Introduction to VA’s AI Scribe Initiative
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has launched an innovative pilot program introducing ambient AI scribes across ten hospitals nationwide. This groundbreaking initiative represents a significant step forward in…
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will pay the Office of Personnel Management more than $726,000 to consult on a new round of layoffs at VA, according to documents obtained by Federal News Network. The interagency…
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Editor’s Note: This is the eighth in our series on Chief AI Officers in Healthcare. Other recent CAIO profiles include Dennis Chornenky at UC Davis Health, Dr. Karandeep Singh at UC San Diego Health,…
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What You Should Know:
– The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced last week it has awarded the third option period for its contract with Oracle Health to continue supporting its Federal Electronic Health…
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Updated April 4 with comments from the VA.Some lawmakers on Capitol Hill, in an effort to protect service veterans’ federal jobs and contracts – and their healthcare, and the sensitive health data entrusted to…
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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs eliminated several electronic health record modernization contracts amid a larger cutback earlier this month. Some canceled work under the Veterans Health Administration’s Integrated Healthcare Transformation program could directly…
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VA EHR Expansion: 13 Facilities by 2026
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has announced plans to accelerate its electronic health record (EHR) modernization efforts, targeting 13 medical facilities for deployment in 2026. This market-based…
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs now plans to roll out the federal electronic health record system to 13 medical facilities next year, the agency announced.Complete deployment of the EHR at all VA medical…
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Another national outage this week has prompted a new focus on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Electronic Health Records Modernization effort.WHY IT MATTERS
The Spokane VA Medical Center said it experienced an outage of its…
Healthcare IT News published more than 1,150 news and feature stories this past year – covering the trends and happenings in artificial intelligence, cloud and edge computing, cybersecurity and privacy, electronic health records, interoperability,…
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