S. defense and federal health clients. Read More »
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Acuo Technologies Selected In DoD Award To Deliver Vendor Neutral Archive
Acuo Technologies...announced today that the Defense Logistics Agency of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has selected the Acuo Universal Clinical Platform (UCP) as a new vendor neutral archive (VNA) solution for enterprise patient imaging logistics. Read More »
After Sexual Trauma, Soldiers Search For Better Care, Peace
At least one in five female veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has screened positive for military sexual trauma (MST) once back home, Department of Veterans Affairs records show. And this may understate the crisis, experts say, because this number only counts women who go to the VA for help. Read More »
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After Stuxnet: The New Rules Of Cyberwar
Critical infrastructure providers face off against a rising tide of increasingly sophisticated and potentially destructive attacks emanating from hacktivists, spies and militarized malware. Read More »
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Agencies Aren't Honest About Tech Spending And Risks, Auditor Says
Better information technology management could save taxpayers $10 billion within five years, the government's top technology auditor told lawmakers Tuesday. But getting there will require agencies to be more open about what they're spending on IT and what they're actually getting for that investment. Read More »
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Agency Works to Draw Down Costs, Maintain Top Medical Care
The Defense Department’s goal to save medical dollars and deliver the best health care possible has made strides in its first 100 days, the director of the new Defense Health Agency said. Read More »
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Agency Works To Draw Down Costs, Maintain Top Medical Care
The Defense Department’s goal to save medical dollars and deliver the best health care possible has made strides in its first 100 days, the director of the new Defense Health Agency said. Read More »
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Air Force Buys 18,000 iPads – Not 'Equal' Tablets
The Air Force Air Mobility Command awarded Executive Technology Inc. of Phoenix a $9.6 million contract to acquire up to 18,000 Apple iPad 2 computers to store and display digital flight charts and manuals.
The deal announced Friday came one month after the command kicked off the procurement for iPads "or equal" tablet computers. Read More »
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Air Force Considers Dumping PCs for 1.2 Million Thin Clients
The Air Force could send personal computers to the junkyard by 2014, depending on the results of a study to replace them with thin clients -- 1 million on unclassified networks and 220,000 on classified networks. Read More »
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Alaska Native Firm Played Role In Failed Medical Review Board Software Project
Work on a botched program to develop software for the Defense Medical Examination Review Board was performed by an Alaska native company, said Steven Davis, a spokesman for the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command. Read More »
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An Epic Conflict of Interest
Meet Judy Faulkner. She is the founder and CEO of Epic Systems Corporation in Wisconsin. She is also a member of the GAO Health Information Technology Policy Committee and an advisory board member of the Journal of Healthcare Information Management. She is also politically active. Read More »
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Another Senior VA Official Steps Down
Veterans Affairs deputy secretary W. Scott Gould has resigned. The news was first reported by Federal News Radio. VA Secretary Eric Shinseki put out a statement via the department’s web site... Read More »
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