WATCH: State of Digital Modernization in Health IT with Tonia Bleecher, Kathryn Wetherby
In this virtual video panel series, WashingtonExec sits down with industry and public sector leaders to discuss current challenges, innovations and initiatives top of mind across the government IT landscape. WashingtonExec’s Amanda Ziadeh sits down with Tonia Bleecher, senior vice president and division leader at ICF, and Kathryn Wetherby, deputy director of the Marketplace IT
Atlas Research’s Robin Portman: Creating an ‘Innovation Ecosystem’ in the Health Sector
With health care innovation continuously emerging, Atlas Research CEO and President Robin Portman sees great opportunity as the research firm transitions from a Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business to a mid-tier, full-service provider in the federal health research and advisory sector. Atlas Research, founded in 2008, provides services in research and evaluation, human capital and
Former HHS CIO Named President of 9th Way Solutions
Melissa Chapman, former chief information officer at the Health and Human Services Department, has been named president of 9th Way Solutions, an emerging service-disabled, veteran-owned small business. As president, Chapman will provide strategic leadership across the company’s services, including health IT, enterprise services, cyber and information security, systems and program management and data analytics. “We
A-TEK’s Kathryn Freeland: A Growing Interest in Cyber, Blockchain and Health IT
Over 30 years of experience in management and working in the federal sector have given A-TEK President Kathryn Freeland a finely-honed edge for staying on top of the latest IT trends and innovations. A government contractor-turned-entrepreneur, Freeland is leading A-TEK into its 22nd year of providing IT services and solutions to its U.S. federal civilian and
Unissant Elevates EVP Ken Bonner to President
Unissant has promoted executive Ken Bonner to president, with the longtime health IT exec taking on the role of “co-pilot,” company officials say. Bonner most recently served as Unissant’s executive vice president. “I am thrilled to have a co-pilot!” said Manish Malhotra, CEO of Unissant, in a statement. “Ken’s experience and focus will help navigate
Speakers, Agenda Announced for May 15 CXO Tech Forum on Health IT
A week from today, GovernmentCIO Media is hosting a breakfast event with health IT leaders from the federal government and industry discussing how game-changing technology is helping transform care. Held at the Dockmaster Building on D.C. Southwest Waterfront, the May 15 CXO Tech Forum: Health IT kicks off 8 a.m. with breakfast and registration, followed by two
Save the Date: CXO Tech Forum – Health IT, May 15
Join GovernmentCIO Media on May 15 for a breakfast event that brings together federal technology executives from civilian and defense health care agencies to discuss transformative tech in health. Starting with registration 8 a.m., the CXO Tech Forum: Health IT will be held at the Dockmaster Building on the Southwest Waterfront in D.C. The forum expects
Save the Date: Breakfast Forum: Federal Technology Outlook for 2018
GovernmentCIO Magazine will host its first breakfast forum Oct. 19 featuring an interview with Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., and a presentation by Todd Stottlemyer, CEO of Inova Center for Personalized Health. Congress received a significant boost with the passage of the Modernizing Government Technology Act in the defense spending bill. Connolly served as an architect for
How Salient CRGT’s Melissa Chapman and Ian Graham Advance Smarter Health Outcomes for Federal Customers
The federal government is already sold on the power of health IT. That shift is readily apparent in the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology’s recent announcement of its plans to transition its health IT certification program to include testing tools developed by the health care industry, and in the Defense Department’s
DLH Wins 2017 Innovation Award
DLH Corp. and Health and Human Services Department’s Administration for Children and Families received one of this year’s prestigious Innovation Awards from FedHealthIT magazine. The award was for DLH’s Aligned Monitoring System 2.0, which was built as part of a larger system modernization and integration effort the company has undertaken for HHS. DLH leveraged state-of-the-art agile system development
VA to Acquire Same EHR Platform as DOD Through Non-Compete Contract
The Veterans Affairs Department will be adopting the same electronic health record platform as the Defense Department, VA Secretary David Shulkin announced today, fulfilling his promise to make a decision by July 1. It took DOD 26 months between requirements generation and awarding the contract, but Shulkin said VA simply can’t afford to wait that
Steve Kastin Joins By Light as Chief Medical Officer and Chief Health Care IT Strategist
By Light Professional IT Services, Inc. has appointed Dr. Steve Kastin as its chief medical officer and health care IT strategist. A nuclear medicine physician by training, Kastin most previously worked at the Veterans Affairs Department, including as director of diagnostic services at the Bronx VA Medical Center; chief health informatics officer and chief information officer
SAIC’s Tom Anderson Talks Federal Healthcare Market
