VA Launches Open Source Health Record
The Department of Veteran Affairs announced the Open Source Electronic Health Record Agent has begun operations and will serve as the central governing body of a new open source electronic health record community. According to the VA, the launch marks an important milestone for the joint efforts of VA and the Department of Defense in [...]
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced this week the twelve finalists that have been selected for the latest innovation initiative competition. The competition, which aims to generate new ideas to help service-disabled veterans obtain meaningful employment, received more than 700 proposals submitted by department employees. According to VA, peer review, enabled by crowd-sourcing technology [...]
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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced today a new social media policy regarding the secure use of online platforms like Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. The policy, titled “VA Directive 6515: Use of Web-Based Collaboration Technologies,” outlines the rules for the department and its employees to leverage these types of platforms to enhance communication, stakeholder [...]
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