U.S. Senator Mark R. Warner, D-Va., wrote to the U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and Deputy National Security Advisor Anne Neuberger this past week and asked them to quickly develop and…
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By Anuja Vaidya
June 26, 2024 – Veterans found their outpatient teleneurology experience acceptable independent of their neurologic condition, new research shows.
Published in the Journal of Neurology, the study examined whether patients with various neurological conditions…
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HealtHIE Nevada, the Silver State’s health information exchange, said this week that it is working with the US Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense to make their patients’ clinical information available to…
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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded the second option period for its electronic health record modernization contract with Oracle Health. It’s an 11-month extension, “with an emphasis on improved fiscal and performance…
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What You Should Know:
– The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced today it is extending its contract with Oracle to continue delivering a modern electronic health record (EHR) system for veterans across the…
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An internal VA report finds that less than 20% of its Oracle Health users believe that the system helps them deliver high-quality care and just 13% believe that it helps keep their patients…
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When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration set to track COVID-19 vaccine deployment, it needed timely and robust information. Wanting the ability to scale, the FDA turned to next-generation exchange in the Fast Healthcare…
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What You Should Know:
– Veterans across the United States can now access convenient, on-demand healthcare through VA Health Chat, following the platform’s national rollout across all Veterans Integrated Service Networks (VISNs).
– The multi-year initiative,…
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Dr. Kaeli Yuen, the Veterans Affairs artificial intelligence product lead within the VA Office of Information and Technology’s Office of the Chief Technology Officer, provided an update on the agency’s assessment of various AI…
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Epic is using Microsoft Azure’s Phi-3 small language model to summarize patient histories faster and cheaper than other generative AI models. Small language models can be run offline when extensive reasoning isn’t required and…
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