Modernizing IT at the VA

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Scott Blackburn in charge of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)   Office of Information and Technology (OIT) testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform , Subcommittee on Information Technology on December 7, 2017. He discussed the progress that the VA is making with their information technology modernization efforts and how the VA’s cybersecurity strategy is moving forward.According to Blackburn, the VA’s plan for IT includes reducing the reliance on legacy systems while leveraging cloud digital platforms. Currently, the VA is incorporating innovative technologies such as telehealth, robotics, artificial intelligence, mobile devices machine learning, blockchain and digital services to increase access, engagement, and interoperability.OIT is working hard on their EHR Modernization effort and beginning to work toward adopting a new EHR system using the same state-of-the-art solution currently being deployed by the Department of Defense (DOD) www.defe…