In May 2015 Tom Anderson made the move to SAIC as Vice President of Health Services. Previous COO of STG, Inc. and CEO and Founder of Envision IT, LLC, a management consulting firm, Anderson plans to focus on building and executing SAIC’s successful health services business in the public sector. “One of the things that
Advanced Patient Care Corp’s Sapna Patel on Including Pharmacists as Part of In-Home Health Care
Sterling, Va.-based company Advanced Patient Care Corp has identified a need for patients making the transition from hospital to home: managing prescriptions to prevent rehospitalizations, and thus, improve quality of life and patient outcomes. With 64 million people eligible for Medicare by 2020, this need has become increasingly apparent. WashingtonExec spoke with Advanced Patient Care Corp’s Sapna Patel, Director
Accenture Federal Services Implements Financial System for U.S. Army
Arlington, Va.-based Accenture Federal Services announced Nov. 6 that the company has implemented a resource planning system that will help the Defense Health Agency‘s National Capital Region Medical Directorate (NCR MD) manage healthcare services. NCR MD is the first organization outside of the U.S. Army to fully integrate into the General Fund Enterprise Business System (GFEBS), which creates a
SAVE THE DATE: Federal Health IT Summit, Nov. 19-20, 2014
The Federal Health IT Summit will be held Nov. 19-20, 2014, at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C. to examine the IT landscape across an ever evolving healthcare ecosystem. The first day of the event runs from noon to 5:00 p.m. with the MITRE-ATARC Health IT Collaboration Symposium, which will feature discussions and white-boarding between
Acentia Appraised at Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute’s CMMI Maturity Level 4
Acentia has been appraised at the Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute’s (SEI) Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Level 4 for Development for its software development and maintenance work in its Health IT sector. Acentia is one of only five companies in the U.S. currently appraised at Level 4 under the current standard. “This prestigious appraisal
Jean Taylor Appointed as Senior Director of Business Development for Growing Healthcare IT Practice at IntelliDyne, LLC
Jean Taylor was recently appointed as the Senior Director of Business Development for the rapidly expanding Health IT Practice at IntelliDyne, LLC. A former Director of Business Development for BAE Systems, Taylor will continue to build and expand the IT consulting firm’s presence in the health IT market. “We’re excited to welcome Jean to our
Harris IT Services’ Terry Thornton on his Definition of Mobility, its Impact on Healthcare IT and More
Terry Thornton is the Vice President and General Manager of Intel, Civil, and Healthcare IT Programs at Harris IT Services. He has more than 25 years of DOD program and IT management experience and prior to joining Harris, served as vice president of Operations of Multimax, Inc., as well as director of Engineering Services at
Dovel Technologies CEO Paul Leslie Talks Evolution of IT Marketplace, His Firm’s Goals and His Work with the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia
Having spent 30 years serving in the government contracting and federal IT arena, Paul Leslie has witnessed the technological advances that has shaped today’s government community. Now a leader and serial entrepreneur in that community, the Dovel Technologies CEO has spent his career becoming an expert in growing businesses through operational excellence, business development, strategic planning, and
Save the Date: Northrop Grumman’s Amy Caro to Speak at 7th National RAC Summit
The 7th National RAC (and MAC) Summit will be held December 4-6th at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington, D.C. On December 5th, Northrop Grumman Information Systems’ VP of Health IT Programs, Amy Caro, will be speaking at the RAC conference and Predictive Modeling Summit. The former, which begins at 9 a.m., will be on the
General Dynamics Awarded $20 Million Contract to Support Indian Health Service
The Department of Health and Human Services has awarded General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics, a contract to engineer and support software for the Indian Health Service. The company’s Information Technology unit will handle the order for the service’s electronic health information system. The IHS, which provides healthcare to American Indian
VA Selects Avaya and Standard Communications for Hospital Communications Update
The Veterans Affairs Medical Center, a respected veterans hospital in Washington, D.C., will update its communications network with the Avaya Aura platform. Avaya Government Solutions will work with Standard Communications, Inc., a service disabled veteran-owned small business, to install and support the software by the end of the year. The upgrade will allow healthcare professionals
Catapult Technology Leads Joint Venture for CIO-SP3 Contract
The NIH Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC) awarded the Chief Information Officers-Solutions and Partners 3 contract to Catapult Health Technology Group, a joint venture between Catapult Technology and 24 other firms. Many of the firms are small disadvantaged, woman-owned, HUB zone, veteran-owned and/or service-disabled veteran-owned. Worth as much as $20 billion, the contract
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