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Health IT initiatives aim to solve 'little data' challenges
The authors of a special report on health IT initiatives join In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss health IT initiatives.
Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , Tom Love , Anne Reed , health IT , ACT-IAC
VA testing cash prizes to improve its health record system
The Department of Veterans Affairs is trying out a new system of contests to make upgrades to its electronic medical record system. The agency plans to award up to three prizes worth $3 million to vendors who create open-source based components to VistA.
Tags: technology , VA , Roger Baker , VistA , VMBS , health IT , acquisition , Jared Serbu
Top 3 for 2013 - Bob Otto on federal IT
Bob Otto, executive vice president at Agilex Technologies and the former chief information officer at the Postal Service, shares his technology predictions for next year as part of the special feature Top 3 for 2013
Tags: Bob Otto , Top 3 for 2013 , In Depth , Francis Rose , big data , health IT , federal IT , BYOD
Panetta, Shinseki order swifter progress toward joint health records
The heads of DoD and VA met on Thursday, and decided they wanted to a plan to speed up the delivery of an integrated health record system, currently scheduled for implementation in 2017.
Tags: technology , VA , DoD , Eric Shinseki , Leon Panetta , electronic health record , information sharing , health IT , veterans benefits , VBMS , Jared Serbu
Federal Drive Interviews -- Oct. 19, 2012
Warren Suss of Suss Consulting discusses Sprint's acquisition by Japanese company Softbank. Harl Sanderson, the "mayor of Beale Air Force Base," is honored as manager of the year. Roger Baker, the CIO at the VA, talks about the benefits of electronic health records. Technology reporter Ed Scannell reviews Windows 8.
Tags: Warren Suss , Sprint , Softbank , Harl Sanderson , technology , cybersecurity , Cybersecurity Update , DoD , DoD Report , Roger Baker , Veterans Affairs , health IT , Ed Scannell , Federal Drive
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Tags: AFCEA Health IT Day 2011 , Beth McGrath , DoD , EHR , NIST , health IT
FDA checking high-risk medical apps for safety
Last year, the FDA proposed a policy to test apps that included "very high-risk interventions" that did not cause any unintended consequences. The agency is now expected to release final policy by the end of this year on which apps it will oversee.
Tags: Bakul Patel , FDA , Mike Honda , House , technology , mobile , health IT , Jolie Lee , Federal Drive
Indian Health Service solving e-health challenges with help from VA
The Indian Health Service is using the success of the Veterans Affairs e-health record program to update its own systems. IHS Acting Chief Information Officer Howard Hays spoke to Federal News Radio's Agency of the Month show about the upgrade.
Tags: Howard Hays , Agency of the Month , Indian Health Service , HHS , information technology , health IT , e-health records
DoD, VA's health IT efforts grow out of leadership, necessity
The agencies soon will issue solicitations that will take them one step closer to deploying integrated electronic health records for service members, veterans and their families. The departments have been working on the project for years but have only recently begun to demonstrate tangible progress.
Tags: DoD , VA , electronic health records , health IT , technology , Ruben Gomez , Barclay Butler , Jeff Miller , Ed Meagher , Robert Wah , Obama Impact , House Veterans Affairs Committee , CSC , SRA , DoD Report , Federal Drive
Technology reforms give agencies a needed lift
In part 2 of Federal News Radio's special report, The Obama Impact: Evaluating the Last Four Years, we examine the success and change brought by five technology initiatives. We rated three as effective, one as having made some progress, but more is needed, and a fifth as ineffective.
Tags: technology , Obama Impact , cybersecurity , openness and transparency , IT reform , health IT , information sharing , Jason Miller
