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VA CIO: Scheduling System Software Will Be Fielded By 2017, Not 2020

Bob Brewin | Nextgov.com | September 30, 2014

The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to field a new, commercial patient scheduling system by 2017, not 2020 as it said in contract documents released Sept. 17, and reported by Nextgov last week...

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VA Clinical Scheduling Contest Winners Announced

The VA just announced the three winners of their innovative Medical Appointment Scheduling Contest. The winners are, in first place, Health eTime by MedRed, LLC, in second place, OH Scheduler by Oroville Hospital, and in third place is the HP Open Community Team Submission which was put together by a team of open source developers led by HP. These were judged to be the top three systems out of a total field of 41 entries submitted by June 13th of this year. Read More »

VA Departures Open Door To Speculation

Camille Tuutti | FCW | March 1, 2013

March 1 marks the start of sequestration, of course, but for the Veterans Affairs Department it brings another big change as well. VA CIO Roger Baker announced Feb. 15 his intent to step down, followed within days by CTO Peter Levin making his exit publicly known Feb. 19. Both said that March 1 would be their last official day on the job. Read More »

VA giving DoD 'time and space' on iEHR

Molly Bernhart Walker | FierceGovernmentIT | April 29, 2013

As Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel gets up to speed on the integrated electronic health record, the Veterans Affairs Department is helping provide him with information he needs to make decisions on the project's future, said VA's Acting Chief Information Officer Stephen Warren during an April 25 press call. Read More »

VA Is Competing for the Pentagon’s Electronic Health Record Contract

Bob Brewin | Nextgov | March 13, 2014

The Veterans Affairs Department plans to enter its next generation electronic health record into the competition for the Defense Department’s EHR job, VA Secretary Eric Shinseki told a hearing of the House Veterans Affairs Committee Thursday. Read More »

VA Names Stephen Warren Full Time CIO

Bob Brwein | NextGov | November 5, 2013

The Veterans Affairs Department has removed the “acting” from the chief information officer title Stephen Warren has held since March and provided him with the long moniker of “Executive in Charge, Office of Information and Technology and Chief Information Office.” Read More »

VA Networks Besieged By Foreign Attackers, IG Says

Nicole Blake Johnson | Federal Times | June 4, 2013

Foreign attackers have repeatedly penetrated Veterans Affairs Department networks for at least the past three years, potentially gaining access to millions of unencrypted veterans records and other sensitive databases, according to House lawmakers and VA inspector general auditors. Read More »

VA Readies Scheduling RFP

Dan Verton | FedScoop | November 14, 2014

The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to release the long-awaited request for proposals next week for the replacement to its patient scheduling system, the agency’s chief information officer confirmed today.

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VA Refines Scheduling Contract Timing, Sees Progress On Broad Tech Front

Dan Verton | FedScoop | September 30, 2014

Stephen Warren, the chief information officer at the Department of Veterans Affairs, said Tuesday a final contract award for a new commercial scheduling system will likely happen in January and not by the end of 2014 as originally planned because of “an extensive amount of industry feedback” received on the system’s performance work statement...

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VA Releases Open Source Policy Memorandum

The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has just made public an executive policy memorandum that mandates a thorough evaluation of "Open Source Software (OSS) solutions when [the] VA acquires software." The policy also calls for the Federal agency to consider the use of open source "development practices when VA develops software." The release of this policy places the VA as the leader in government agencies innovating through the use of open source software.

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VA Takes Next Step to Modernize Scheduling System

Press Release | US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) | August 25, 2014

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) today announced plans to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a new Medical Appointment Scheduling System; the next step in a series of actions VA has taken to replace its antiquated legacy scheduling system.  The new system will improve access to care for Veterans by providing medical schedulers with cutting-edge, management-based scheduling software.  The RFP will be made public by the end of September 2014; eligible vendors will have 30 days to respond from the day of issuance. Read More »

VA to Accept Proposals for New Scheduling System

Press Release | US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) | November 21, 2014

As part of The Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) ongoing effort to improve Veterans’ access to healthcare, VA announced it has issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a new Medical Appointment Scheduling System (MASS)..  The new MASS technology will help improve access to care for Veterans by providing schedulers with state-of-the-art, management-based scheduling software.

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VA To Buy, Not Build, New Scheduling System For VistA

Molly Bernhart Walker | Fierce Government IT | June 12, 2014

Within months the Veterans Affairs Department plans to issue a request for proposal for the purchase of a new patient scheduling module that would work within the Veterans Health Information System Technology Architecture, or VistA...

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VA's Scheduling System Revamp Will Be Big Test Of Agency's Agile Approach

Jack Moore | Nextgov.com | August 29, 2014

The last attempt by the Department of Veterans Affairs to update the system used by hundreds of VA facilities nationwide to schedule and manage veterans’ medical appointments was one of those failed IT projects that have come to hog the spotlight in the post-HealthCare.gov age...

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VA's Warren Given CIO Title As House Ramps Up Cyber Investigation

Jason Miller | Federal News Radio | October 30, 2013

The Veterans Affairs Department is splitting up its chief information officer's position for at least the short term. Read More »