Kat Wood

• Data
• Health IT

A new API pilot program from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will allow clinicians to access beneficiary claims data, supporting interoperability between providers.

• Health IT

DHA has updated TRICARE Online (TOL), for example, to include several services that provide active-duty service members, veterans and their families with 24/7 access to care and online health services.

Computed tomography scanners, which have been used for years in scanning checked luggage at airports, are now being piloted at airport checkpoints for carry-on bags.

• Health IT

Cybersecurity does not have to be an impediment to delivering efficient health care if security professionals are incorporated much earlier in the development process...

The military's new electronic health record program, MHS Genesis, has moved beyond rollout at initial operating capability sites and will begin rollout in the “Travis Wave” (named for Travis Air Force Base, one of the first bases in the wave) Sept. 7.

• Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence, machine learning and robotic process automation are at the forefront of emerging technologies for both the public and private sectors.

• Cybersecurity
• Workforce

In an effort to draw upon talents and aptitudes within the federal government to close the cybersecurity workforce gap, earlier this year the Federal CIO Council created the Cyber Reskilling Academy, a full-time, three-month-long program for federal employees outside of IT roles to learn the necessary skills to become cybersecurity experts.

• Cloud
• Data

Industry leaders see great potential in cloud technology to foster innovation within the Department of Veterans Affairs, as they outlined at an Amazon Web Services Public Sector summit panel last month.

• Cybersecurity

Perspectives from federal agencies that secure some of America’s most high-value assets revealed that although agencies may agree on methods or best practices for dealing with cybersecurity threats, their approaches are not all that similar.

• Cybersecurity

State of Cyber CXO Tech Forum July 18 discussions around the origins of American information security and the future of the field.

• Cloud
• Cybersecurity

Agencies are implementing the continuous diagnostics and monitoring (CDM) mandate from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) as well as employing cloud services and the Zero Trust framework to balance user access with network integrity.

• Cybersecurity

Discussions on complex security threats at the State of Cyber CXO Tech Forum.