Andrea Fox
The department is proposing to reorganize the Veterans Health Administration health agency over the next 18-24 months. Meanwhile, new proposed House bills seek VA reforms.
Despite concerns from the GAO, the Department of Veterans Affairs and EHR provider Oracle Health say they're on track to address an additional eight recommendations during the medical facility deployments scheduled for Q2 2026.
Artificial intelligence could further widen race-based disparities in healthcare, the organization says. Its new blueprint is meant as a first step in a larger, more ambitious campaign to ensure that racial fairness is a priority for U.S. healthcare AI.
The state announces new funding aimed at expanding electronic health records, strengthening cybersecurity, and increasing telehealth and post-acute care services.
Attorney General Ken Paxton says the EHR vendor uses deceptive and anticompetitive practices to restrict parental access to children's medical records and undermine health technology competition in the state.
High regulatory burdens and costs to comply would not be feasible, particularly for smaller and rural hospitals, potentially diverting resources away from patient care or forcing closures.
The GAO says the Oracle electronic health record system still has numerous unresolved issues, but the VA insists accounts of persistent potential safety risks are "cherry-picked" and meant to besmirch the Trump administration.
Next year, providers within healthcare practices on the company's EHR will be able to choose the new copilot, or any other ambient tool that best suits them, the company says.
As the third pandemic-era waiver allowing virtual prescribing of controlled substances sunsets, more than 180 telemedicine providers and advocates are asking OMB and DEA to act immediately to protect patients.
The department plans to use the company's agentic artificial intelligence to integrate disease-specific NIH data with Medicare, Medicaid, claims and state registry datasets to improve data quality and CMS governance.