What You Should Know: - General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT), a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE:GD), announced today that it was awarded an $84 million contract by the Defense Health Agency (DHA) to support the Traumatic Brain Injury Center of Excellence (TBICoE). The contract has an eight-month base period with three option years. - Under the contract, GDIT will continue to support the TBICoE in conducting clinical
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Epicore & Denka Partner to Tackle Dehydration Crisis in Asia via Sweat-Sensing Wearable
What You Should Know: - Epicore Biosystems today announced a partnership with Denka Corporation, a Japan-based multinational technology and materials company. - Under the agreement, Epicore Biosystems and Denka will collaborate on strategic initiatives to pilot and distribute Epicore’s portfolio of advanced wearable hydration solutions in Japan and expand into Asia markets. Tackling Asia’s Dehydration Crisis Through Sweat-Sensing Wearable Technology Founded in 2017, Epicore
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GSA Renews Contract with Xenex LightStrike Germ-Zapping Robots
What You Should Know: - Xenex Disinfection Services has announced the 5-year renewal of its U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) contract, which enables federal agencies (including Veterans Affairs and U.S. Department of Defense healthcare facilities) to easily deploy Xenex’s powerful LightStrike™ room disinfection technology. - In addition to federal agencies, the GSA contract supports the procurement needs of eligible state, local, territorial, and tribal governments (including
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Elizabeth Dole Foundation & Cerner Launch Clinical Council
What You Should Know: - In partnership with Cerner Corporation, the Elizabeth Dole Foundation, today announced the launch of the Inclusive Care Clinical Council, a group of healthcare experts, leaders and stakeholders who will assess the impact of the Foundation’s Inclusive Care efforts and guide how it can be expanded to healthcare systems. - The goals of the Clinical Council are to generate a dialogue around assessing the system-wide impact of inclusive care, identify how
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Biden Announces Deal With Merck, Johnson & Johnson to Boost COVID-19 Vaccine Production
What You Should Know: - President Biden’s administration today announced a historic manufacturing deal between Merck and Johnson & Johnson (J&J), to expand production of J&J’s COVID-19 vaccine. The collaboration will increase manufacture of vaccine drug substance, as well as its fill-finish capacity – two of the biggest bottlenecks facing J&J in the production of its vaccine. - In addition, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will collaborate with Merck
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Cipher Skin Lands $5M for Mesh Network of Sensors to Capture Movement
What You Should Know: - Denver-based data startup, Cipher Skin, today announced its $5 million Series A, led by the Boyett Group with participation from Draper Capital, Tribe Capital and TKC Capital to grow its product line and expand into new markets. - Founded in 2017, Cipher Skin’s first-of-its-kind, patented, sensor technology, Cipher Mesh, wraps around patients’ body parts—allowing doctors, PTs, and human performance professionals to collect detailed data of the body in motion
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DoD Awards $2.8M to Philips & BioIntelliSense to Validate Wearable for Early COVID-19 Detection
What You Should Know: - Philips and BioIntelliSense has been selected by the
U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command (USAMRDC) to receive nearly $2.8M
from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to validate BioIntelliSense’s
FDA-cleared BioSticker device for the early detection of COVID-19 symptoms. - Working with the University of Colorado Anschutz
Medical Campus, the clinical study will consist of 2,500 eligible participants
with a recent, known COVID-19 exposure and/or a
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VA Announces First Cerner EHR Go-Live at Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center
What You Should Know: - Cerner today announced the historic and successful
first deployment of a modern EHR at Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center in
Spokane, WA. - The go-live marks the first time in history three federal departments (VA, DOD, and USCG) are using the same EHR. Cerner Corporation today
announced the historic and successful first deployment of a modern electronic health record
(EHR) at Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical
Center in Spokane, WA. The go-live marks the first
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Dept. of Defense and Philips Partner on AI Tech to Contain COVID-19
What You Should Know: - Today, Philips, in partnership with the U.S.
Department of Defense, announced plans to expand their research on an AI-based
early warning system for infectious disease, opening new possibilities in the
battle to contain COVID-19. - An application of their joint Rapid Analysis of Threat
Exposure (RATE) project, the technology aims to provide early alerts
of potential infection, ensuring troop readiness and protection against
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Corindus Vascular Robotics CEO Departure, UPMC Enterprises’ New President, Nordic Consulting’s New CIO, Other Health IT Hires
Mark Toland, CEO of Corindus Vascular Robotics (acquired by Siemens for $1.1B last year), has announced his departure and will be joining BioStar Capital, a health-tech venture capital group focused on cardiovascular and orthopedic medical devices. As a partner and entrepreneur in residence, Mark will help to identify and develop innovative companies leveraging AI, deep learning, robotics, and other transformative technologies that address a wide range of unmet needs. The BioStar team has
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