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The former Microsoft executive will face a restructured EHR modernization program and other tech priorities in 2022.

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FDA, ONC and VA leaders address how they’re improving data flows to bolster IT infrastructures.

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The data chief is aiming to make veteran data integrated across the agency and its partners.

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The Department of Veterans Affairs has completed its 12-week-long strategic review of its electronic health record (EHR) modernization program and is getting set to announce next steps in the program over the next two weeks.

The Department of Veterans Affairs will begin providing gender confirmation surgery to transgender veterans as part of the latest move across the federal government reinforcing recent anti-discrimination interpretation of the Affordable Care Act.

The MHS Genesis military health informatics platform has undergone rapid development during COVID-19, with the program slated to debut at two new locations before the close of 2021.

The departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense joint electronic health records modernization (EHRM) initiative has shown considerable promise for widely improving the delivery of health care and allowing clinicians to provide more effective lifelong treatment to patients.

Interoperability across federal and private sector health care providers is among the Federal Electronic Health Record Program’s objectives and getting there is going to take ongoing efforts through collaboration, data sharing and change management, federal leaders said during an industry roundtable last week.

Veterans Affairs leadership prioritizes pandemic response and considers possible shifts in electronic health record implementation.

Investment in federal electronic health records and data consolidation has already paid dividends in improving both continuity of care as well as overall digital modernization across partner agencies.

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The Indian Health Service is looking at how tools like telehealth and EHRs will impact tribal populations long term.