The recently passed Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act came with much praise in the veteran and federal community for its expansion of medical coverage to former military service members exposed to toxins during
The Defense Health Agency is moving forward with a companion small business contract to a $2 billion enterprise IT services award Peraton can now claim as booked after two competitors’ protests were denied. As part
As our nation transitions to a digital healthcare system, our stakeholders are discovering new opportunities for using health information technology to advance health care delivery, public health, and research to improve people’s lives. The federal
Only two weeks after his Senate confirmation, newly appointed Undersecretary for Health Shereef Elnahal is eyeing a continued effort to combat COVID-19, recruit and retain a health care workforce, modernize electronic health records and promote
Today, during National Health Center Week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), awarded nearly $90 million in American Rescue Plan funding to nearly 1,400
The Department of Veterans Affairs had a significant outage within Cerner’s electronic health records system on Thursday, due to a corrupted patient database that could have caused major harm to VA patients due to the
Two programs at the National Cemetery Administration are leveraging digital services to honor and remember the legacies of interred veterans. One of those is the Veterans Legacy Memorial — a remembrance platform that allows the
Senate appropriations bills released by Democrats in late July omits new money for the Technology Modernization Fund, citing concerns about how to best fund governmentwide initiatives. Instead, the legislation would tinker with a different funding
Senior health experts have called for the federal government to separate the technology and policy arms of the nonprofit responsible for operating the U.S. national organ transplant network, citing concerns over its failure to modernize
To improve access to federal, state and local health data that can bolster infectious disease intelligence and public health preparedness, Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) has proposed a Center for Public Health Data. The new agency
