The new generation of healthcare AI innovation is promising, but there are some problems that remain when it comes to AI, such as data generalization and the high cost of adopting new tools, pointed out Dr. Arash Harzand.
Research shows that an average of 17.5 veterans die by suicide each day. At ViVE 2024, Shereef Elnahal, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ under secretary for health, declared that even one veteran dying by suicide is too many — and promised that the VA is pursuing partnerships aimed at addressing this harrowing problem.
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The VA deployed its new Cerner EHR at a Spokane, Washington-based hospital, marking the first implementation of the system after delays earlier this year.
Four experts with the VA, Providence St. Joseph Health, Microsoft and One Medical shared what is needed for continued adoption of telehealth. Most pointed to better integration with clinical workflows and new payment models as future drivers for growth.
Three Trump advisors had a role in evaluating Cerner’s $16 billion contract to build a new health record system for the Department of Veterans Affairs, according to a report released by the Government Accountability Office(Opens in a new window) on Thursday.Referred to in news reports as the “Mar-a-Lago crowd,” the trio of Marvel Chairman Ike […]
Two reports published by the Office of the Inspector General shed light on why the VA pushed back its rollout of a new health record system. The OIG said the March 2020 deployment date was “likely unrealistic.”
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The Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense rolled out a joint health information exchange that would make it easier to share records with community providers.
The Department of Veterans Affairs is pushing back the go-live date for its new electronic health record system to July. The agency has also requested a $2.6 billion budget for the project in 2021, a substantial increase from this year.
The partnership was previously announced but now all veterans who get their care from any VA hospital and use iPhones can see that data alongside other health data in Apple's Health Records section of the Health app.
Marvel Chairman Isaac Perlmutter, lawyer Marc Sherman and physician Bruce Moscovitz - who have associated with President Trump through their membership in Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort club - have formed an unofficial troika with authority over VA department affairs, the emails say.
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The goal of the partnership is to improve opioid use-related patient-provider interactions and boost health outcomes for veterans with chronic pain who are at risk for opioid misuse.
The contract, to provide comprehensive genomic sequencing to VA cancer patients, affords significant opportunities to conduct clinical research, a company executive said.
The tech giant would provide engineering support to the VA and develop certain software tools that enable veterans to transfer their medical records to iPhones, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal.
The opioid epidemic has become one of the largest healthcare priorities of the Trump Administration and one of the limited areas in the country's fractured political system where bipartisan support can be found.
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