Health IT

Oracle faces huge challenge in salvaging Cerner contract with VA

Cerner has been struggling with the VA, which oversees the nation’s largest integrated healthcare system, on a massive data implementation contract. Oracle now owns the problem - literally- and more is at stake than transforming healthcare as the companies touted in a scripted presentation last month.

5 weeks ago

Equitable outcomes require understanding of ‘Social Drivers of Health’

With the recent emphasis on digital modernization throughout the government, it is paramount that industry partners empower federal healthcare agencies to improve lives and communities by bridging the technology gap to make IT an enabler of equitable healthcare, not an obstacle to operations.

5 weeks ago

NIH wants digital health technologies to contain coronavirus

With areas across the United States starting to reopen, the National Institutes of Health wants digital health technologies to protect against another spread.

US and UK cybersecurity agencies reveal ‘large-scale’ password spraying campaigns

Advanced actors are using password spraying to target health care organizations.

2 years ago

NIH partners with GSA’s modernization hub

The National Institutes of Health is the eighth agency to join the GSA's Centers of Excellence initiative.

2 years ago

Want your coronavirus relief payment? New online tools will help with that deposit.

Two new Treasury web portals will allow the IRS to expedite coronavirus relief payments to Americans who didn't file a tax return or didn't provide banking information to the tax agency.

2 years ago

Homeland Security sets up coronavirus procurement team

DHS has experienced a spike in contractors looking for ways to help with their coronavirus response.

2 years ago

Homeland Security wants to improve public health transparency

The winning company has experience helped the federal government deal with the swine flu outbreak in 2009.

2 years ago

CDC is using artificial intelligence to screen for coronavirus

Microsoft is providing the bot to the CDC free of charge.

2 years ago

WH asks Congress for funds to improve stressed federal IT

Coronavirus has led to increased telework among federal employees. Here's what the White House says agencies need to support that.

2 years ago

VA delays launch of new electronic health records system

VA is delaying the deployment of its new medical records system to ensure that it will operate within the current VA IT infrastructure.

2 years ago

How the VA’s tech sprints benefit its relationship with industry

The Department of Veterans Affairs has shared data from a three-month sprint to develop artificial intelligence capabilities in an effort to improve both customer experience and collaboration.

3 years ago

Will this agency ‘go down deep’ to secure its network?

The next big thing at the Department of Health and Human Services could be a deep dive into its network logs.

3 years ago

Health and Human Services’ CIO on the rewards of emerging tech

Jose Arrieta shares his thoughts on his successes, priorities and some of HHS’ big IT projects.

3 years ago

Will this pilot program help Medicare with its data?

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services want to make up for a "lack of awareness" of "various data assets."

3 years ago

How AI investments can improve health care

A federal push for new technology can help predict health outcomes and address how to create new ways to deliver and pay for care, among other benefits.

3 years ago

Medicare agency awards contract to support healthy systems

General Dynamics Information Technology will continue to support the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Benefits Coordination and Recovery Center, which manages benefits and payments for Medicare.

3 years ago

Healthcare.gov ID verification process is insecure, and there’s no plan to fix it, warns watchdog

A June 14 report from the Government Accountability Office reviewed identity verification processes, otherwise known as “remote identity proofing,” at six federal agencies.

3 years ago

OPM looks for advice on a health insurance enrollment system

The Office of Personnel Management wants to create a one-stop-shop for feds to compare and select healthcare plans.

4 years ago

HHS wants to simplify electronic health record requirements

The Department of Health and Human Services is proposing regulatory changes that could help make using electronic health records systems easier for doctors.

4 years ago

VA finalizes contract to bring electronic health records in line with military systems

The multi-year and multi-billion-dollar effort could have wide ranging impact on all of American health care.

4 years ago

DoD’s next-gen health records system deemed ‘neither effective nor suitable’

A Department of Defense report based on 2017 testing found that the initial rollout of the MHS GENESIS system was difficult to use, lacked sufficient user training and offered inadequate help desk support.

4 years ago

VA lets doctors use telemedicine to cross state lines

A new Veterans Affairs rule will supersede individual state telehealth laws and licencing restrictions to allow veterans' healthcare providers to administer care through virtual services across the U.S.

