The rising tide of cyberattacks on healthcare organizations has necessitated swift legislative action. The bipartisan Health Care Cybersecurity and Resiliency Act of 2024 aims to strengthen cybersecurity across the healthcare sector, offering crucial support…
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– Medtronic today announced that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has awarded a three-year contract for the deployment of nearly 100 additional GI Genius™ AI-powered endoscopy units across VA…
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House lawmakers pass a VA legislative package with its original EHR oversight requirements removed.
The originally submitted version would have increased Congressional oversight of the VA’s struggling Oracle Health implementation, which included requiring…
After 40 minutes of debate, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act on Monday night – but an original section that had dealt…
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President-elect Donald J. Trump has nominated former Rep. Doug Collins, a Republican from Georgia, to serve as his administration’s Secretary of Veterans Affairs.WHY IT MATTERS”I am pleased to announce my intent to nominate former…
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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced a proposal to eliminate telehealth copayments for veterans and establish a grant program to fund designated VA telehealth access points in non-VA facilities.WHY IT MATTERS
This week the…
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– HistoSonics , the developer and manufacturer of the Edison Histotripsy System, announced today they have been awarded an exclusive contract to provide Veteran’s Affairs hospitals across the United States access to…
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Healthcare-focused data analytics company Glassbeam has signed an agreement with the Department of Veterans Affairs Healthcare Technology Management (HTM) program to enhance VA real-time data and predictive analytics capabilities.HTM and Glassbeam engineers will work…
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Veterans Health Administration employees allegedly accessed the medical records of vice presidential nominees Ohio Senator J.D. Vance and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz in July and August.”We reported to law enforcement allegations that [Veterans Affairs]…
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Healthcare providers continue to adopt AI at a rapid rate, with a majority reporting that they have increased their tech spending over the past year.
The new generation of healthcare AI innovation is promising, but…
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