Kshemendra Paul, the VA's first permanent chief data officer, is leaving the agency in November to join the Energy Department as an assistant inspector general.
The Veterans Health Administration will hold a national onboarding surge event in November to get candidates who have already accepted job offers to start work sooner.
5G, the latest wireless communication technology, has started to change how agencies think about networks, both from a physical infrastructure standpoint and for how it can enhance service to employees and constituents.
Each year the VA's Office of Inspector General looks at whether the agency has what are known as severe occupational staffing shortages. It's had mixed results recently.
Also in today's Federal Newscast, the Federal Labor Relations Authority has issued a complaint against EEOC over office-reentry policies. And the Air Force is embracing privacy during pregnancy.
VHA distributed devices to about 41,000 patients during the first three quarters of fiscal 2021, but 51% of the patients are not using the devices for virtual appointments.
At least one agency has a severe staffing shortage in that particular occupational code. Namely, the Veterans Health Administration. The workplace can turn bad pretty fast. Especially if that workplace is a hospital.
It's easier to imagine better CX than to make it happen. At least now it's their money.
The Honoring Our PACT Act would expand disability compensation and health care benefits for veterans exposed to toxic substances during their military service.
The new EHR has proven to be a heavy lift, especially when it comes to a realistic and enforceable schedule.
The Department of Veterans Affairs hired thousands of health care employees through a streamlined hiring process since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now it's calling on Congress to make some of these hiring flexibilities permanent.
The Department of Veterans Affairs, faced with thousands of job vacancies and a high rate of turnover among its health care workforce, is calling on Congress to set higher pay caps for more occupations, and permanently ease onboarding requirements.
The Veterans Health Administration is always looking for ways to improve psycho-therapy treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder. Two leading methods are known as cognitive processing and prolonged exposure.
When the pandemic first hit, it had a big effect on the Veterans Health Administration.
In today's Federal Newscast, five unions say VA should immediately develop a joint COVID-19 training task force to design education courses for employees.