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After 16 years with industry supporting the Department of Defense on a range of data, data science, and population health informatics initiatives, this established industry leader returns to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) where he will serve as Chief Data Officer (CDO) in support of the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) focused on providing leadership to position CDC within the larger data science and advanced health science communities, ensuring that public health benefits from and contributes to impactful and ethical use of data for discovery, innovation, application, and health improvement.The post CDC recruits DOD Health Data SME to serve as first Chief Data Officer appeared first on G2Xchange Health.

The Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC) recently announced the 2020 NVTC Tech 100, a list of groundbreaking companies, leaders and innovators within the Greater Washington region’s technology community. Looking over the list, it is hard not to notice the numerous Federal Health and Civilian-focused tech companies and executives identified as consistently demonstrating dedication, vision and innovation.The post Meet the Fed Civ & Health firms noted as the most innovative technology companies in the region appeared first on G2Xchange Health.

Armed with perspective gained serving in progressively responsible roles across HHS for more than two decades, to include recent experience with HHS Chief Technology Office driving efforts to harness the power of data, technology, and innovation to improve the health and welfare of the nation, and establishing HHS’s first enterprise-wide data sharing strategy, this innovation leader takes on a new challenge as the Department of Labor Chief Technology Officer charged with advancing innovation, technology transformation and data strategy.The post Established HHS Data, Tech & Innovation lead, Sanjay Koyani, exits, takes CTO role with Department of Labor appeared first on G2Xchange Health.

This leading independent Healthcare technology company, focused on insights, innovation and accelerating the transformation of the U.S. Healthcare system, beat out four other bidders to be awarded a 4-year IDIQ to support this Veterans Affairs requirement to support the VHA Office of Community Care (OCC) with EDI transactions and paper-based Health claims and associated medical documentation. The post VA awards $126M Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) transactions & paper-based Health claims (EDI P2E) support contract appeared first on G2Xchange Health.

This service-disabled Veteran-owned full-spectrum digital services company and VA T4NG and CMS MPSM Prime that combines digital Government modernization, product delivery, and human-centered design, has tapped this 2021 FedHealthIT100 Hall of Fame inductee, and recent CMS Digital Service Contracting Officer, to serve as their new President.The post Agile Six, a Digital Services Leader and fast-growing VA and CMS Partner, taps Dan Levenson as President appeared first on G2Xchange Health.

Booz Allen Hamilton, a global technology and management consulting firm and longtime partner to the NIH was recently awarded a new 2-year Data and Specimen Hub support contract with the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. This contract valued at $9M was awarded using GSA IT-70.The post Booz Allen Hamilton wins NIH NICHD Data and Specimen Hub (DASH) support contract appeared first on G2Xchange Health.

This leading Fortune 500® technology integrator, focused on solving our nation's most complex modernization and readiness challenges across the Federal sector, and a longtime partner to the National Institutes of Health, was recently awarded this new 5-year task to provide metadata development, curation, harmonization, and program support services.The post SAIC scores NIH NCI Metadata Development, Harmonization Support Services task appeared first on G2Xchange Health.

Cerner was recently awarded an 18-month EHRM Wave F Deployment task with Veterans Affairs.The post Cerner receives $131M EHR Modernization Wave F Deployment task appeared first on G2Xchange Health.

This technology services unit within OptumServe that develops Health IT solutions for DOD, Health and Human Services, Veterans Affairs and other Federal agencies to help modernize the U.S. health system, recently tapped this well-known industry executive to serve as President & CEO, as they look to take advantage of the perspective he has gained as a senior executive for a number of leading Federal Health technology solution and consulting providers.The post OptumServe Technology Services taps industry leader Mike Eddings to serve as President and CEO appeared first on G2Xchange Health.

Adding to a half dozen new wins totaling more than $50M they secured with CDC to close out FY 2020, this global consulting and advisory services firm and longtime partner to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was recently awarded a new 2-year contract to support this web-based application that supports planning and execution for temporary, mobile, or satellite COVID-19 vaccination clinics, as well as traditional medical practices that do not have existing IT systems for vaccination clinic management.The post CDC inks $32M Vaccine Administration Management System support task with Deloitte appeared first on G2Xchange Health.