The following health IT vendor contracts and go-lives were reported within the past week.
1. Cigna is utilizing Microsoft's technology to develop BioBall, a device that helps conduct health screenings.
2. Varian Medical Systems, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based medical device and software manufacturer, is integrating natural language processing technology into its Varian 360 Oncology care management platform.
3. Vermont providers can now access patient vital signs from home telemonitoring devices, thanks to a collaboration on a statewide health information exchange.
4. Blue Bell, Pa.-based Unisys launched a medical device management platform called Active Insights by Unisys.
5. Boca Raton, Fla.-based Cancer Treatment Centers of America is implementing a platform that gives NantHealth's eviti clinical support solution access to clinical workflows in the Allscripts Sunrise EHR.
6. AT&T and Zywie, a medical technology company, are collaborating to help physicians monitor patients with cardiovascular disease.
7. Atlanta-based ShepherdCenter and digital health technology firm Evidation Health formed a collaboration to quantify the lived experiences of individuals with specific neurological diseases, as well as the impact digital health interventions may have on patients' clinical outcomes.
8. Nokia is set to launch Withings' line of connected health products under the Nokia brand, after acquiring Withings in April 2016.
9. Royal Philips entered a partnership with Onelife Health, a German digital health startup, to develop mother and early child care solutions.
10. MCG Health, a Seattle-based care guidelines and informed care solutions provider, partnered with InterSystems to improve interoperability.
11. Takeda Pharmaceuticals and Cognition Kit, a wearable platform that monitors brain health, partnered for a pilot study on major depressive disorder.
12. HealthInfoNet, a statewide health information exchange in Maine, will integrate Orion Health's population health applications.