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By Andrea Fox | 05:15 pm | June 11, 2025
The Department of Veterans Affairs has reportedly signed an interagency agreement with the Office of Personnel Management to oversee staff reductions in force of up to 80,000 staff members.
By HIMSS TV | 12:00 pm | June 09, 2025
Charles Worthington, CTO and Chief AI Officer at the Department of Veteran Affairs, offers IT leaders at hospitals and health systems powerful advice for succeeding with artificial intelligence.
By Adam Ang | 05:38 am | June 09, 2025
A trained surgeon and public health leader, this upcoming HIMSS25 APAC speaker has helped bridge public-private partnerships for digital transformation in healthcare.
By Mike Miliard | 04:55 pm | June 03, 2025
The physician and software engineer will hold dual titles as Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy and National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
By Mike Miliard | 12:11 pm | June 03, 2025
The technology, which has been deployed ahead of schedule after an "aggressive timeline to scale AI agency-wide," is meant to boost productivity for clinical protocol reviews, scientific evaluations and more.
By Jeff Lagasse | 06:13 pm | June 02, 2025
More than half say that they're missing opportunities because they can't make decisions quickly enough.
By Susan Morse | 05:56 pm | June 02, 2025
America spends nearly one-third of the federal budget on healthcare, but life expectancy has declined and chronic disease is on the rise.
By Mike Miliard | 11:21 am | May 30, 2025
HHS Office for Civil Rights says a malicious insider exploited a vulnerability at BayCare Health System that offered "unrestricted access to patient health information."
By Adam Ang | 03:37 am | May 30, 2025
Also, the Victorian government has announced over $280 million in funding to make its virtual emergency department permanent.
By HIMSS TV | 12:18 pm | May 29, 2025
Reimbursement rules vary across the EU, slowing widespread adoption of digital therapeutics, though early frameworks in Germany and France are good foundations for future harmonisation and scale, says Louisa Stüwe from the French Ministry of Health.