U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs news and information

Before there can be patient-generated data, there have to be patients willing and able to provide it and tools to capture, communicate, receive and present it. That's where Dr. Susan Woods comes in.
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Veterans Affairs Department health leaders showed off a wide range of remote medical offerings Tuesday at their first Connected Health Showcase, an event designed to highlight telehealth advances but also tout the department's place as a leader in cutting-edge healthcare delivery.
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Lawmakers on Wednesday lamented stagnation in creating lifelong electronic medical records for troops and veterans, decrying a lack of leadership on the issue from the Defense Department, the Department of Veterans Affairs and the White House.
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The National Health Service of England is looking to the U.S. Veterans Affairs Department for inspiration—and maybe a whole lot more—as it strives to expand on that nation's existing open-source software development programs to meet its health information technology needs.
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The Veterans Affairs and Defense departments launched an enhanced, Web portal to try and address its notorious backlog of benefits claims affecting hundreds of thousands of veterans. The VA said the integration of the eBenefits portal with the new internal Veterans Benefits Management System (VBMS)...
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The Veterans Affairs Department and the Defense Department have launched an enhanced, Web-based computer portal to try and address its notorious and persistent benefits claim backlog affecting hundreds of thousands of veterans.
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Poliwogg Holdings, which facilitates accredited investor crowdfunding for the healthcare industry through social media and online tools, has named Peter Levin vice chairman of its board and managing director of the New York-based company.
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A list of the 20 largest U.S. military hospitals ranked by number of total staffed beds; 10 general medical/surgical military hospitals and 10 U.S. Veterans Affairs Hospitals. Source: 2013 AHA Guide; U.S. Veterans Affairs Department. Published June 3, 2013, p. 34.
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Will the Defense Department buy a commercial electronic health-record system and consummate one of the largest healthcare information technology deals in U.S. history?
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One patient with a history of substance abuse and suicidal thoughts was left alone in a waiting room inside the Atlanta VA Medical Center, where he obtained drugs from a hospital visitor and later died of an overdose. Another patient wandered the 26-acre campus for hours, picking up his...
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