The Department of Veterans Affairs unveiled a new scheduling capability in support of the agency's plans to modernize its appointment system, Nextgov reported Thursday. Jointly built by Lockheed Martin's Systems Made Simple subsidiary and
MoreThe Government Accountability Office has called on the Defense Department to update DoD’s analysis of the required size of active-duty and civilian medical personnel in a way that addresses known limitations. GAO
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Navy Vice Adm. Raquel Bono, director of the Defense Health Agency, has said she believes the agency must respond to administrative challenges in DHAâs efforts to deliver Military Health System services to patients. DHA said
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David Shulkin, undersecretary for health at the Department of Veterans Affairs, told an Association of Health Care Journalists conference Friday that VA has launched new efforts to help military veterans access primary and
MoreThe Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has launched a three-part challenge that aims to encourage the development of software applications for healthcare, with prizes worth $625,000 in total. The three-part strategy seeks
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Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker kicked off a five-day business development mission to Asia in Tokyo this week, her first trade mission since she took the post in June 2013. In her address to
MoreThe Food and Drug Administration Safety Innovation Act working group has released a draft document that proposes recommendations about how mobile healthcare technology should be regulated, Government Health IT reported Thursday. The
MoreThe Department of Veterans Affairs will spend $500 million in 2013 on telemedicine programs intended for 8 million veterans, Federal News Radio reported Friday. Jason Miller writes that VA Health Undersecretary Robert
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