VHA Launches New Playbook Outlining Digital Health Care Needs For Patients

The agency’s health care office is looking for better data sharing interfaces to improve patient care.

The Veterans Affairs Department wants to continue its industry partnerships that focus on emerging technology-based deliverables, emphasizing updated agency goals and patient priorities in a new digital healthcare guide published last week.

In the VA’s Digital Healthcare Playbook, officials outlined the digital health care systems and devices it wants to create with the help of industry partners and contractors. The playbook looks to identify the best solutions for VA patient needs within the health care software marketplace by addressing several emerging technologies that are prevalent in digital services, including artificial intelligence, virtual reality,...