From left to right: Shereef Elnahal, the VA’s under secretary for health; and Arundhati Parmar, MedCity News’ editor-in-chief
In the U.S., veterans are 1.5 times more likely to die by suicide than nonveteran adults. Research…
In a statement to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Veterans Affairs, the VA’s Office of Inspector General reported that if veterans have had treatment at one of five sites using the department’s…
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Working with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Mynd Immersive – a technology company that specializes in extended reality therapies for aging adults – will collaborate with VA Immersive, part of the VA’s Office…
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Doctors and researchers from the University of Maryland School of Medicine, the UMD Institute for Health Computing and the VA Maryland Healthcare System are concerned that large language models summarizing clinical data could meet…
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AppliedVR expands its VA contract, enabling veterans access to RelieVRx, an FDA-cleared VR therapy for chronic low back pain. The eight-week, self-guided program utilizes cognitive behavioral therapy in immersive VR sessions. This collaboration with…
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What You Should Know:
– The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is taking a major step forward in pain management by expanding its contract with AppliedVR, a provider of immersive therapeutics (ITx) using virtual…
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The Department of Defense completes the last of 23 MHS Genesis go-live waves.
The military’s final Oracle Health implementation is scheduled for March 2024 at Lovell Federal Health Care Center, which it jointly…
By Hannah Nelson
November 17, 2023 – While the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Oracle Health EHR has not experienced a total outage in over six months, end-users continue to report system issues, according to reporting…
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VA CIO Kurt DelBene tells a House committee that despite improvements, he has “significant concerns” about Oracle Health related to new incidents, failing to meet standards, end user responsiveness, and workflow.
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Welcome to a new episode of Digital Health Interviews, where we explore the cutting-edge of healthcare innovation and technology. In this episode, we’re excited to welcome Ryan Vega, Chief Health Officer at Vantiq, who…
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