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The 300 nominees for Modern Healthcare's 12th annual 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare competition.
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Roger Baker, the man who steered the Veteran Affairs Department's healthcare information technology development program toward an open-source model, is resigning.
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I've written about plans to scrap the Veterans Affairs Department's VistA electronic health-record system and replace I've written before about plans to scrap the Veterans Affairs Department's VistA electronic health-record system and replace it with a whole new EHR system built from scratch,...
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Women in 10 regions of the Veteran Affairs Department healthcare delivery system will be the targeted populations for a series of one-year, grant-funded telehealth pilot programs, the VA has announced.
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What's big and blue and not IBM? The basic Blue Button technology developed by the healthcare arm of the U.S. Veterans Affairs Department. On Friday, the VA announced that Blue Button had recorded its 1 millionth registered user in less than two years.
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This year's ranking of the 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare includes 18 newcomers as well as eight honorees who have been on every list since it started in 2002.
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The Veterans Affairs Department said Thursday it plans to open 13 new community-based outpatient clinics as part of a larger push to expand access to care and reduce patients' travel burden.
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The Veterans Affairs Department has released 68 new forms to help process disability compensation and pension claims—and private physicians will be able to complete the same forms as VA providers.
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The Veterans Affairs Department said it is removing a rule that restricts sharing information about certain medical conditions with the Defense Department.
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The nation's political forces are bitterly divided over issues ranging from raising the country's debt ceiling to the use of energy-efficient light bulbs, so it's no surprise that the government's role in healthcare is also the source of intense debate.
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