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VA Secretary Robert Wilkie speaks at the Association of the United States Army conference Oct. 16, 2019.

Veterans getting better care through partnerships, says VA secretary

Posted on Wednesday, October 16, 2019 5:00 pmOctober 16, 2019 Posted in Top Stories by Adam Stump 735 views

Veterans are getting progressively better care through partnerships, VA Secretary Robert Wilkie said Oct. 16 …

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VA shares electronic health records

Posted on Tuesday, October 1, 2019 10:00 amOctober 2, 2019 Posted in Health, Inside Veterans Health by Hans Petersen 49 comments 24k views

Your health information will be shared with your doctors unless you complete a form stating you do NOT want …

The 2019 National Minority Veterans Summit is Sept. 27-28.

Minority Veterans focus of September summit

Posted on Monday, August 12, 2019 7:30 amSeptember 20, 2019 Posted in Center for Minority Veterans by Adam Stump 3k views

Minority Veterans’ needs and issues about VA benefits and services will be the focus of the inaugural 2019 …

VA's EHR solution successfully transferred 23.5 million Veteran records to DoD's data center.

VA’s Long-awaited electronic health record solution hits major milestone

Posted on Thursday, July 25, 2019 4:00 pmJuly 25, 2019 Posted in Health by VAntage Point Contributor 19k views

VA's electronic health record successfully transferred 23.5 million health records to a shared data center …

VA provides reorganization plan to strengthen and modernize the department

Posted on Thursday, June 21, 2018 3:32 pmJune 21, 2018 Posted in News Releases by OMR 417 views

The proposed recommendations seek to modernize VA by reducing bureaucracy, increasing accountability and …

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VA and AMVETS team up to discuss the benefits MyHealtheVet on Facebook Live June 26

Posted on Monday, June 18, 2018 3:42 pmJune 18, 2018 Posted in Health, VSO / Partners by Gary Hicks 132 views

My HealtheVet is a free, easy to use, private and secure patient portal. It empowers Veterans and service …

Secretary David Shulkin

VA secretary announces decision on next-generation electronic health record

Posted on Monday, June 5, 2017 11:16 amMarch 28, 2018 Posted in News Releases, Top Stories by OMR 3k views

Today U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Dr. David J. Shulkin announced his decision on the next-generation …

Sam Gordy pictured with an air plane in his Navy days when he was serving as a as Lieutenant JG.

#VABrainTrust: IBM teams up with VA to advance brain health for Veterans

Posted on Tuesday, March 29, 2016 9:48 amMarch 28, 2016 Posted in Guest Posts, VA Innovations by VAntage Point Contributor 127 views

At IBM, we’re dedicated to working in partnership with VA, the Department of Defense and other federal …

Health literacy is always a topic of discussion at VA.

VA Begins Implementation of Open Source EHR

Posted on Friday, July 1, 2011 6:58 amSeptember 20, 2018 Posted in Guest Posts by Peter Levin and Mike ONeill 101 views

To advance health care services, VA has utilized telemedicine to extend their reach. The open source …