“Large numbers of veterans today have grown up with technology, including smart phones. Now the Department of Veterans Affairs and Apple are collaborating to bring vital information to the health app on their iPhones. It’s just one small effort in a massive IT modernization going on at VA.”
“VA IT representatives Bill James, deputy assistant secretary for development and operations, and Drew Myklegard, acting executive director of demand management, said what they’ve created is essentially a “wall outlet” for applications built by third party developers. It’s all part of the department’s larger Application Programming Interface initiative…”
“He said that although the API makes a wide range of information accessible, it’s not a free-for-all. Entities are vetted before they can plug in. The core source of data is the…” Read the full article here.
Source: VA hopes modernization of legacy systems means more security in future – By Amelia Brust, April 11, 2019. Federal News Network.
