Industry News
VA Requests $782M to Begin Cerner EHR Transfer
When Cerner won a contract to become the electronic health records (EHR) provider for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Secretary David Shulkin, MD, indicated that IT upgrades would be the agency’s largest expense in coming ... Read More
VA official guarantees ‘100 percent’ medical record interoperability with DOD
A senior official responsible for the Department of Veterans Affairs’ move to a modern electronic health records system guaranteed Wednesday to Congress that by the end of the new EHR’s deployment, there will be “100 percent” ... Read More
Penn State to expand Veterans Affairs and Services Center
University Park, Centre County, Pa. – The new Veterans Affairs Center at Penn State will offer a wide variety of services, including a better place for those in the military to study and take new programs. Lt. Col. Andre Ingram ... Read More
Fargo Veteran’s Affairs Offers Helping Hand to Homeless Veterans
Fargo’s Veterans Affairs Medical Center is trying to lower the number of homeless veterans throughout the F-M area. They provided resources to many of them at their Homeless Veterans Stand Down event. SOURCE – READ THE FULL ... Read More
OFPP drafts memo to replace category management circular
It’s been a year since the Office of Federal Procurement Policy released and accepted comments on its draft circular around category management. With little-to-no activity on the draft circular over the past year, it seems OFPP is ... Read More
Study on integrative medicine in military health finds extensive offerings, widespread use
A new study evaluating the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) across the military health system shows that the large majority of military treatment facilities offer at least one type of CAM, and an estimated 76,000 ... Read More
Former Eli Lilly Executive Is Trump’s Choice for Health Secretary
President Trump, who has repeatedly assailed pharmaceutical companies for the high cost of prescription medications in the United States, nominated on Monday a former executive of one of the nation’s largest drug companies to be ... Read More
VA Prioritizes Improving Veterans’ Access to Pro Bono Legal Services
Today, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), together with the American Bar Association, The Veterans Consortium and National Law School Veterans Clinic Consortium, signed a Memorandum of Agreement aimed at improving Veterans’ ... Read More
How ‘Amazon,’ 5 other acquisition provisions changed in final defense bill
If you are keeping score at home, chalk one up for industry in the battle to keep Amazon from dominating how agencies buy commercial products. But don’t expect this to the final score by far. The Senate convinced the House to modify ... Read More
West LA congressman holds event to raise awareness of veterans’ issues
After serving in the Navy for almost five years, Tatiana Medina said she did not receive proper treatment at Veterans Affairs medical centers in the United States after her service. Medina, who served as an operations specialist aboard Read More