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US and UK cybersecurity agencies reveal ‘large-scale’ password spraying campaigns
Advanced actors are using password spraying to target health care organizations.
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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.
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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.
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Homeland Security sets up coronavirus procurement team
DHS has experienced a spike in contractors looking for ways to help with their coronavirus response.
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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.
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CDC is using artificial intelligence to screen for coronavirus
Microsoft is providing the bot to the CDC free of charge.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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IG report: Weak security policies ‘compromised the integrity’ of DoD medical records
Are your electronic medical records secure? DoD IG says not necessarily.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Coast Guard to join DoD’s electronic health care system
The Coast Guard will join the Department of Defense's multibillion-dollar electronic health system, MHS GENESIS, to transition its records into an interoperable electronic format.
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