Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

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VA Innovator Network To Expand, Less Than 1 Year In

Mohana Ravindranath | Nextgov | September 15, 2016

A program designed to creatively solve problems within the Veterans Affairs Department is already growing. VA's Innovators Network is a broad set of initiatives, including financial grants and entrepreneurship training, which encourage employees to invent solutions to problems they witness internally. It started out at eight pilot sites in November, but could soon expand to about a dozen more this year, Andrea Ippolito, head of the Innovators Network, said during an event in Washington onThursday...

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VA Integrates mHealth Into Daily Care, Gives iPads To Vets

Jennifer Bresnick | EHR Intelligence | July 19, 2013

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has started several pilot programs to study the impact of mHealth on the health care of its post-9/11 veteran population. [...] Read More »

VA Issues Draft RFP for Real-Time Location System

Molly Bernhard Walker | Fierce Health IT | December 7, 2011

The Veterans Affairs Department Dec. 6 issued a draft request for proposal for a real-time location system through FedBizOpps.gov. Read More »

VA Kicks Off Simulation Training In Providence

Mike Miliard | Government Health IT | August 23, 2012

Providence VA Medical Center has opened a simulation center, powered by technology from Exton, Pa.-based Education Management Solutions, which will enable instructors to practice and train for invasive procedures, emergency care and more, tracking progress along the way. Read More »

VA Kicks Off Wi-Fi Buy, Plans National Rollout

Bob Brewin | Nextgov | February 8, 2012

The Veterans Affairs Department kicked off a procurement to install a patient Wi-Fi system in its Augusta, Ga., hospital and eventually plans to install patient wireless systems in all 152 hospitals nationwide, a regional VA information technology official told Nextgov.

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VA Launches New Hotline For Women Veterans

Patricia Kime | Navy Times | April 29, 2013

As part of an ongoing campaign to appeal to female veterans, the Veterans Affairs Department last week established a hotline exclusively for women to answer questions about services like health care, education benefits and claims. Read More »

VA Launches Telemed Pilot Project

Nicole Lewis | Information Week | November 14, 2011

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, through its annual industry innovation competition VAi2, recently selected American Well and SweetSpot Diabetes Care, Inc., to collaborate on separate initiatives that will bring telehealth services to veterans in their homes. Read More »

VA Launches Two mHealth Pilot Programs

Greg Slabodkin | FierceMobileHealthcare | July 17, 2013

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has officially launched mHealth pilot projects to test the technology prior to national release and to "ensure that the veteran experience is optimized," according to an announcement from the VA. Read More »

VA Looks To Apply Innovation To Better Care And Service For Veterans

Alex Howard | O'Reilly Radar | February 21, 2013

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs launched a new innovation center to solve big problems. Read More »

VA Marks The 10-Year Anniversary Of My HealtheVet

Press Release | Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) | November 26, 2013

In recognition of the 10th anniversary of its award-winning Personal Health Record, My HealtheVet (www.myhealth.va.gov), the Department of Veterans Affairs is urging all Veterans and Servicemembers to join the millions already accessing VA health care information and services online. [...] Read More »

VA Named To The 2013 “Most Wired” Hospitals List

Tom Cramer | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs | July 15, 2013

The Department of Veterans Affairs has been named to the 2013 ‘Most Wired’ hospitals list — an event that marks the first time that all VA medical centers nationwide have achieved the honor. Read More »

VA Names Scheduling App Contest Winners

Anthony Brino | Government Health IT | October 14, 2013

The Veterans Health Administration is looking for a new medical scheduling application — and now it has a range of choices from an app design competition. Read More »

VA Networks Besieged By Foreign Attackers, IG Says

Nicole Blake Johnson | Federal Times | June 4, 2013

Foreign attackers have repeatedly penetrated Veterans Affairs Department networks for at least the past three years, potentially gaining access to millions of unencrypted veterans records and other sensitive databases, according to House lawmakers and VA inspector general auditors. Read More »

VA Offers A New Tool To Help Veterans Prevent Diabetes

Staff Writer | Kitsap Sun | October 5, 2012

The Department of Veterans Affairs today announced the implementation of a pilot version of the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP), a program being promoted nationally by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, aimed at reducing the number of Veterans who develop diabetes. Read More »

VA Official: Meaningful-Use Push For VistA EHR Will Benefit Patients

Joseph Conn | ModernHealthcare.com | October 25, 2012

The U.S. Veterans Affairs Department will lend more than moral support to a federal effort to boost the meaningful use of health information technology by submitting its venerable VistA electronic health-record system for testing and certification for use in the Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive payment programs. Read More »