VAi2

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For Homeless Veterans, a REACHable Goal

Jonah Czerwinski and Peter Levin | VAntage Point | June 5, 2012

In March, the VA Innovation Initiative (VAi2) launched Project REACH with Jon Bon Jovi and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to put information about local homelessness resources into the hands of people who can help others in need.  We’re excited to announce the finalists today.

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Upcoming Open Source Summit sponsored by NASA, VA, and State Department

Press Release | NASA, Veteran Affairs Innovation Initiative, State Department | June 5, 2012

Registration for the second Open Source Summit, hosted by NASA, the U.S. State Department and the Veteran Affairs Innovation Initiative to advance the use of open source software in government, is under way. The event will be held June 20-21 at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland in College Park, Md.

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VA Launches Telemed Pilot Project

Nicole Lewis | Information Week | November 14, 2011

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, through its annual industry innovation competition VAi2, recently selected American Well and SweetSpot Diabetes Care, Inc., to collaborate on separate initiatives that will bring telehealth services to veterans in their homes. Read More »

VA Turns to Telehealth Tech for Diabetes Monitoring

Bernie Monegain | Government Health IT | November 9, 2011

SweetSpot Diabetes Care, a Portland, Ore.-based company, will remotely monitor blood glucose levels in veterans with diabetes, beginning with a pilot in Dayton, Ohio. An award from the Department of Veteran Affair's industry innovation competition, known as VAi2, will pay for the initiative aimed at improving care and reducing complications. Read More »

25th VistA Community Meeting

Event Details
Type: 
Conference
Date: 
June 4, 2012 - 7:00am - June 6, 2012 - 5:00pm
Location: 
George Mason University
Fairfax Campus 4400 University Dr.
Fairfax, VA
United States

The 25th VistA Community Meeting is just a month away and again promises to be a very exciting and informative meeting. Presentations will cover all aspects of VistA, from the strategic with presentations by VA CIO Roger Baker and Michael O'Neill, Senior Advisor, VA Innovation Initiative (VAi2), Dr. Seung Ki Mun, the CEO of OSEHRA will speak about the extrordinary growth of the open source organization. Becky Monroe form the VA will talk about the enourmous repository to VistA knowleege and educational materials that have been made publicly available by the Va. Technical sessions will include presentations by Rob Tweed, George Lilly and K.S Bhaskar, and presentations by key VistA adopters. Stay tuned for regular updates.

 

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NASA, State Department and Veteran Affairs Innovation Initiative Host Open Source Summit

Event Details
Type: 
Conference
Date: 
June 20, 2012 - 9:00am - June 21, 2012 - 5:00pm
Location: 
University of Maryland Business School
7621 Mowatt Lane
College Park, MD 20742
United States

Registration for the second Open Source Summit, hosted by NASA, the U.S. State Department and the Veteran Affairs Innovation Initiative to advance the use of open source software in government, is under way. The event will be held June 20-21 at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland in College Park, Md.

The summit will convene leaders from government and industry as well as software practitioners to discuss the development, release and use of open source software, which is characterized by a collaborative development process and free user access.

Discussion topics will include the current and future state of the government open source community, how-to insights for open source projects in government, real-world projects and their successes and challenges, and government procurement of open source software.

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