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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 , 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 , 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 , Subcontracting , Mark Amtower , Amtower Off Center , Ed Swallow , Northrup Grumman , Dan Mintz , Powertek Corporation , acquisition , contracting
Military Health System must balance old, new health IT
Karen Guice, the acting CIO for the Military
Health System, said her office is working the
Veterans Affairs Department to ensure the
transition to the new electronic health record
from legacy systems is as seamless as possible.
She said DoD and VA are working on a data
taxonomy.
April 5, 2012(Encore presentation June 14,
2012)
Tags: technology , Karen Guice , Military Health System , DoD , Veteran Affairs , Integrated health records system , Barclay Butler , Ask the CIO , Jason Miller
Health care IT
Kerry McDermott, senior policy director at WestHealth Policy Center will discuss a wide range of healthcare issues, with host John Gilroy.
March 20, 2012(Encore presentation May 22, 2012)
Tags: technology , health care , CMS , Veterans Affairs , Federal Communications Commission , Kerry McDermott , WestHealth Policy Center , data security , healthcare reform , John Gilroy , Federal Tech Talk
DISA data centers to play host to VA-DoD health records system
The Veterans Affairs Department announced in January plans to to move electronic health records under its Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA) to data centers managed by the Defense Information System Agency. VA Chief Information Officer Roger Baker said it the co-location of systems on DISA's servers was a 'logical move.'
Tags: Roger Baker , VA , In Depth , Francis Rose , technology , DoD , EHR
VA kills $100M contract at heart of e-health record system
The Department of Veterans Affairs has terminated a $102 million contract for a key component of the e-health record system that is supposed to help streamline the health care that VA and the Defense Department provides to service members, veterans and their families. The agency says it is determining its next steps.
Tags: technology , VA , DoD , EHRs , contracting , acquisition , industry , ASM Research , e-health , Emily Kopp
VA issues stop-work order on crucial element of e-health record system
The Department of Veterans Affairs has issued a stop-work order on a key component of the integrated electronic health record system it isdeveloping with the Defense Department. Virginia-based ASM Research won the $103 million contract.
Tags: VA , DoD , electronic health record , VistA , contracting , acquisition , technology , Roger Baker , e-health , Emily Kopp , mobile computing , ASM Research , budget
ONC developing mobile security in health IT
ONC said it wants to encourage the adoption of new technologies in clinical settings, but it also want to make sure patient privacy is kept safe and secure.
Tags: Office of the National Coordinator , Joy Pritts , technology , HHS , Federal Drive
Mergers and acquisitions
KippsDeSanto Managing Director Kevin DeSanto joins host Mark Amtower for a wide ranging discussion of the merger and acquisition market.
January 30, 2012(Encore presentation March 26, 2012)
Tags: acquisition , contracting , Amtower Off Center , mergers and acquisitions , Kevin DeSanto , KippsDeSanto , SRA , Providence , DRC , HPTI , USR , Apptis , cybersecurity , intelligence
