The America Competes Act enabled HHS and its offices -- ONC, CMS, the Surgeon general -- to hold developer contests that essentially crowdsource health IT. Now that these events are rolling out regularly, federal agencies are working to pave pathways more valuable than any check that winner's collect.
In Washington, D.C., private organizations and government agencies are coming together in ways that reward the partnership and promise to be sustainable.
The VA's VistA Imaging system had its beginnings in a government worker's basement home office. Now it straddles three departments and hundreds of clinical offices.
The VA's VistA Imaging system had its beginnings in a government worker's basement home office. Now it straddles three departments and hundreds of clinical offices.