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Faults in DoD's EHR cripple drug abuse tracking efforts
Medication documentation issues with the Department of Defense's electronic health record system are keeping doctors from successfully tracking drug use by soldiers, hindering their efforts to crack
Preliminary iEHR to roll out in 2014
Medical facilities in San Antonio and Hampton Roads, Va., will launch a preliminary version of the integrated electronic health record created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the
UnitedHealth's $20B Tricare contract challenged
TriWest has appealed the defense department's decision to give UnitedHealth the $20 billion Tricare contract it has held for the last 16 years, calling the contract evaluation process "flawed and
Harris Corp. to provide key component of joint VA-Defense EHR
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has replaced ASM Research with Harris Corp. as the contractor for a crucial component of the joint VA-Department of Defense (DoD) electronic health record
UnitedHealth beats TriWest for $20B defense contract
UnitedHealth has won a coveted $20 billion contract to provide managed care services in 21 states for the Department of Defense after it challenged the department's decision to award the Tricare
VA budget recommendation includes allocation for DoD-integrated EHR
Roughly $2 billion of the U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs' $3.3 billion IT budget, proposed this week, would be allocated toward healthcare systems, according to an article in Nextgov. Overall,
Federal agencies to go on a $6.5B health IT spending binge
Federal agencies will spend $6.5 billion on their own health IT needs in 2016, up from $4.5 billion in 2011, according to a new report from Deltek, a government IT contractor that operates a research
DoD, VA will use service-oriented architecture in joint EHR
The ever-evolving, contentious effort to merge the electronic health records of the Department of Defense and the Veterans Affairs Department just took another step forward. Mark Goodge, chief
UnitedHealth buys health services company
UnitedHealth's ( NYSE: UNH ) subsidiary, OptumHealth, in an effort to expand its reach into health services, is buying Logistics Health Inc., a rapidly-growing Wisconsin company that provides wellness
Original VistA designer discusses lessons learned over 32 years
Tom Munnecke, one of the original designers of the Department of Veterans Affairs' VistA system in the late 1970s, is concerned that planning for a next-generation EHR isn't taking into account many
