Five things to know:
- The Department of Veterans Affairs awarded Palantir a contract valued at $90 million over four years, FedScoop reported Oct. 7. Palantir’s tech will ingest data on its EHR, which is amid a paused rollout with Cerner until the end of the year, according to the report.
- Palantir also will integrate data from its health and benefits systems into its common operating platform to give federal officials insights into what services patients are receiving, FedScoop reported.
- The NIH’s National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences has awarded Palantir a deal to support the National COVID-19 Cohort Collaborative and its data project through an indefinite-delivery contract, according to an Oct. 4 news release. The contract’s value could reach $59.5 million over two years. Palantir will get $7.9 million in the first five months.
- The national COVID-19 cohort includes the COVID-19 data of more than 70 companies for clinical research. There are more than 8 million records from 65 institutions hosted on the data enclave. The cohort also will be used to study long COVID-19.
- The NIH also has awarded Palantir $24 million to provide software to accelerate cancer and AIDS research. The original contract was $36 million for one year but has been extended to a total of $60 million for two years.
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