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The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the need for major investments in digital health services and technology across the country, including telehealth and broadband infrastructure — particularly in rural communities.

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.

For agencies to get the full value out of data and make the best use of emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, one best practice that federal leaders are using is incorporating interdisciplinary players in their strategies.

If one good thing came of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was the expansion of telehealth and digital health services.

The Department of Veterans Affairs is continuing to invest in its ‘digital-first’ care model for veterans receiving VA health care amid the pandemic, agency officials said during GovernmentCIO Media & Research’s virtual event Wednesday. 

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.

• Agile Advocate

VA is moving to DevSecOps as part of its overall Digital Transformation Strategy.

• 5G

With ongoing advances in mobile technology, the Department of Veterans Affairs is looking into implementing new uses of augmented reality across the agency.

As an early cloud adopter, GSA has closed 120 data centers, saving the agency approximately $8.5 million annually.