“Perspecta has been tapped for a one-year contract to configure its digital health platform for helping the Defense Health Agency modernize and migrate patient data to a cloud computing environment.”
“Other Transaction Authority awards like this (amount undisclosed) are typically wired to help agencies bring in new technologies on a fast turn for an immediate need. Worth noting at the outset: this OTA awarded by the Navy is not directly related to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic even with the timing of the announcement in mid-September.”
“But DHA is in the midst of another challenge happening amid COVID-19 that is not theirs alone as a health care provider, according to Perspecta Chief Medical Information Officer Shane McNamee.”
“For this particular OTA, Perspecta is applying its HealthConcourse product to help DHA make patient data more widely accessible in the cloud as part of the Military Health System’s larger transition to the Genesis electronic health record.”
“HealthConcourse is a software-as-a-service platform that also is based on open source technology, which gives another clue regarding the problem…” Read the full article here.
Source: Perspecta tapped to help DHA take patient data to the cloud – By Ross Wilkers, October 9, 2020. Washington Technology.
Perspecta was recently named to the updated list of NXT UP firms poised to make big waves in the Federal sector in 2020 and for years to come.
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