• Customer Satisfaction Scores Continue to Rise During Pandemic

     May 29, 2020

    Customer Satisfaction Scores Continue to Rise During Pandemic

    Results from April Customer Satisfaction Survey show improvements in IT service across the board

  • Opening the Floodgates: VA Surges Remote Capabilities and Doubles Network Capacity

     May 8, 2020

    Opening the Floodgates: VA Surges Remote Capabilities and Doubles Network Capacity

    VA’s doubled network capacity enables essential remote access and telehealth capabilities to VHA staff in record numbers.

  • OIT Specialists Deliver Seamless Support to Home-bound VBA Staff Who Process Record Numbers of Veteran Claims During Pandemic

     April 21, 2020

    OIT Specialists Deliver Seamless Support to Home-bound VBA Staff Who Process Record Numbers of Veteran Claims During Pandemic

    When VA pivoted to emergency footing in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic, OIT Specialists supporting VBA went above and beyond to ensure that Veterans’ claims processing carried on without interruption.

  • VA’s Enterprise Service Desk Earns Top Quality Mark!

     April 3, 2020

    VA’s Enterprise Service Desk Earns Top Quality Mark!

    Raising the Bar to Improve the Customer Experience

  • VA Employee Technical Innovation Reduces Nationwide Appointment No-Shows

     Jan. 7, 2020

    VA Employee Technical Innovation Reduces Nationwide Appointment No-Shows

    VEText is an easy-to-use SMS appointment reminder service deployed by VA nationwide.

  • 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.

  • Doing “Digital” Differently at VA

     Sept. 13, 2019

    Doing “Digital” Differently at VA

    What distinguishes our digital transformation is our purpose, our “why.” It drives me and everyone in OIT as we work together toward the same goal: improving the lives of Veterans.

  • 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.

  • 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.