General Dynamics IT has been awarded a five-year, $110 million contract from the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide IT and service desk support to VA locations nationwide, according to Sept. 26 reporting in Washington Technology.
Innovation
Big Tech companies including Microsoft, Google and Amazon have been making headway in the healthcare industry through partnerships with hospitals and health systems.
Revenue cycle management company AGS Health is rolling out a new artificial intelligence revenue cycle management platform designed to help promote growth and alleviate labor shortages.
Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic has a venture capital arm that focuses on evaluating and protecting intellectual property, funding and developing new technologies, and forming startups.
Healthcare development company NexCore Group and life sciences real estate company Hatchspaces completed the transformation of a building in Irvine, Calif., into a life sciences laboratory.
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Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Florida College of Medicine are working to create AI algorithms that can predict whether patients will develop rare diseases.
Coral Gables-based Baptist Health South Florida has partnered with Raziel Health to use its remote care services and platform to remotely monitor patients.
Spectrum Health Ventures, part of Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Spectrum Health, and Houston-based Memorial Hermann Health System have invested in tech-based cost-cycle company SpendMend, the firm said Sept. 22.
Daryl Tol has gotten an upfront look at healthcare's digital shift from both the hospital C-suite and as a venture capitalist.
General Catalyst, the venture capital firm that has been collaborating with hospitals on digital innovation, is partnering with its first health system outside the U.S., according to a news release shared with Becker's.