Department of Veterans Affairs Archives - HIT Leaders and News https://us.hitleaders.news/tag/department-of-veterans-affairs/ Healthcare Innovations and technology news and views Thu, 25 Jun 2026 19:31:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 VA AI Contract Strategy Raises Veteran Care Stakes https://us.hitleaders.news/core-categories/ai-machine-learning/artificial-intelligence/50105/va-ai-contract-strategy-raises-veteran-care-stakes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=va-ai-contract-strategy-raises-veteran-care-stakes Thu, 25 Jun 2026 19:31:07 +0000 https://us.hitleaders.news/?p=50105 The Department of Veterans Affairs is signaling that healthcare technology contractors will be judged less by incumbency and more by their ability to support modernization, artificial intelligence, and measurable operational outcomes. That message may sound like a procurement shift. In practice, it is a care delivery issue.

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]]> Federal EHR Leaders Prioritize Ambient Dictation, Offline Functionality, and Interagency Interoperability https://us.hitleaders.news/core-categories/electronic-health-records/48600/federal-ehr-leaders-prioritize-ambient-dictation-offline-functionality-and-interagency-interoperability/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=federal-ehr-leaders-prioritize-ambient-dictation-offline-functionality-and-interagency-interoperability Tue, 03 Jun 2025 11:26:16 +0000 https://us.hitleaders.news/?p=48600 As the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs prepare the next wave of their joint EHR deployments, program executives are placing new strategic weight on functionality once considered peripheral. Ambient voice technology, offline documentation, and site-level interoperability have emerged as defining requirements for a federal electronic health record system built for operational environments, not just clinical ones.

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]]> Veterans Affairs Pushes Forward with Federal Electronic Health Record Implementation Amid Scrutiny https://us.hitleaders.news/government/47472/veterans-affairs-pushes-forward-with-federal-electronic-health-record-implementation-amid-scrutiny/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=veterans-affairs-pushes-forward-with-federal-electronic-health-record-implementation-amid-scrutiny Tue, 18 Mar 2025 11:30:00 +0000 https://us.hitleaders.news/?p=47472 The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has announced plans to expand the deployment of its Federal Electronic Health Record (EHR) system to nine additional medical facilities by 2026, bringing the total number of sites online that year to 13. The broader rollout aims for complete implementation across all VA medical facilities by 2031. However, questions remain about the system's efficiency, cost, and user satisfaction, raising both optimism and concerns about the program’s future.

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]]> VA Begins Early-Stage Planning for the Next Federal Electronic Health Record Rollout in Mid-2026 https://us.hitleaders.news/core-categories/electronic-health-records/46572/va-begins-early-stage-planning-for-the-next-federal-electronic-health-record-rollout-in-mid-2026/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=va-begins-early-stage-planning-for-the-next-federal-electronic-health-record-rollout-in-mid-2026 Thu, 26 Dec 2024 11:32:25 +0000 https://us.hitleaders.news/?p=46572 The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced that it is beginning early-stage planning to deploy the Federal Electronic Health Record (EHR) system to four Michigan facilities — Ann Arbor, Battle Creek, Detroit, and Saginaw — in mid-2026.

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]]> 2 Million Downloads: VA Health and Benefits Mobile App https://us.hitleaders.news/government/43101/2-million-downloads-va-health-and-benefits-mobile-app/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=2-million-downloads-va-health-and-benefits-mobile-app Tue, 18 Jun 2024 13:24:35 +0000 https://us.hitleaders.news/?p=43101 As the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) leverages technology to meaningfully improve the lives of Veterans, their families, and care providers, the VA Health and Benefits mobile app is completely modernizing how Veterans access and manage their health care and benefits information.

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]]> VA Relaxes Masking at Healthcare Facilities https://us.hitleaders.news/government/40570/va-relaxes-masking-at-healthcare-facilities/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=va-relaxes-masking-at-healthcare-facilities Wed, 31 May 2023 17:30:09 +0000 https://us.hitleaders.news/?p=40570 The Department of Veterans Affairs announced that it has relaxed the masking requirement at VA medical facilities. VA facilities will no longer universally require masks in most clinical areas.

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]]> VA Now Working with 1,000+ Community-Based Coalitions to End Veteran Suicide https://us.hitleaders.news/government/40525/va-now-working-with-1000-community-based-coalitions-to-end-veteran-suicide/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=va-now-working-with-1000-community-based-coalitions-to-end-veteran-suicide Tue, 23 May 2023 11:43:02 +0000 https://us.hitleaders.news/?p=40525 The Department of Veterans Affairs announced it is now working with more than 1,000 local community coalitions engaged in ending Veteran suicide.

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]]> Murray, Tester, Brown Announce Comprehensive Bill to Overhaul VA’s Electronic Health Record Modernization Program https://us.hitleaders.news/government/40049/murray-tester-brown-announce-comprehensive-bill-to-overhaul-vas-electronic-health-record-modernization-program/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=murray-tester-brown-announce-comprehensive-bill-to-overhaul-vas-electronic-health-record-modernization-program Fri, 31 Mar 2023 01:48:36 +0000 https://us.hitleaders.news/?p=40049 U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), a senior member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, Chairman Jon Tester (D-MT), and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) are spearheading a legislative push to deliver a complete overhaul of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) program.

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]]> VA Reaches 1M Veterans in Military Exposure Screenings https://us.hitleaders.news/government/38995/va-reaches-1m-veterans-in-military-exposure-screenings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=va-reaches-1m-veterans-in-military-exposure-screenings Tue, 17 Jan 2023 19:32:56 +0000 https://us.hitleaders.news/?p=38995 The Department of Veterans Affairs marks a historic milestone by screening 1 million Veterans for military exposures as part of the PACT Act signed into law Aug. 10. The screenings are a key component of the law — which empowers VA to deliver care and benefits to millions of toxic exposed Veterans and their survivors.  

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