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Electronic Health Records
By HIMSS TV | 03:55 pm | May 09, 2018
Drew Myklegard of the VA project, discusses the role outside developers can do to improve the agency's care for veterans.  
Electronic Health Records
By Jessica Davis | 02:22 pm | May 09, 2018
The bills, introduced by the Committee on Veterans Affairs, also give legislative authority for VA providers to practice telemedicine across state lines.
Electronic Health Records
By Mike Miliard | 01:57 pm | May 09, 2018
The Improving Access to Behavioral Health Information Technology Act now heads to the House, where there is similar bipartisan legislation.
By Bernie Monegain | 04:14 pm | May 08, 2018
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus met with the tech sector to talk about the industry's diversity problems.
Compliance
By Jessica Davis | 02:47 pm | May 08, 2018
Inspector general says Defense Health Agency sites failed to consistently implement technical, physical and administrative protocols and may have violated HIPAA regulations in the process.
Electronic Health Records
By Mike Miliard | 01:04 pm | May 07, 2018
A new public-private advisory council will work to build out the information exchange, which providers used to access health data for patients displaced by the California wildfires.
Compliance
By Tom Sullivan | 12:33 pm | May 07, 2018
U.S. government got approximately $125 million out of the False Claims case but what about eClinicalWorks customers?
Telehealth
By Jessica Davis | 05:24 pm | May 04, 2018
The bill is a compromise from proposals made in the fall and would let veterans see a private sector provider if a VA provider agrees it’s in their best interest.
Analytics
By Jessica Davis | 02:56 pm | May 04, 2018
The agency is hoping to build a database, including information from Veterans Affairs, to track adverse drug reactions through data mining and visualization.
Compliance
By Bernie Monegain | 10:19 am | May 04, 2018
A look at what has transpired since the EHR vendor agreed to pay a fine in the False Claims suit that rattled the industry.