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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced the finalists selected to move forward in its AI Tech Sprint competition on March 13, which targets the development of AI solutions to address burnout among healthcare workers. […]

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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced on Saturday that it has officially deployed its Oracle Cerner electronic health record (EHR) system at the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center (Lovell FHCC) near Chicago – the only healthcare facility to serve both Department of Defense (DoD) and VA patients. […]

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The House and Senate Appropriations Committees released their first package of fiscal year (FY) 2024 appropriations bills on Sunday including a bill that provides over $6 billion in IT funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), with a cut in the White House’s request for money to fund VA’s electronic health records program. […]

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Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Jon Tester, D-Mont., met with Government Accountability Office (GAO) Comptroller General Gene Dodaro on Jan. 24 to discuss how to improve oversight and accountability at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on several fronts including the agency’s electronic health records program.  […]

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While the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has made progress in ensuring its website and IT systems are accessible to all, a new report from the VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) found that there are still areas for improvement. […]

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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) had a busy 2023, delivering more care to more veterans than ever before. As the agency looks ahead to 2024, the VA’s Office of Information and Technology (VA OIT) is looking to hire more AI experts to help the agency upgrade some of its digital healthcare tools. […]

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The Veterans Health Administration (VHA), which operates within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), oversees the largest integrated healthcare system in the United States, but a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report is calling on the agency to set clear performance goals to improve rural veterans’ health. […]

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Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Jon Tester, D-Mont., Ranking Member Jerry Moran, R-Kan., and Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, introduced new legislation this week that would instruct the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to create an emergency communications system. […]

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Officials from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) told members of Congress this week that the agency’s Electronic Health Records Modernization (EHRM) program has seen improvements in terms of total outage time, but also that VA employees are still unsatisfied with the EHR system. […]

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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is planning to conduct a series of artificial intelligence (AI) technology “sprints” following the Biden administration’s Oct. 30 release of its AI Executive Order that features a broad mandate for Federal agencies to pursue responsible development and deployment of AI tech while mitigating risks that the technology may pose. […]

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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced this week that it has awarded 30 contractors a spot on its Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology Next Generation Two (T4NG2) contract to provide a range of IT services. […]

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) launched an Artificial Intelligence Tech Sprint on Tuesday, encouraging technologists across the country to develop AI-enabled tools that will reduce the burnout of healthcare workers. […]

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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has issued a draft solicitation for its Secure, Performant, Reliable and User-Centered Experiences (SPRUCE) multiple-award contract for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses. […]

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has faced a long, troubled rollout of its Electronic Health Records Modernization (EHRM) program; however, leaders at VA healthcare facilities believe while the new EHR system is not perfect yet, it is their best option moving forward. […]

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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has launched a new Trustworthy AI Framework, becoming the first Federal agency to integrate all of the White House’s AI work into a single, public framework. […]

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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) told members of Congress today that it is going “back to the drawing board” to develop a new deployment schedule for its Electronic Health Records Modernization (EHRM) program, with hopes to resume the program in the summer of 2024. […]

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The Department of Defense (DoD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced they are working together to improve IT system interoperability at the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center near Chicago – the only fully-integrated VA and DoD healthcare system. […]

Federal agency officials made it clear that the concept of “health IT alignment” is their number one priority in the IT sphere during a July 25 webinar organized by Federal News Network. titled Federal Executive Forum Healthcare IT in Government hosted by Federal News Network on July 25. Ryan Dempsey Argentieri, deputy director of the […]

Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Jon Tester, D-Mont., and Ranking Member Jerry Moran, R-Kan., introduced legislation last week that would establish a review board for major Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) acquisitions. […]

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