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HIMSS names 2021 Changemaker Award winners

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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. Executive Director, VA Office of Electronic Health Records Modernization. Washington. Windom is leading the U.S. Coast Guard and community care providers.

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TRANSPARENCY: How Healthcare Providers Are Using Data To Advance Population Health Strategies

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Department of Veterans Affairs is invested in leveraging data and technology to transform healthcare. In 2012 Target infamously predicted a teenage girl’s pregnancy by analyzing the data sourced from her shopping habits and in doing so, let her parents in on the secret before she did. It is no surprise that the U.S.

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The Camp Lejeune Water Contamination Crisis: A Legacy of Environmental Neglect

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In 2012 , the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) began providing some compensation for affected veterans. The Legal Battle and the Passage of the PACT Act For many years, victims of the Camp Lejeune water contamination struggled to get recognition and compensation for their suffering.