The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has no plans to curtail use of enterprise social network Yammer, despite a scathing report detailing serious security risks associated with that platform at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
"Providers are not known for being good communicators," said DecisionSim CEO Bob Yayak. The company wants to address this issue with CommSim, newly purchased online communications training technology from Drexel University College of Medicine.
Gabby Everett, the site director for BioLabs Pegasus Park, offered a tour of the space and shared some examples of why early-stage life science companies should choose North Texas.
While a Senate panel was receiving advice Wednesday on how to improve health information exchange in the private sector, two House subcommittees were told of serious problems that still plague government IT projects, including VA-DoD interoperability efforts.
The VA is getting in on the use of genomic testing and precision medicine, with the New England Veteran’s Integrated Service Network selecting Personal Genome Diagnostics to head up its efforts related to precision oncology. The Precision Oncology Program is being established by the VA network to support the collection and analysis of data on […]
What can humble arguably even the most prominent surgeon in the country? In a word: empathy. Cleveland Clinic CEO Dr. Toby Cosgrove was recently tapped by President Obama to lead the troubled VA, and by some accounts, there are few others who are more qualified to take the helm at the nation’s largest healthcare system […]
It’s well known that scores of military veterans face a difficult transition upon returning from battle zones, often manifested through mental health conditions that can lead to isolation and desperation. In an attempt to reach those veterans that are struggling to cope, a group of developers in Los Angeles is launching a free mobile app […]
A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.
The product Abiomed (ABMD) has deemed to be the “world’s smallest heart pump” will be included on the Veterans Affairs‘ Federal Supply Schedule. The Danvers, Mass.-based announced today it’s landed a federal contract to make its Impella platform available through an automated online database to about 169 VA’s facilities and 42 Department of Defense hospitals in […]
I had the privilege of working with Dr. Peter Levin as an outside technology strategy adviser while he was the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Veterans Affairs during the first Obama Administration. Peter’s a hard-charging, fast-moving, take-no-prisoners style senior technical executive; he was an entrepreneur, professor, and engineer long before he came into government so it was no [...]