Adam Patterson

The implementation of broad-reaching health records modernization across the Department of Veterans Affairs is encouraging broader tech modernization to encourage a smoother transition.

The VA is using its ongoing health care modernization to improve care during COVID-19 as well as set the stage for assisting vaccine availability that will help close the pandemic.

As the Department of Veterans Affairs launched full implementation of its new electronic health record over the weekend, the stressors and demands of COVID-19 appear to have helped VA understand critical modernization priorities.

The demands of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly the abrupt shift to a remote workforce, has fostered the development of cybersecurity best practices at the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Leaders from the National Institutes of Health and Health and Human Services said last week at GoCIO Media & Research's Digital Health Modernization virtual event that their agencies have increased the openness and availability of public health data, especially as a means of accelerating health IT development and pandemic response. 

The Department of Veterans Affairs' preexisting IT transformation initiatives helped the agency more effectively respond to the demands of the COVID-19 pandemic, noted agency leaders at the GovernmentCIO Media & Research House Oversight and VA Digital Modernization event Wednesday.

Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie is putting renewed effort into expediting the passage of a bill that aims to support the agency's PREVENTS mental health initiative.

The Department of Veterans Affairs is using hackathons to better tie technical developments to health care outcomes. 

As part of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ renewed focus on caring for America’s most vulnerable retired service members, the agency has announced two programs dedicated to expanding access to emergency mental health services and ending veteran homelessness.

The Department of Veterans Affairs is aiming to reach a significant cloud migration landmark by 2024, marking an effective halfway point of its transition to full cloud integration.

Federal leaders are applying advanced analytics processes on large swaths of data using artificial intelligence in order to address public health matters like combatting fraud, waste and abuse and also the current COVID-19 pandemic.

The Department of Veterans Affairs is continuing to prioritize health records consolidation and data analytics projects during the pandemic, agency officials said during an ATARC Data Analytics Working Group event.