Jonah Czerwinski

HIMSS NCA Webinar held on February 18th from 12-1pm EST as representatives from the Department of Veterans Affairs (confirmed), the Center for Medicare and Medicaid (confirmed), and the Defense Health Agency (invited) discuss the various approaches and significance of Human Factors, User Experience & Design as it relates to enterprise-level modernization efforts at their agencies

VA will transition the VA Innovation Initiative, or VAi2, into a more permanent VA Center for Innovation (VACI). The clip provides info on how the new VACI -- a sort of venture team inside the largest civilian government agency -- operates, how it defines success, and who some of its main backers are.

The VA Center for Innovation (VACI) funded development of technology that enables doctors to remotely monitor patient vital signs via wireless devices worn by patients at home. Analytics compare the data to personalized patient profiles to detect early warning signs of developing health issues, driving up quality and reducing cost of care. VA piloted the system at the Salt Lake City VA and is moving forward with wider use. Watch the video to see how company VGBio and VA teamed up with Veterans for this exciting new healthcare innovation.

Two Veterans use VA Center for Innovation partnership with TechShop to start and grow their coffee shop business.

"TBI Toolbox": VACI project for the improvement of polytrauma care in partnership with MedRed, LLC and the Richmond VA Medical Center.

VA Center for Innovation (VACI) partnered with telehealth startup AmericanWell to provide remote patient monitoring for oncology and mental health services to patients in Minnesota and Nebraska.

Date: Thursday, March 8, 2007 - 10:00 a.m. Location: 2318 Rayburn House Office Building Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation Hearing: The Department of Homeland Security's R&D Budget Priorities for Fiscal Year 2008 Witnesses: The Honorable Jay M. Cohen, Under Secretary for Science and Technology at DHS Mr. Vayl Oxford, Director of the DNDO Dr. Gerald L. Epstein, senior fellow for science and security in the Homeland Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Mr. Jonah J. Czerwinski, senior fellow with the Global Leadership Initiative at IBM, also a Senior Advisor for Homeland Security Projects at the Center for the Study of the Presidency (CSP) Ms. Marilyn Ward, Executive Director of the National Public Safety Telecommunications Council (NPSTC) 110th Congress

From a small blurb to a VA innovation, The Specialty Care Clinic's multisensory environments for Veterans help the dementia patients of Wilkes-Barre reach their maximum potential while in VA care.