Human Health Services
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How HHS is Transforming Grants Management
The agency is implementing blockchain along with other tech to modernize the current system.
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HHS Suggests Solutions for IT Burdens in Health Care Advances
The agency released a final strategic report suggesting ways to relieve provider EHR burdens and improve care.
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Inside HHS’s Proof of Concept for Software Asset Management
The project could bring visibility, reduced risk and cost-savings into HHS’s software assets.
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DHS, HHS, OMB See Chief Departures to Industry
Four recent departures at the Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Homeland Security and Office of Management and Budget saw top officials at the agencies venturing to private industry.
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Blockchain Win: HHS Accelerate's First Contract Will Yield $30M in Cost Savings
The Department of Health and Human Services awarded a contract last week that builds off of the agency’s Accelerate program, marking a milestone for Accelerate that will save HHS a predicted $30 million over the next five years.
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These Were the IT-Driven Improvements at HHS in 2019
The Department of Health and Human Services reported significant strides it made in digital services, data initiatives and IT modernization in health care in its 2019 annual report published last week.
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Data Management in Health Care Requires Integrity, Standardization, Access
Health care innovation in 2020 and beyond demonstrates the rapidly increasing value of data in developing better solutions and giving patients greater access to care and freedom in finding the care that fits them best.
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EHR Interoperability and Emerging Tech in Focus at HHS
The Department of Health and Human Services has been working to reduce unnecessary regulatory burdens using advanced technology toward giving patients easy access to their electronic health records, Deputy Secretary Eric Hargan highlighted Tuesday.
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USDS Experts: Design With, Not For, Users
The government needs to provide products and digital services that allow users to easily accomplish what they need to do, according to experts from the U.S. Digital Services discussing tech development challenges and ways to mitigate issues before they arise using human-centered design.
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HHS Charts Path to Efficiency Through Software Asset Management
The Department of Health and Human Services’ policy for Software Asset Management is one of the key ways that the agency is meeting legislative and executive mandates to modernize and drive efficiency into IT category management challenges.
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Leaders Detail How Health Policy is 'Driven by Anecdotes'
Government officials are emphasizing the importance of electronic patient access to their health care records and of moving interoperability standards forward through personal anecdotes of their own mishaps with current health care practices.
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HHS Outlines Next Five Years of IT in Strategic Plan
The Department of Health and Human Services has released for public comment its draft of the 2020-2025 Federal Health IT Strategic Plan — which largely highlights the importance of empowering end users, leveraging data resources, increasing transparency and cybersecurity, as well as driving cost-spending efficiency.
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