HHS budget highlights IT initiatives
The Health and Human Services Department's proposed $81 billion discretionary budget for fiscal 2011 includes a few nuggets of increased IT spending.
IG and agency battle over contract rules
The fight is over whether a $106 million CDC contract is for 'personal services.'
HHS pumps $60M into research on health IT adoption
HHS officials today announced a new program with $60 million for research on overcoming the barriers to adoption of electronic health records.
FDA readies new data systems for drug safety
The Food and Drug Administration will expand its tracking of drug safety once the drugs enter the marketplace, according to a new report.
HHS puts up $235M for health IT
The Health and Human Services Department will fund 15 communities to demonstrate the use of digital health records.
New HHS contracting rules push transparency, green purchasing
The Health and Human Services Department is doing its first major update to its acquisition regulation since 2006.
ICF to help automate state child welfare systems
ICF Inc. will provide technical assistance for state and federal child welfare automation projects under a new contract with the Health and Human Services Department.
HHS names Nitor Group for NHIN bridge contract
HHS has hired Nitor Group on a bridge contract to help prepare for a series of competitive task orders for the Nationwide Health Information Network by year's end.
HHS to award health-data network contracts by year's end
HHS is planning to award a series of competitive contracts for the Nationwide Health Information Network later this year.
GE Healthcare to provide swine flu updates to CDC
GE Healthcare said it will provide swine flu and seasonal flu updates to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under a sole source contract.
VeriSign restructuring close to finish line
The October sale of VeriSign Inc.'s Global Security Consulting Services business unit was the latest in the restructuring plan undertaken two years ago by the IT security company.
K4 will help HHS consolidate applications database
K4 Solutions Inc. will assist the Health and Human Services Department in processing scholarship and other applications under a five-year contract worth $9 million.
Verisign to support HHS health network
The Health and Human Services Department announced it is preparing to award a sole-source contract to Verisign for managed public-key infrastructure services and digital certificates on the Nationwide Health Information Network.
Four capture $800M HHS IT contract
HHS awarded a major IT services contract valued at up to $800 million over seven years.
State CIOs want bigger role in health IT opportunity
State CIOs can play a critical role in deployment of health IT, according to a new report.
Feds OK $1.2B for health IT initiatives
Federal health officials are distributing $1.2 billion in economic stimulus law funding to state agencies and nonprofits to advance adoption of health information technology.
CDC hammers out new source selection rules
The Centers for Disease Control is inviting prospective vendors to participate in an advisory process before publishing a solicitation for a major information technology contract, anticipated in September.
Contractor award fees paid inconsistently, GAO says
Federal agencies are not being consistent in how they distribute contractor award fees, according to a senior GAO official.
Chopra calls RFP process ineffective for health IT
CTO Aneesh Chopra is seeking to improve innovation in government health IT by seeking new procurement channels to increase input from vendors, according to a research firm.
Health IT alliance to spread stimulus gospel
Allscripts, Microsoft and Cisco are now members of an alliance meeting with doctors on the health IT economic stimulus law provisions.
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