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Pentagon Wants Commercial Tech for VA EHR Data Transfer
The Defense Department will acquire commercial technology for its system to transfer data between the ... -
House Appropriations Panel Proposes $344M for Joint DoD-VA EHR System
The House Appropriations Committee’s proposed fiscal year 2014 budget for the Department of Veterans ... -
Douglas Robb to Head New Defense Health Agency
Maj. Gen. Douglas Robb Air Force Maj. Gen. Douglas Robb, former Joint Chiefs staff surgeon, has been ... -
Pentagon Delays Integrated EHR System Solicitation
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has ordered the Pentagon to restructure its approach to developing an integrated ...
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Pentagon Wants Commercial Tech for VA EHR Data Transfer
The Defense Department will acquire commercial technology for its system to transfer data between the Pentagon and Department of Veterans Affairs‘ electronic health records systems, ...
House Appropriations Panel Proposes $344M for Joint DoD-VA EHR System
The House Appropriations Committee’s proposed fiscal year 2014 budget for the Department of Veterans Affairs includes $344 million for the development of the integrated electronic ...
Douglas Robb to Head New Defense Health Agency
Maj. Gen. Douglas Robb
Air Force Maj. Gen. Douglas Robb, former Joint Chiefs staff surgeon, has been appointed to lead the Defense Health Agency that will start operating Oct. 1, Marine ...
Fed Employees Required to Buy Insurance Through Health Exchanges Under New Bill
The House Ways and Means Committee has proposed legislation seeking to require all federal employees to apply for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act-mandated insurance ...
Pentagon Delays Integrated EHR System Solicitation
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has ordered the Pentagon to restructure its approach to developing an integrated electronic health records system with the Department of Veterans Affairs, ...
Eric Shinseki: VA Integrated EHR Project to Go Forward
Eric Shinseki
Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki has told Senate lawmakers the agency will go ahead in developing an integrated electronic health record system with the Defense ...
Jonathan Woodson: Sequestration Reduces Medical Facility Funds
Jonathan Woodson (pictured left)
The Defense Department‘s top doctor is concerned about sequestration’s effects on patients, staff and facilities in the military healthcare ...
NIH Facing $1.6B Sequestration Cut; Francis Collins Comments
Francis Collins
The National Institutes of Health would have to cut $1.6 billion from its budget for fiscal year 2013 under the automatic sequestration cuts scheduled to take effect ...
Pentagon, VA Keeping Own EHR Systems, Emphasizing Interoperability
Eric Shinseki and Leon Panetta (left to right)
The departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs are taking a new approach towards integrating their electronic health records systems, ...
HHS Announces New $1.5B Insurance Exchange Funding Round
The Department of Health and Human Services is awarding 11 states $1.5 billion in grants to continue developing health insurance exchanges under the Affordable Care Act, HHS said Thursday.
California, ...
