The US Capitol on March 10, 2022. (Photo by Daniel SLIM / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL SLIM/AFP via Getty Images) $1.5T spending bill is a mixed bag for IT modernization funds The fiscal 2022 legislation doesn't include any money for the Technology Modernization Fund but increases funding for some IRS and HHS efforts. Mar 10, 2022 By Dave Nyczepir
The exterior of the Veterans Affairs Hospital is seen November 10, 2003 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) VA improving data standardization to meet clinicians’ electronic health record needs Process improvements come in response to a GAO report that identified a range of failings relating to the transfer of data. Feb 10, 2022 By Dave Nyczepir
(Getty Images) VA expands health information exchange to 15,000 more facilities The Joint Health Information Exchange — the system built to have interoperability between DOD, VA and the private sector — continues to expand. Oct 14, 2020 By Jackson Barnett
(Getty Images) DOD and VA jointly seek health records modernization director and deputy The two departments are trying to staff up their new joint office to lead the effort in modernizing health records. Aug 2, 2019 By Jackson Barnett
Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie tours the VA North Texas Health Care System on Aug. 29, 2018. (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs / Flickr) VA says it migrated 78 billion health records to new Cerner EHR The VA reached a "major milestone" in transferring 23.5 million veterans' records to its new, modernized system. That's all veterans who used VistA, according to a VA… Aug 1, 2019 By Jackson Barnett
(Getty Images) VA has a new office to lead its EHR modernization push The Office of Electronic Health Record Modernization will run point on the whole project. Jul 13, 2018 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier