IT Modernization
Report: Apple Is Working With VA to Help Vets Download Health Records
Vets would be able to have their health records on their iPhones.
IT Modernization
VA’s $16 Billion E-Health Record Overhaul is Already $350 Million Over Budget
Just six months into the project, VA’s most important modernization effort is getting more expensive.
Emerging Tech
CDC is Testing Blockchain to Monitor the Country's Health in Real Time
The system would allow the agency to quickly respond to health crises as they unfold.
IT Modernization
Report: Management Drama Threatens to Derail VA’s Health Records Overhaul
The vendor’s software is also falling short of the department’s requirements, according to ProPublica.
IT Modernization
Pentagon's Health Record Platform Shows Progress After Initial Setbacks
The system has decreased emergency room wait times and increased the number of patients facilities are able to treat, the vendor reports.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Breach Healthcare.gov
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services acknowledged 75,000 people's records were accessed but haven’t disclosed who might be behind it.
IT Modernization
Pentagon, VA Leaders Commit to Boosting Accountability in Health Record Overhaul
Both secretaries pledged to re-examine the multibillion-dollar program’s organization structure and timelines.
IT Modernization
24 Companies Join VA’s Health Record Modernization Team
Cerner Corp. announces a lengthy list of subcontractors for the multi-billion dollar project.
IT Modernization
Congress Doesn’t Know Who’s in Charge of VA’s $10 Billion Health Records Overhaul
Lawmakers are trying to figure out what to do about the lack of accountability within the program’s leadership.
IT Modernization
Lawmaker: Don’t Let “Rudderless Leadership” Cripple VA Health Record Overhaul
The program’s chief administrator resigned less than two months after taking charge of the project. Another top official left her post days earlier.
IT Modernization
Report: Private Trump Advisers Tried to Derail the VA’s Multibillion-Dollar IT Overhaul
A ProPublica investigation found three advisers weighed in heavily on the hiring and firing of high-level tech leaders within the agency.
Data
23andMe and Other Genetic Testing Companies Release Guideline on How to Handle DNA Data
This set of best practices doesn't guarantee privacy, though.
CIO Briefing
Trump Picks Marine Vet To Take Over Veterans Affairs IT
If confirmed, James Gfrerer would step into a difficult job, as IT is at the center of VA’s mandate to modernize.
Data
Report: IBM Watson AI Recommended Unsafe Cancer Treatments
The system was trained using hypothetical scenarios.
Emerging Tech
Drug Company Gains Access to 23andMe's Massive DNA Library
Do you know who has access to your DNA?
IT Modernization
Pentagon to Increase Health Records Contract Ceiling By Another Billion
The increase includes looping the Coast Guard into the contract, as well as additional capabilities.
IT Modernization
VA Creates Special Office to Direct $16B Health Record Overhaul
The House Veterans Affairs Committee also unveiled the lawmakers who will track the project from its new subcommittee.
CIO Briefing
Congress Studies the 3 Rs: Re-org, Re-clearance, Reauthorization
The bill that would name and shame hackers that attack U.S. targets also advanced.
CIO Briefing
VA’s Billion-Dollar Health Records Project Will Be Tracked by New House Subcommittee
Lawmakers worry the department’s lack of leadership and hiccups in Defense’s rollout of its MHS Genesis platform could derail the $16 billion project.
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