Department of Veterans Affairs

This week's top stories include a GAO report that found the VA did not establish performance measures and goals for migrated data quality, and the introduction of the  KardiaMobile Card, which is able to take a single-lead ECG in 30 seconds.

This week's top stories include the VA flagging unreliable IT infrastructure cost estimates for its EHR modernization program, a new Alzheimer's drug that could cost Medicaid more than $2 billion, and Amazon using radar for monitoring sleep.

Leaders from Verizon, VA, Microsoft and Medivis discuss how Project Convergence is bringing augmented reality and AI to the surgical theater, thanks to 5G technology, thereby enhancing care to veterans.

Veterans will have secure access to a portable aggregated record of their allergies, immunizations, lab results, procedures and other health measures.

The study was published today in Nature.

Microsoft is providing its Xbox Adaptive Controller and other gaming hardware to 22 VA centers treating veterans with limited mobility.

Apple's partnership with the VA will bring the mobile personal health record platform to more than 9 million veterans.

The deal is part of a five-year $993.5 million contract between the DoD, T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon.