electronic health records
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The Veterans Affairs Department may get a big budget boost in fiscal 2018 under the president's proposal. Most of the additional funding will go toward health care, both in and outside the department. But the budget proposal does suggest cuts, and lawmakers said they're concerned by possible spending reductions to VA information technology and medical research.
May 24, 2017 -
Vice Admiral Raquel C. Bono, director of the Defense Health Agency, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the organization's vision for serving the healthcare needs of the warfighter. April 11, 2017
April 11, 2017 -
The Veterans Affairs Department is only one of many major health care providers that use MUMPS. It could end up spending those billions to replace it with what it has already.
April 10, 2017 -
The federal cloud policy makes it easier for agencies to begin replacing legacy systems with commercial applications.
April 06, 2017 -
The Defense Department started deployment of its new electronic health record — a major milestone last week in the $4.3 billion program known as MHS Genesis.
March 02, 2017 -
Almost exactly four years after the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments decided to go their separate ways in their projects to modernize their electronic health records, DoD’s brand new EHR is now up and running, at least at one base.
February 14, 2017 -
The Defense Health Agency is rationalizing the hundreds of medical devices, programs and applications within military hospitals to make sure that they first can achieve interoperability with the Pentagon's new electronic health record. DHA Director Rear Adm. Raquel Bono said a new definition of "interoperability" is driving the department's initial work with the EHR.
October 13, 2016 -
The Defense Department will begin the much-anticipated rollout of its new commercially derived electronic health records system in February, according to a new deployment schedule officials announced on Tuesday.
October 12, 2016 -
The House Veterans Affairs Committee also discussed several of the recommendations from the VA Commission on Care's report. Lawmakers generally agreed with the majority of the 18 suggestions, but issues of leadership at the Veterans Health Administration will likely be the sticking point in future debates over VA transformation.
September 07, 2016 -
The Defense Department will delay the rollout of its forthcoming $4.6 billion electronic health record because of newly-discovered technical problems, officials said Thursday.
September 01, 2016 -
VA has paused development on "VistA Evolution," the program it's been using for the last several years to modernize its existing electronic health records with help from the open source community.
March 03, 2016 -
A pioneer in electronic health records, the Department of Veterans Affairs is embarking on a makeover of its flagship EHR Vista. Dr. Alan Constantian, the assistant deputy CIO for product management at Veteran's Affairs, is directing the effort.
November 12, 2015 -
The Department of Health and Human Services reports that more than 8 in 10 physicians have adopted an Electronic Health Record. Challenges remain and the industry is transforming with each new step. Dr. Keith Salzman is a health fellow and Chief Medical Information Officer with IBM’s Global Business Services. He joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss some of the latest innovations.
November 03, 2015 -
Dave Bowen, the Defense Health Agency CIO, said getting the military services to sign off on a concept of operations for health IT shared services is a huge step toward meeting an Oct. 1 deadline to reach full operational capability.
August 10, 2015 John Williams and Christian Heiter with Hitachi Data Systems Federal Corporation join host John Gilroy to discuss how their company can help with with your data storage and data management needs. August 4, 2015
August 03, 2015