SciHealth wins DoD contract

The Department of Defense (DoD) Military Health System (MHS) has awarded a four-year, $1.3 million contract extension to SciHealth for its Insight clinical and business solution. The contract will extend a previous contract with Atlanta-based SciHealth through 2011.

The Insight system will provide more than 70 hospitals and 400 clinics in the MHS with a communication channel to achieve strategic and tactical goals, according to the DoD.

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