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  3. About Department of Veterans Affairs

    The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a government-run military veteran benefit system with Cabinet-level status. It is responsible for administering programs of veterans benefits for veterans, their families, and survivors. The benefits provided include disability compensation, pension, education, home loans, life insurance, vocational rehabilitation, survivors' benefits, medical benefits and burial benefits.
    It is administered by the United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

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    2. VA gives Harris Corp. $54.9M to streamline surgical workflow for hospitals

      Explore fiercehealthit.com (Oct 21 2011) Industry News , EHR Adoption

      ...eir must know IT ...and more » Harris Corp. has won a $54.9 million, 5-year contract to provide the Department of Veterans Affairs with a surgical workflow management solution. Harris' offering will incorporate the GE Centricity P... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Healthcare   EMR   Department of Veterans Affairs

    3. VA cloud pilot could impact 134K medical workers

      Explore fiercehealthit.com (Aug 22 2011) EHR Adoption , Cloud Computing

      ...e » Privacy and communications issues are fueling planned pilot testing of cloud-based tools by the Department of Veterans Affairs that could impact as many as 134,000 VA medical workers. Specifically, the VA wants to move its Mic... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Microsoft   Healthcare   EMR

    4. InformationWeek's E-Health Record Buyer's Guide

      Explore InformationWeek (Aug 13 2010) Meaningful Use

      ... concerned about the overall cost to buy and maintain them. 4) Government Off-The-Shelf (GOTS): The Department of Veterans Affairs offers healthcare providers an enterprise-wide health IT system that includes an electronic me... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Electronic Health Records   Services Oriented Architecture   Department of Veterans Affairs

    5. VA scales back $500 million IT revamp

      Explore Computerworld (Jul 14 2010) Green End User Experience

      The Department of Veterans Affairs has dropped a large portion of its work on a four-year, $500 million project to modernize its finan... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   CIO   Office of Management and Budget   Vivek Kundra

    6. 'Meaningful Use': Is There a Plan B?

      Explore ihealthbeat.org (Jun 18 2010) Meaningful Use

      ...er coordinated effort by federal providers of health care, including the Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Indian Health Service, could have enormous leverage with other providers. Especially if tho... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   New York Times   Midwest   Congress

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