Focus: Health IT

10 Universities Picked to Help HHS Build Up Health IT Workforce

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT announced $73 million in grants to support career training and job placement for 4,000 new health IT workers.

  • By Aaron Boyd

A Bigger Staff Isn’t Helping VA Process Disability Claims Any Faster

Lawmaker laments lack of progress; department’s benefits chief says accuracy has improved.

  • By Bob Brewin

Soldiers Waiting for Medical Discharge ‘Languish’ in Disability System

Long wait can exacerbate PTSD symptoms, Army IG finds.

  • By Bob Brewin

VA Doctors Suffer From Electronic Information Overload

Clinicians say they are missing automatically generated lab test alerts.

  • By Bob Brewin

Don’t Expect Defense and VA Health Records to Share Data Anytime Soon

If the past is prologue, the plan to making existing systems interoperable will be fraught with problems.

  • By Kedar Pavgi