VA, Apple collaborating on health app for veterans

Large numbers of veterans today have grown up with technology, and now the Department of Veterans Affairs and Apple are collaborating to bring vital information...

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Large numbers of veterans today have grown up with technology, including smart phones. Now the Department of Veterans Affairs and Apple are collaborating to bring vital information to the health app on their iPhones. It’s just one small effort in a massive IT modernization going on at VA. Bill James, deputy assistant secretary for development and operations, and Drew Myklegard, acting executive director of demand management, both of the VA’s office of IT joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin with the full story.

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