• Music and Medicine Meet at Martinsburg Veterans Affairs Medical Center

     Dec. 27, 2019

    Music and Medicine Meet at Martinsburg Veterans Affairs Medical Center

    A summer concert series lifted the spirits of Veterans and the health care providers who serve them.

  • VA Earns Second Place in Cybersecurity Competition

     Nov. 6, 2019

    VA Earns Second Place in Cybersecurity Competition

    VA Cybersecurity Operations Center’s second place finish reflects VA’s cybersecurity expertise and readiness to guard Veteran data from threats.

  • VR&E Counselors Using AI

     Sept. 24, 2019

    VR&E Counselors Using AI

    VA set to offer Veterans more flexibility in how they communicate with Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment counselors with e-VA, a large-scale artificial intelligence tool used for sending text messages, obtaining answers to basic questions, scheduling appointments, and receiving reminders.

  • Digital Applications Reduce Veteran Claims Processing Time by 10 Days

     Sept. 10, 2019

    Digital Applications Reduce Veteran Claims Processing Time by 10 Days

    OIT is reducing the time Veterans spend submitting applications, increasing transparency, and shortening the time it takes to receive a decision from VA by launching and enhancing application programming interfaces (APIs).

  • IT Supporting Telehealth Nurse Practitioners in the Field

     Sept. 5, 2019

    IT Supporting Telehealth Nurse Practitioners in the Field

    OIT helped a telehealth nurse practitioner who lost remote connectivity and needed help solving an IT issue, enabling her to resume caring for her patients.

  • OIT Aggressively Pursuing Modernization of VA Network

     Aug. 29, 2019

    OIT Aggressively Pursuing Modernization of VA Network

    Even though many Veterans may never think about the VA network, its viability and modernization are essential to VA’s ability to serve Veterans today and in the future.

  • VA Releases Launchpad App to Streamline Health Care Access for Veterans and Caregivers

     Aug. 13, 2019

    VA Releases Launchpad App to Streamline Health Care Access for Veterans and Caregivers

    The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) recently launched a new mobile application designed to save Veterans and their caregivers time online

  • 2019 Midyear Review

     July 1, 2019

    2019 Midyear Review

    Over the past 6 months, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Office of Information and Technology have driven aggressive progress toward VA’s Digital Transformation, enabling a seamless, unified Veteran experience.

  • How Effective IT Problem Solving Helped Save the VA.gov Launch

     June 25, 2019

    How Effective IT Problem Solving Helped Save the VA.gov Launch

    As VA.gov celebrates its 6-month Anniversary, it’s worth a look back at how as VA prepared to unveil the new website, a mysterious issue threatened to derail the launch.

  • North Dakota Veterans Home Paves the Way for Telehealth

     June 21, 2019

    North Dakota Veterans Home Paves the Way for Telehealth

    To ensure Veterans have proper access to care, the North Dakota Veterans Home partnered with the Fargo VA Medical Center to provide telehealth services to Veterans living at the home as well as within the surrounding communities.

  • Benefits Intake API Reaches New Weekly Milestone of 900 Form Submissions

     June 21, 2019

    Benefits Intake API Reaches New Weekly Milestone of 900 Form Submissions

    The Benefits Intake API allows third-party organizations, such as Veteran Service Organizations (VSOs), to electronically and securely submit Veteran claims documents directly to VA.

  • OIT Staff at Saginaw VAMC Connect Veteran in Hospice Care to His Son

     June 21, 2019

    OIT Staff at Saginaw VAMC Connect Veteran in Hospice Care to His Son

    OIT staff at the VA Medical Center (VAMC) in Saginaw, Michigan helped Veteran in hospice care have one last conversation with his son who was incarcerated more than an hour away.