The Department of Veterans Affairs may not be getting the full benefits of a program meant for buying goods, such as medical and IT products, in bulk, said the Government Accountability Office.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has announced a research contest called the Crushing Fraud Chili Cook-Off Competition to address fraudulent activities within the Medicare program. Learn about the latest on healthcare
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Jay Bhattacharya, director of the National Institutes of Health, said NIH is advancing a unified strategy that seeks to align funding approaches and priorities to address urgent health needs, support a biomedical
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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., head of the Department of Health and Human Services, and other government and healthcare technology leaders have committed to delivering a patient-centric digital health ecosystem. At an event
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Thomas Keane has been appointed assistant secretary for technology policy and national coordinator for health IT, according to a LinkedIn post shared Tuesday by ASTP. As the second ASTP and ninth national coordinator,
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The Department of Veterans Affairs has revealed the nine new medical facilities slated to utilize the Federal Electronic Health Record system in 2026. Modernizing VA Healthcare Operations The VA said Monday the additional
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Surveys carried out in 2024 show continued user dissatisfaction with the modernized electronic health record system the Department of Veterans Affairs has been working to roll out since 2020, according to a
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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has started planning for the deployment of the Federal Electronic Health Record system to four Michigan facilities by mid-2026. Enhancing the EHR System The federal agency said
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The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General has recommended cybersecurity improvements on the IT system of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, or OPTN, under the department’s
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The Advanced Research Project Agency for Health, or ARPA-H, is seeking proposals for a funding opportunity to develop new tools designed to improve clinical trial administration. ARPA-H said Monday that through the
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