U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
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VA To Launch Several Health Apps After Year-Long Pilot Program
The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to launch several new mobile apps this fall, according to a report from Federal News Radio...
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VA's $400K History Book Sidetracked By Crisis
When the media, investigators and Congress exposed the Department of Veterans Affairs' broken and dishonest health-care system last year, VA officials were forced to postpone publication of a $400,000-plus history book that glowingly portrays the agency's achievements...
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VA's Scheduling System Revamp Will Be Big Test Of Agency's Agile Approach
The last attempt by the Department of Veterans Affairs to update the system used by hundreds of VA facilities nationwide to schedule and manage veterans’ medical appointments was one of those failed IT projects that have come to hog the spotlight in the post-HealthCare.gov age...
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VA: More Education Needed On Blue Button Initiative
Only one-third of veterans are taking advantage of "Blue Button" capabilities to access the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' personal health record portal, My HealtheVet, but those who do so are pleased with it, according to a study published recently in the Journal of the American Informatics Association. The Blue Button initiative enables patients to secure online access to their electronic records.
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Valley General Hospital Selects OpenVista Electronic Health Record
Northwest community-based hospital cites affordability, interoperability, proven track record in choosing Medsphere’s open EHR solution Read More »
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VA’s PHR And Portal Not Reaching High-Priority Vets
Though millions of U.S. veterans have registered for the My HealtheVet personal health record and patient portal developed by the Veterans Health Administration, opportunities are being missed for those with specific medical conditions that require intensive treatment and self-management...
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Veterans Affairs Selects ASM Research To Modernize Electronic Health Records
ASM Research, an Accenture Federal Services Company, has been awarded a three-year, $162 million contract from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to support the Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA) Clinical Application and Enterprise Core Services. Read More »
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Veterans Health Administration Thinks Key to Interoperability May Be in the Cloud
The giant Veterans Health Administration is poking its head into the cloud to see if therein lies the key to sharing data within and outside of its sprawling healthcare delivery system. The goal of the Digital Health Platform is to pull patient data from the VA, military and commercial electronic health record systems, applications, devices and wearables and send it to a patient's healthcare team in real-time. That would allow patients to more easily obtain health care from physicians and hospitals outside of VA facilities, but some experts say a cloud-based platform also leaves it vulnerable to hackers...
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Veterans Journal: Navy Surgeon General Describes Mental And Physical Toll Of War Wounds
Of the signature wounds of the past 13 years of war in Iraq and Afghanistan, limb amputations affect the service member most directly, while psychological issues can pose altogether different challenges, Navy Surgeon General Vice Adm. Matthew Nathan said in a Sept. 18 speech to medical personnel at the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Resilience summit in Falls Church, Va...
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VistA Could Still Become DoD EHR
The Defense Department may select the Veterans Affairs Department's electronic health record system when it procures its EHR, VA Secretary Eric Shinseki said during a House hearing March 13.
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VoiceOver® Solution Is The VA’s Choice For Speech Enabled Pathology Reporting
Voicebrook, Inc., the leader in Pathology speech recognition and reporting solutions, is pleased to announce that two more Veterans Administration (VA) Hospitals have chosen VoiceOver as their reporting solution. The recent acquisitions expand Voicebrook’s leadership in the VA community to forty-six hospitals...
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White House Introduces New Class Of Innovation Fellows
The White House has pulled nearly 30 innovative techies from the private sector to spend a year tackling thorny government problems, introducing the third class of Presidential Innovation Fellows...
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Why Obama's Mental-Health Initiatives Will Leave Many Troubled Vets Without Help
President Obama last week unveiled a series of measures to improve mental-health care for veterans, ranging from awareness campaigns to increased funding for brain chips to treat post-traumatic stress disorder. Some advocates, however, do not believe Obama's efforts go far enough...
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Will Massive DoD Contract Solve The EHR Interoperability Problems?
The Department of Defense Healthcare Management Systems Modernization contract--estimated to be worth approximately $11 billion over its lifecycle--could be a game-changer for healthcare in the United States due to its sheer size and scope, reports Nextgov.
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Will Watson Help Solve The Mystery Of The Missing DOD EHR?
As the Department of Defense edges closer to choosing one lucky vendor to support its planned department-wide EHR system, IBM is doing some strategic shifting of its own by adding technology from its Watson supercomputer to its federal health care repertoire. With a new request for information (RFI) released by the DOD, asking for details about infrastructure requirements to replace its aging ALHTA system, the department is putting a contract valued around $11 billion up for grabs.
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