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DoD, VA joint e-health record ahead of schedule
The development of a shared records system between the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs is making progress thanks to several pilots. VA-DoD is taking the lessons learned from the tests and applying them to future pilots.
Tags: DoD , VA , electronic health records , health IT , technology , Federal Drive , Esther Carey , Tom Temin , Emily Kopp
Step 2 of EHR rules focuses on security
Tougher cybersecurity regulations could be the final step for Stage 2 of the HITECH Act, which aims to implement electronic health records. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services want hospitals to prove their EHRs are encrypted and secure.
Tags: cybersecurity , Cybersecurity Update , HITECH Act , EHR , health IT , In Depth , Francis Rose
ONC offers $75k for new health data app
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT is putting its money where its mouth is when it comes to big data.
It's offering a $75,000 prize for the development of an application that mashes up personal health data with larger information sets. The goal? Making big data more beneficial for patients.
Entries are due September 5th.
Tags: technology , health IT , The Big Data Report , MarkLogic , ONC
Pentagon releases open-source health record software
The Pentagon is releasing an open-source version of the electronic health record software used on the battlefield. It's meant for rough and remote situations. Medics need only a laptop to document troops' injuries in a way that can be stored and transmitted later when connected to a network.
Tags: DoD , DoD Report , Federal Drive , technology , health IT
Q&A with U.S. CTO Todd Park
Todd Park, chief technology officer of the United States, will talk about Datapalooza, and solutions to federal healthcare IT problems.
May 29, 2012
Tags: technology , health IT , Datapalooza , DHS , Presidential Innovations Fellows program , MyGov , Open Data Initiatives , Blue Button , RFP EZ , 20% campaign , Federal Tech Talk , John Gilroy
DoD, VA building on early success of joint e-health record
Secretary Leon Panetta and Secretary Eric Shinseki announce an expansion in 2014 of initial capability of the joint electronic health record to two more sites.
Tags: technology , Leon Panetta , DoD , Eric Shinseki , VA , health IT , electronic health record , information sharing , Jason Miller
Q & A with Washington Technology's Nick Wakeman
Washington Technology Editor in Chief Nick Wakeman joins host Mark Amtower for a wide ranging discussion of the big technology and acquisition stories.
APril 30, 2012
Tags: acquisition , contracting , mergers and acquisitions , Washington Technology , Nick Wakeman , GDIT , CSC , Lockheed , health IT , cybersecurity , PR , Amtower Off Center , Mark Amtower
VA, National Archives team up to help dig out of claims backlog
The Veterans Affairs department has signed a deal with the National Archives and Records Administration to start digitizing billions of pages of paper documents dealing with Veterans' benefit claims.
Tags: VA , NARA , Veterans Benefits Management System , technology , health IT , Roger Baker , Disabled American Veterans , Jeffrey Hall , Jared Serbu
Q & A with Aneesh Chopra
Host John Gilroy will talk federal IT issues with former White House Chief Information Officer Aneesh Chopra.
April 24, 2012
Tags: technology , Aneesh Chopra , health care , health IT , National Wireless Initiative , federal IT initiatives , budget cuts , green button , John Gilroy , Federal Tech Talk
The current state of contracting
Host Mark Amtower talks about the big contracting issues with Northrup Grumman's Ed Swallow and Dan Mintz from PowerTek Corporation.
April 9, 2012(Encore presentation April 23, 2012)
Tags: cybersecurity , cloud computing , best value , health IT , Subcontracting , Mark Amtower , Amtower Off Center , Ed Swallow , Northrup Grumman , Dan Mintz , Powertek Corporation , acquisition , contracting
