Octo secures $64.7M contract to support IT ops at the National Cancer Institute
Octo, an IBM subsidiary, has received an IT Infrastructure and Operations order, awarded under the NCI IT Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA). The contract, with a four-year term, has a total award ceiling of $64,722,790.
Mayo Clinic extends its distributed data network to additional hospitals
The Mayo Clinic Platform is extending its distributed data network, Mayo Clinic Platform_Connect, to include Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein in Brazil, Sheba Medical Center in Israel, and University Health Network (UHN) in Canada.
GE HealthCare to acquire Caption Health
GE HealthCare has signed an agreement to acquire Caption Health, a privately owned artificial intelligence (AI) healthcare company.
MedStar Health inks five-year IT capabilities deal with Kyndryl
Kyndryl and MedStar Health have inked a five-year deal, under which Kyndryl will provide mission critical IT capabilities across the MedStar Health system.
Merck extends existing partnership with Veeva for ten years
Merck has inked a ten-year strategic partnership agreement with cloud solutions company Veeva.
Cleveland Clinic, IBM begin work on private sector healthcare quantum computing
Cleveland Clinic and IBM have begun deployment of the first private sector onsite, IBM-managed quantum computer in the United States, says IBM.
Amazon to acquire One Medical in $3.9B deal
Amazon has entered into a definitive merger agreement with One Medical, a national primary care healthcare provider.
Neuro42 inks medical imaging robot agreement with John Hopkins University
Neuro42, a medical imaging, robotics, and AI technology company, has inked an exclusive licensing agreement with Johns Hopkins University for their MR compatible robot.
Google to invest $100 million in telehealth provider Amwell
Google Cloud will invest $100 million into telehealth provider Amwell, as part of a multi-year partnership to deliver telehealth solutions.
Michigan Medicine signs enterprise imaging deal with Sectra
Sectra will install its enterprise imaging solution at Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan, as per a contract signed in July, the company said in a statement.
Martinos Center to install Nvidia AI systems
A medical center at Mass General, is adopting Nvidia DGX A100 AI systems, the company said in a statement.
Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine using Oracle cloud and data analytics
The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) and Oracle Health Sciences have teamed to study new approaches to establishing the safety of new drugs.
Johns Hopkins Medicine inks five-year Microsoft Azure deal
Johns Hopkins Medicine (JHM) has inked a five-year relationship with Microsoft, centered on Microsoft’s Azure and analytical tools.
McKesson to implement Google Cloud Platform across its enterprise
Health information technology company McKesson has inked a technology collaboration with Google Cloud.
Walgreens, Microsoft ink health care alliance
Walgreens Boots Alliance and Microsoft have joined forces to develop new health care delivery models and technology.
OSI receives $6M order for patient monitoring solutions
OSI Systems has received an order valued at approximately $6 million to provide patient monitoring solutions and related accessories to a U.S. based hospital.
Brainlab, Magic Leap partner for digital surgery
Munich-based Brainlab, a company that develops, manufactures and markets software-driven medical technology, has inked an exclusive agreement with Magic Leap.
Atomwise enters into an evaluation agreement with Pfizer
Atomwise has entered into an evaluation agreement with Pfizer, in which the drug giant will evaluate Atomwise’s platform to identify potential drug candidates.
Sectra signs imaging software and analytics contract with Stanford Medicine
Medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra will install its enterprise imaging PACS throughout Stanford Health Care (SHC) and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital to support clinical and research imaging needs of the organization.
Veritas acquiring GE Healthcare technology unit for $1 billion
Veritas Capital has entered into a definitive agreement with GE to acquire the enterprise financial management, ambulatory care management, and workforce management (formerly API Healthcare) assets comprising GE Healthcare’s value-based care division.
DigitalAngel adopts Dell Boomi as integration platform
Dutch start-up digitalAngel is using cloud integration and workflow automation software company Dell Boomi for their Internet of Things (IoT) healthcare platform.
The Lieber Institute for Brain Development to use BullFrog AI platform
BullFrog AI, and the Lieber Institute for Brain Development have signed a joint collaboration to apply BullFrog AI’s artificial intelligence platform to analyze anti-psychotic drug responses.
Felix Platter Hospital implements Cisco intent-based networking
The Felix Platter Hospital in Basel, Switzerland, is deploying Cisco intent-based networking.
GE Healthcare, Roche to develop digital clinical solutions jointly
GE Healthcare says it has entered into a strategic, long-term partnership with Roche, to jointly develop and co-market digital clinical decision support solutions.
Fusion Genomics selects IBM cloud
Vancouver-based company Fusion Genomics has selected IBM’s cloud capabilities. The cloud solution enables Fusion Genomics’ system to gather and process multiple elements in unison says IBM.
