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 ...
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, ...
VA Seeking EHR Scheduling Developers For $3M Cash Competition; Roger Baker Comments
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The Department of Veterans Affairs will award up to $3 million in cash prizes to developers who can make a scheduling module compatible with the VA’s electronic health ...
GAO: IT Progress Stalled In VA-DoD Healthcare Project
The Government Accountability Office recently audited the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs’ progress in integrating their healthcare facilities, Fierce Government IT ...
House Panel Seeking To Give Roger Baker’s Office More Funds
The House Appropriations Committee has proposed a budget authorizing a 6.5 percent increase in the information technology budget for the Department of Veterans Affairs, reports Alice ...
Health CIO Group Asking CMS, ONC For More EHR Transition Time
The federal government should give healthcare organizations more time before starting the next phase of implementing electronic health records, according to letters from a group of ...
VA, Pentagon Introducing Early EHR System in 2014
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The Defense and Veterans Affairs departments’ merged electronic health records system could be available at two facilities as early as 2014, according to FierceGovernment ...
VA Continues to Focus on Veteran Health Service Offerings
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The Department of Veterans Affairs will continue focusing on veteran homelessness, claims backlogs and access to care, VA CIO Roger Baker said Tuesday.
GCN reports Baker ...
Digital Health Records Czar: HHS Has ‘Fire in the Belly’ on Guidelines
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For the Health and Human Services Department’s digital-health-records czar, Farzad Mostashari, innovation is the name of the ...
ONC’s Mostashari on EHR Adoption and Business Opportunities for Health IT Firms
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Director of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT Farzad Mostashari, the health agency’s point man for electronic health ...
