HHS

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.

• Health IT

HHS’ at-home and self-testing services could help the public maintain health safety amid reopening plans.

• Health care

The nearly quarter increase in funding would largely go toward strengthening public health preparedness.

• Data

Chief data officers across HHS are strengthening platforms that speed up data collection and management.

Agile approaches can give agencies a boost in decommissioning legacy systems and forging a path for the tech future.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Data

Data-driven platforms are pushing new solutions and remedying the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Cybersecurity

If federal agencies want to strengthen their cybersecurity posture in a significant way, they should invest in cybersecurity best practices exercises and human education, according to cyber-focused officials at the Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General and the Defense Health Agency.

The agency is looking to build an AI ecosystem that drives innovation and harnesses data's potential.

The Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System quickly detected and alerted federal health agencies on the potentially fatal effects of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.

Predictive analytics with machine learning capabilities can get ahead of the curb in fraud and waste prevention.

The agency is driving adoption of emerging technologies through innovative IT contract vehicles.

The pandemic increased the need for secure, modernized and evolved solutions to expedite federal response efforts.