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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. Before that, he spent 17 years as CEO of HealthPartners, a cooperatively governed health plan and care system in Minnesota. Washington.

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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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The problem was kept largely under wraps for decades, with the military and the government failing to disclose the contamination or take action to rectify the situation. In 2012 , the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) began providing some compensation for affected veterans.