Healthcare IT News November 4, 2021
Former Microsoft exec Kurt DelBene, who helped right the course for Healthcare.gov eight years ago, could be tasked with enabling a bigger turnaround job at Veterans Affairs.
On Wednesday, the White House announced its nomination of Kurt DelBene as chief information officer and assistant secretary for information and technology at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
WHY IT MATTERS
DelBene, who served more than 25 years at Microsoft in two different stints, could take an active role in VA’s ongoing $16 billion electronic health record modernization if he is confirmed by the U.S. Senate.
He’d bring deep technology and management experience to the job. He retired from Microsoft just two months ago, after serving as executive VP of corporate strategy, core...
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