Cognitive Medical Systems, a specialist in standards-based clinical decision support software and healthcare IT infrastructure, announced today that it is participating in the HL7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) Connectathon 12 in Montreal May 7-8. FHIR is an HL7 standard for exchanging electronic health information and is representative of a rapid, flexible, and open application…
DetailsCognitive Medical Systems, a specialist in standards-based clinical decision support software and healthcare IT infrastructure, announced today that it has teamed with Accenture Federal Services on the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology (T4) Next Generation (NG) program, an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ), multiple-award contract with a ceiling value of $22.3 billion.…
DetailsCognitive Medical Systems, a specialist in standards-based clinical decision support software and healthcare IT infrastructure, announced today that it has partnered with MITRE on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Alliance to Modernize Healthcare (CAMH) through its work for the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC)…
DetailsOne goal of developing open standards for the exchange of electronic health information is to break down the proprietary silos dominating the health IT industry and allow for greater interoperability of data, processes, and domain knowledge. In clinical decision support specifically, standards help ensure transparent access to the patient’s complete medial record in a format…
DetailsThis article appeared originally in the San Diego Business Journal. The single biggest reason why startups succeed is timing, experts say, and timing is something Doug Burke did right. Burke is co-founder and president of a health tech startup in San Diego called Cognitive Medical Systems, a company that makes sharing health information easier for…
DetailsCognitive Medical Systems, a specialist in standards-based clinical decision support (CDS) software and healthcare IT infrastructure, announced today that it will present a CDS capabilities demonstration at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society 2016 (HIMSS16) Conference & Exhibition in Las Vegas, Nevada, Feb. 29-March 3. Working in collaboration with the University of Utah, Health…
DetailsThe human genome provides all the instructions—encoded as DNA—to make a person. DNA is composed of two interlacing strands made up of nucleotide base pairs. We all share 3 billion base pairs organized into countless genes and packed into 23 pairs of chromosomes. Determining the exact order and composition of an individual’s base pairs, a…
DetailsSAN DIEGO – January 28, 2016 – Cognitive Medical Systems, an advanced concept engineering company specializing in standards-based solutions to complex clinical workflow and decision support problems, announced today that it garnered sales totaling $17 million in 2015, almost double that for 2014. While the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) renewed several agreements with Cognitive Medical Systems,…
DetailsBig data is unavoidable. There is an influx of healthcare-related information being captured, digitized and stored by clinicians, researchers, payors and commercial and public healthcare providers. All of which is being used to make more informed healthcare decisions. However, these large marts of unstructured data come with inherent challenges. How can this vast amount of…
DetailsClinical decision support (CDS) can improve care by delivering the right clinical guidance at the right time to the right care provider given the context of care. Moreover, evidence-based portable CDS knowledge artifacts empower health care organizations to more rapidly and efficiently share CDS knowledge. To be truly effective, however, one must consider both the…
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