Administration asks for $20.5 billion increase for defense
The Defense Department’s acquisition process will be reformed under the White House’s proposed budget.
Auditors: DOD, VA need measures to track electronic health record progress
The departments plan to be able to fully share their health information by Sept. 30.
VA climbs out of a hornet's nest
Data security became a top priority at VA in the past year, but officials acknowledge that more work — much more — remains to be done.
DOD, VA told to use common software
Legislation aims to ease health data sharing by requiring uniform e-health records.
VA cannot allay vets' fear of identity theft
Rep. John Salazar (D-Colo.) introduced legislation May 23 to provide free credit monitoring and credit reports for veterans and others affected by the computer or data theft.
House boosts 2007 VA IT budget, but with strings
VA must adhere to OMB guidelines and use enterprise architecture.
GAO report catalogs VA/DOD health data sharing projects
More than a dozen projects are under way, but GAO says the departments can do more.
VA, DOD share clinical data on a large scale
The Defense and Veterans Affairs departments have finally figured out how to make interoperability a success.
DOD, VA exchange patient data
Medical records follow soldiers from active-duty to veterans hospitals.
VHA taps CareFusion for bar code software
The product reads bar codes on medication and software modules, such as those that verify and label lab specimens.
Slow growth for VA IT budget in 2007
The fiscal 2007 IT budget proposal for the VA is $1.9 billion, a slight increase from $1.84 billion in 2006.
Bill would tighten VA's IT spending controls
Legislation introduced in Congress would give the CIO control over the department's entire technology budget.
VA IT budget under scrutiny
The VA's IT organization affects all aspects of the department's IT spending, including My HealtheVet.
HHS to offer private physicians 'free' software
Open-source software could cost doctors $500 a month
Open-source EHR suite gets upgrade
Hui OpenVista 3.0 includes selected patches to the VA system and includes a minimum subset of drugs in its pharmacy database.
Say aloha to paperless prescriptions
The Pacific Telehealth & Technology Hui has developed the first pharmacy interface between DOD and VA electronic health care systems.
House proposal eviscerates HealtheVet
A subcommittee gutted President Bush's request for $311 million for fiscal 2006 to launch a health e-record program for the nation's veterans.
Report helps HealtheVet, VA says
Uncovering problems facing the ambitious HealtheVet IT project has been a good thing, said Robert McFarland, the VA's chief information officer.
Carnegie Mellon: HealtheVet ailing
The plan to spend billions to modernize the VA health care computer system has 'unacceptably high' risks, a report says.
Committee calls for VA tech cut
The House Veterans Affairs Committee is recommending a $400 million cut in the VA's proposed IT budget for 2006.
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