4 years ago

IG report: Weak security policies ‘compromised the integrity’ of DoD medical records

Are your electronic medical records secure? DoD IG says not necessarily.

4 years ago

Senator: Major problems with new DoD health-records software could endanger patients

The new system, being rolled out in Washington state, has generated inaccurate prescriptions and misdirected patient referrals.

4 years ago

Former VA CIO optimistic that IT initiatives will move forward

Speaking at a conference following his recent resignation, former Veterans Affairs Chief Information Officer Scott Blackburn expressed confident in the department's move to a new electronic health record system, among other far-reaching projects.

4 years ago

Ambitious VA medical records overhaul in jeopardy after department shakeup

Former VA Secretary David Shulkin has said the department was close to finalizing a contract just before he was fired. Now the deal is in limbo.

4 years ago

Veterans Affairs on course to top agency health IT spending

The implementation of the new Veterans Affairs electronic health record system will drive the agency to spend more on health IT than any other agency, according to DelTek forecasts.

4 years ago

Health IT

While technology disrupts every sector, the government has doubled-down on health IT to transform patient care and emergency response.

With the recent emphasis on digital modernization throughout the government, it is paramount that industry partners empower federal healthcare agencies to improve lives and communities by bridging the technology gap to make IT an enabler of equitable healthcare, not an obstacle to operations.

With areas across the United States starting to reopen, the National Institutes of Health wants digital health technologies to protect against another spread.

Advanced actors are using password spraying to target health care organizations.

The National Institutes of Health is the eighth agency to join the GSA's Centers of Excellence initiative.

Two new Treasury web portals will allow the IRS to expedite coronavirus relief payments to Americans who didn't file a tax return or didn't provide banking information to the tax agency.

DHS has experienced a spike in contractors looking for ways to help with their coronavirus response.

The winning company has experience helped the federal government deal with the swine flu outbreak in 2009.

Microsoft is providing the bot to the CDC free of charge.

Coronavirus has led to increased telework among federal employees. Here's what the White House says agencies need to support that.

VA is delaying the deployment of its new medical records system to ensure that it will operate within the current VA IT infrastructure.

The Department of Veterans Affairs has shared data from a three-month sprint to develop artificial intelligence capabilities in an effort to improve both customer experience and collaboration.

The next big thing at the Department of Health and Human Services could be a deep dive into its network logs.

Jose Arrieta shares his thoughts on his successes, priorities and some of HHS’ big IT projects.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services want to make up for a "lack of awareness" of "various data assets."

A federal push for new technology can help predict health outcomes and address how to create new ways to deliver and pay for care, among other benefits.

General Dynamics Information Technology will continue to support the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Benefits Coordination and Recovery Center, which manages benefits and payments for Medicare.

A June 14 report from the Government Accountability Office reviewed identity verification processes, otherwise known as “remote identity proofing,” at six federal agencies.

The Office of Personnel Management wants to create a one-stop-shop for feds to compare and select healthcare plans.

The Department of Health and Human Services is proposing regulatory changes that could help make using electronic health records systems easier for doctors.

The multi-year and multi-billion-dollar effort could have wide ranging impact on all of American health care.

A Department of Defense report based on 2017 testing found that the initial rollout of the MHS GENESIS system was difficult to use, lacked sufficient user training and offered inadequate help desk support.

A new Veterans Affairs rule will supersede individual state telehealth laws and licencing restrictions to allow veterans' healthcare providers to administer care through virtual services across the U.S.

Are your electronic medical records secure? DoD IG says not necessarily.

The new system, being rolled out in Washington state, has generated inaccurate prescriptions and misdirected patient referrals.

Speaking at a conference following his recent resignation, former Veterans Affairs Chief Information Officer Scott Blackburn expressed confident in the department's move to a new electronic health record system, among other far-reaching projects.

Former VA Secretary David Shulkin has said the department was close to finalizing a contract just before he was fired. Now the deal is in limbo.

The implementation of the new Veterans Affairs electronic health record system will drive the agency to spend more on health IT than any other agency, according to DelTek forecasts.