GE Healthcare, Nvidia expanding partnership to collaborate on AI
GE Healthcare and Nvidia are deepening their ten-year partnership to bring artificial intelligence to GE Healthcare’s 500,000 imaging devices globally.
CynergisTek awarded multi-million dollar document service contract
CynergisTek, a provider in healthcare cybersecurity and information management, was awarded a multi-million dollar contract by a pediatric hospital based in the South. The company did not share the name of the hospital.
Under...
Exscientia, GlaxoSmithKline ink £33 million AI-driven drug discovery partnership
Exscientia, a company that uses artificial intelligence and machine learning for drug discovery, has entered into a collaboration with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK).
The company will receive research payments from GSK to undertake new...
Green Cross to implement SAP Ariba solutions
Korean biopharmaceutical company Green Cross will be implementing the spend analysis, sourcing, contract management, and buying solutions from SAP Ariba.
The company says it will implement the solutions alongside its SAP ERP...
Accenture, 1QBit, Biogen develop quantum-enabled molecular comparison app
Accenture and quantum software firm 1QBit collaborated with Biogen to develop a quantum-enabled molecular comparison application, that could improve advanced molecular design to speed up drug discovery for complex neurological conditions...
Accenture acquires laboratory informatics firm LabAnswer
Accenture has agreed to acquire LabAnswer, a research and laboratory informatics technology consulting firm. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
Following the acquisition, Accenture will establish Accenture Scientific Informatics Services, which...
Mount Sinai Health System using Salesforce Health and Community Cloud
Mount Sinai Health System is using Salesforce to coordinate and manage the care of Medicaid recipients in its Performing Provider System (PPS).
The Mount Sinai PPS was formed under New York State's...
Merck to use Palantir data analytics capabilities
Merck has announced a partnership with Palantir Technologies, that is expected to leverage Palantir's advanced data analytics capabilities. Financial details of the agreement were not disclosed.
Initially, Merck will apply Palantir's technology to cancer treatment...
Celgene, IBM Watson Health forge Patient Safety collaboration
Celgene and IBM Watson Health have inked a collaboration to co-develop IBM Watson for Patient Safety, a new offering that aims to enhance pharmacovigilance methods used to collect, assess, monitor, and report...
IBM, Harrow Council ink 10-year Watson Care Manager deal
IBM Watson Health and the Harrow Council, a local authority for 100,000 households in North-West London, have inked a 10-year agreement to use cognitive technologies to help people with personalized social care needs choose...
Samsung, Nestlé collaborating to combine IoT and biomedical science
Samsung and Nestle are collaborating to combine IoT, bio sensors, and multi-modal technology with nutrition science. Samsung Strategy and Innovation Center and Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences will be working together on a consumer-facing platform...
Computational pathology services platform 3Scan raises $14 million
Computational pathology services platform 3Scan has raised $14 million in Series B financing. The investment was led by existing investors Lux Capital and Data Collective. Other participants in the financing round include...
AppliedVR brings therapeutic virtual reality content to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
AppliedVR is introducing virtual reality technology in the Spine Center, Department of Surgery and Orthopaedic at Center Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. More such launches are expected in the coming months.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is among the...
Philips acquires PathXL
Philips has acquired PathXL, a Northern Ireland-based company providing digital pathology image analysis, workflow software and educational tools. PathXL’s image analysis and tissue pathology software will complement Philips’ Digital Pathology solutions, says...
Pfizer selects Oracle Health Sciences InForm cloud service
Pfizer has selected Oracle Health Sciences InForm cloud service and the Oracle Siebel Clinical Trial Management and Monitoring cloud service to help manage and monitor its more than 300 clinical trials...
IBM inks five-year collaboration with University of Calgary
IBM, and the University of Calgary in Canada, have established a five-year collaboration to accelerate and expand genomic research into common childhood conditions such as autism, and congenital diseases.
As part of the...
The Georgia Hospital Association selects QTS Realty Trust cloud solutions
The Georgia Hospital Association (GHA) has selected QTS Realty Trust to host GHA's IT infrastructure in a HIPAA-compliant IT environment in QTS' Atlanta-Metro data center. GHA is a nonprofit trade association made...
HHS deploying workforce solution In the Kronos cloud
HHS, formerly Hospital Housekeeping Systems – which provides healthcare facilities with multiple service offerings including environmental services, culinary and nutrition, patient flow, facilities, clinical and biomedical engineering – has selected the...
Clover Health Raises $160M Series C Funding Round
Clover Health has raised $160 million in Series C funding. Greenoaks Capital led the round, with participation from existing investors Arena Ventures, First Round Capital, Sequoia Capital and Wildcat Ventures, as well as...
Benefit Management Using Oracle Cloud
Benefit Management, a progressive health Third Party Administrator (TPA) and joint venture of NueHealth, has selected Oracle Health Insurance Value Based Payment Cloud Service to deliver a cloud-based prospective bundled payments system...