Virginia news and information

Ed Micaletti has been named director of business process management solutions, healthcare and commercial, by Anacomp, a Chantilly, Va.-based document management and information services company.
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ManTech International Corp., Fairfax, Va., has completed its acquisition of fellow Fairfax-based information technology specialist ALTA Systems.
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The Omnicell data breach that recently forced the University of Michigan Health System to notify 4,000 patients that their data may have been exposed by the pharmacy services vendor also affects more than 64,000 patients of two health systems on the East Coast.
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The University of Virginia Health System is one of a handful of hospitals starting to test older doctors to make sure they're still sharp. They test the bodies and minds of doctors once they reach 70 years old.
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Dr. John Brennan will remain president and CEO of Newark (N.J.) Beth Israel Medical Center and the Children's Hospital of New Jersey rather than take the helm of Cleveland's MetroHealth System, Modern Healthcare sister publication Crain's Cleveland Business reported. MetroHealth officials...
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Patrick Christiansen has been named CEO of Inova Fairfax (Va.) Medical Campus after serving as the facility's COO since 2010, the Northern Virginia health system announced.
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Computer Sciences Corp., a health information technology, military and national security contractor based in Falls Church, Va., hired Doug Tracy as chief information officer.
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The University of Virginia Medical Center and its home health services agency, Continuum Home Infusion, have reported a possible data breach involving a mobile device.
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One in six primary-care physicians paid by Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Virginia has agreed to participate in a new primary-care initiative spearheaded by the insurer, according to an Anthem news...
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Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center, Woodbridge, Va., formed a joint venture with development and management company Blue Chip Surgical Center Partners, Cincinnati, and a group of surgeons to form Lake Ridge Ambulatory Surgery Center.
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