electronic health records
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IT at the Department of Veterans Affairs took center stage on Capitol Hill Tuesday, as the House Veterans Affairs Committee held two hearings in attempt to better understand the agency's long list of challenges.
April 02, 2019 -
As Congress piles on new initiatives for the Department of Veterans Affairs to implement, the agency is struggling to keep up with the IT updates that those new or enhanced programs demand.
March 27, 2019 -
President Donald Trump's 2020 budget request would give the Justice Department $72 million to fund stronger enforcement of immigration laws and reduce the nation's backlog of asylum cases.
March 13, 2019 -
As the Department of Veterans Affairs continues to implement a new version of its community care program, lawmakers will also debate whether VA is spending too much on private care at the expense of other agency priorities.
March 12, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, lawmakers want to hear from the Indian Health Service's acting director about what he's done to improve on an apparent failure of the agency to provide quality health care.
March 08, 2019 -
A decade after the start of a federally-backed effort to establish electronic health records most medical establishments have them - but systems still don't communicate easily with one another.
March 06, 2019 -
Innovation of federal IT springs up all over the government, including the IRS' most recent move to provide more wireless options.
February 26, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Representative Mark Takano (D-Calif.) is launching an official investigation into the influence of three members of President Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago golf club, on recent personnel and policy decisions at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
February 12, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board issues a new interim rule allowing participants in the Thrift Savings Plan to take a loan while in non-pay status.
February 07, 2019 -
John Kreger, a vice president for public sector programs at MITRE’s Center for Programs and Technology, details four steps to unlock the power of intelligence interoperability.
February 06, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a federal court rules against an employee appealing his removal when he failed a drug test, after he says he accidentally ate a pot brownie.
February 06, 2019 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs said it may designate an independent arbitrator of sorts to oversee and manage joint decisions from VA and the Defense Department as the two agencies implement a new, commercial electronic health record (EHR).
February 05, 2019 -
Ed Meagher, a retired Department of Veterans Affairs chief technology office and deputy chief information officer, explained why VA is repeating mistakes of the past modernization projects.
November 29, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, after requests from Congress, the Government Accountability Office will look into how the Department of Veterans Affairs developed its strategy for its electronic health record modernization program.
November 27, 2018 -
Why does the Department of Veterans Affairs need Apple for mobile electronic health record, and why should Apple get a prescription cut?
November 27, 2018