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HHS watchdog reiterates importance of preventing telemedicine fraud

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"OIG is conducting significant oversight work assessing telehealth services during the public health emergency. She pointed to recent rulemaking in which the OIG recognized the promise that digital health technologies, including telemedicine, have for improving care coordination and health outcomes.

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HIMSS names 2021 Changemaker Award winners

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Executive Director, VA Office of Electronic Health Records Modernization. Department of Veterans Affairs' effort to modernize its IT systems and create an interoperable EHR shared among VA, the Department of Defense, the U.S. CIO, Banner Health. Washington. Windom is leading the U.S. Deanna Wise.

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Advancing Quality of Care

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For example, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), through its Veterans Health Administration (VHA), operates the largest integrated health care system in the U.S. and provides diagnostic services in support of 9 million enrolled veterans. According to the American Hospital Association (AHA), yes.