The Department of Veterans Affairs has reached the one million-patient mark for its Blue Button initiative, the department announced Friday. Patients use the web-based Blue Button to access and download their personal
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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki met Monday to discuss issues of common interest to both departments, according to the Defense Department. Shinseki said he shares a vision with Panetta to
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The Department of Veterans Affairs’ 2012 budget request for technology has taken a hit compared to the department’s request last year. VA is requesting $3.16 billion for IT for the coming fiscal
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Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki defended an expansion of benefits under the 1991 Agent Orange law against a Senate panel with its eye on trimming the budget in congressional testimony Sept. 23.
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Bob McDonald, former Procter & Gamble chief executive and presidential nominee to the post of Department of Veterans Affairs secretary, plans to establish corporate management practices at the agency if he is confirmed,
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Bob McDonald, formerly CEO of Procter & Gamble, will be nominated by President Barack Obama to succeed Eric Shinseki as veterans affairs secretary, the Washington Post reported Sunday. Juliet Eilperin writes that
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Sloan Gibson, deputy veterans affairs secretary for nearly three months, will take over leadership of the VA on an acting basis following the resignation of Secretary Eric Shinseki, President Barack Obama announced
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The U.S. Department of Veterans’ Affairs completed a $105 million project last week to provide an electronic database to 56 regional offices for storing, organizing and updating disability claims, Nextgov reported Monday. Bob
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The Veterans Affairs Department has reduced the number of backlogged disability claims by 74,000 since it began the verification process in March, Nextgov.com reported Wednesday. Bob Brewin writes Thomas Murphy, director of
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The departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs are taking a new approach towards integrating their electronic health records systems, Nextgov reports. Katherine McIntire Peters writes the departments will acquire technologies aimed at
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