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VA Watchdog Hacked
One of the best resources for veterans who have problems with the Veterans Affairs Department is the <a href=http://www.vawatchdog.org/>VA Watchdog Web site</a> founded and edited by Larry Scott.
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Giving Some Thanks on Thanksgiving
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, so I'm going to doff my grump hat and thank the folks who make this column possible, starting with some really fine military public affairs officers.
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Military Health to evaluate two electronic dental records systems
Agency will spend six months reviewing applications developed by a Northrop Grumman-SAIC team and Harris.
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Joint Telemedicine Network eyed for mental health services
Expanding the network would allow Army behavioral health specialists working at large hospitals in Iraq to provide counseling to patients at smaller field hospitals.
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VA's Spiffy New Web Site, But . . .
I really, really wanted to praise the slick design of the redone <a href=http://www.va.gov/>Web site</a> operated by the Veterans Affairs Department, which it launched on Monday. But, alas, I instead need to put on, once again, my grump hat.
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New military satellite system expedites X-rays arrival at hospitals
Army overcame small budget, failing satellite to develop a system that speeds medical images to hospitals to treat wounded soldiers and save lives.
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Health Data Security CSI
The last place you would expect to find Hollywood-based TV producers is at a policy wonk-fest held at a Holiday Inn in Southwest Washington.
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Electronic health records could be a deadly target during a cyberwar
Adversaries could hack into systems to change patient data as a way to create fear in the U.S. population during wartime, a technology manager tells an Health and Human Services panel.
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UK Eyes Selling Off Its Weather Service
The <a href= http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/>Met Office,</a> the United Kingdom's version of the National Weather Service is on the sales block, the Times of London <a href= http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/support_services/article6920675.ece>reported</a> yesterday.
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Keep health IT standards simple, says chief technology officer
Aneesh Chopra recommends HHS design easy-to-understand criteria for more efficient patient data exchanges.
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Treating 419,000
That figure -- 419,000 vets form the Afghanistan and Iraq wars -- staggers the mind, especially when you consider that this is 61 percent above the number the Veterans Affairs Department treated in its 153 hospitals and more than 1,110 outpatient clinics in 2008, according to the report on the Senate version of the VA fiscal 2010 appropriations bill passed on Tuesday.
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Defense asks industry for help to cut its communications cord
The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command has asked communications companies to submit ideas for a wireless headset that has a range of up to 550 yards for the four-member crew in armored vehicles.
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Senate passes VA bill with $3.3 billion in IT funding
Appropriations include development of a common VA-Defense health and benefits record.
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GPS-Equipped Critters Map Sea
I consider GPS, along with the Internet, the Defense Department's two greatest gifts to the planet, and I continue to be amazed at the uses folks way outside Defense find for it. That includes a <a href=http://www.wcs.org/new-and-noteworthy/new-atlas-of-the-patagonian-sea.aspx>project</a> by the Wildlife Conservation Society to map South America's Patagonian Sea.
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The Checks Aren't in the Mail
The claims are part of an even larger pile of all GI bill claims, which includes the older and less generous Montgomery GI bill, which stood at 211,327, down about 7 percent from the 226,817 claims a week ago.
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Army Afghanistan Tele-Shrinks
The Army has added about 2,700 behavioral health specialists to treat combat stress during the past two years, with just under 300 deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq.
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10 Security Tips for Cyber Wingmen
Everyone who wears Air Force blue has a role in defending cyberspace, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz said in a service wide message.
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Memories for Remembrance Day
I have always preferred Remembrance Day as a better name for the Nov. 11 holiday than Veterans Day, as the former requires me to pause, think and reflect on those who served and still serve.
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