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VA offers $1B telehealth contract opportunity

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Department of Veterans Affairs published a $1 billion contract opportunity this week aimed at procuring remote patient monitoring and telehealth services to meet the needs of veterans. The Department of Veterans Affairs has been relying on telehealth since before the pandemic. THE LARGER TREND.

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DeepMind partners with VA to identify risks during hospital stays

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The Department of Veterans Affairs has announced a research partnership with Alphabet subsidiary DeepMind that will tackle issues concerning patient deterioration during hospital care.

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VA, VHA, Verizon partner to increase rural veterans' telehealth access

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

To help conquer the digital divide preventing rural veterans from accessing the range of health and wellness benefits they are eligible for, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is offering new access to telehealth and virtual care options. VAPAHCS is also the agency's first fully 5G-connected hospital.

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ATA Establishes Clinician Council to Address Barriers and Build Trust in Virtual Care

HIT Consultant

Ian Choe, MD (Optum) Bonnie Clipper, DNP, MA, MBA, RN (Innovation Advantage) Melinda Cooling, APRN (OSF HealthCare) Abigail Crawford, APRN, FNP-C (WVU Medicine) Carrie Culpepper, RN, FNP-C, MBA (Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center) Carlos Estrada, MD, MBA (Boston Children’s Hospital) Charles Fisher, PT, MPT, MBA (Hospital for Special (..)

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How Clinicians Navigate Drug-Drug Interactions to Protect Patients

HIT Consultant

these interactions lead to hundreds of thousands of hospitalizations in any given year at an enormous cost,” said study senior author Michael Weiner, M.D., Department of Veterans Affairs, Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University School of Medicine. In the U.S., Most of these drug interactions are preventable.

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VA taps Philips for 10-year, potentially $100M telehealth critical care contract

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded a major long-term contract to Philips to build out the VA’s tele-critical care infrastructure. WHY IT MATTERS. Philips has worked closely with the U.S. More than 20% of U.S.

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DHA taps Capsule Technologies for clinical surveillance, device connectivity

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

It will enable specialists practicing in MHS hospitals to more easily collaborate with other clinicians in disparate locations as they manage critical care patients. million beneficiaries. THE LARGER TREND. This is not the only big tele-critical care deal from the federal government in recent weeks. Earlier this month, the U.S.