The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provides medical care, disability compensation, and vocational rehabilitation to veterans. The Veterans Health Administration (VHA)a component of VAprovides care to over 5 million patients in more than 1,500 facilities. VHA relies on an outpatient scheduling system that is over 25 years old. In 2000, VHA began the Scheduling Replacement Project to modernize this system as part of a larger departmentwide modernization effort called HealtheVet. However, in February 2009, VA terminated a key contract supporting the project. GAO was asked to (1) determine the status of the Scheduling Replacement Project, (2) determine the effectiveness of VAs management and oversight of the project, and (3) assess the impact of the project on VAs overall implementation of its HealtheVet initiative. To do so, GAO reviewed project documentation and interviewed VA and contractor officials.

VA's information technology initiatives : hearing before the Subcommittee [i.e. on] Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session, March 13, 2002.

This book contains the proceedings of a non-profit conference with the objective of providing a platform for academicians, researchers, scholars and students from various institutions, universities and industries in India and abroad, and exchanging their research and innovative ideas in the field of Artificial Intelligence and Information Technologies. It begins with exploring the research and innovation in the field of Artificial Intelligence and Information Technologies including secure transaction, monitoring, real time assistance and security for advanced stage learners, researchers and academicians has been presented. It goes on to cover: Broad knowledge and research trends about artificial intelligence and Information Technologies and their role in today’s digital era. Depiction of system model and architecture for clear picture of AI in real life. Discussion on the role of Artificial Intelligence in various real-life problems such as banking, healthcare, navigation, communication, security, etc. Explanation of the challenges and opportunities in AI based Healthcare, education, banking, and related Industries. Recent Information technologies and challenges in this new epoch. This book will be beneficial to researchers, academicians, undergraduate students, postgraduate students, research scholars, professionals, technologists and entrepreneurs.

ITiB’2016 is the 5th Conference on Information Technologies in Biomedicine organized by the Department of Informatics & Medical Equipment of Silesian University of Technology every other year. The Conference is under the auspices of the Committee on Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering of the Polish Academy of Sciences. The meeting has become a recognized event that helps to bridge the gap between methodological achievements in engineering and clinical requirements in medical diagnosis, therapy, and rehabilitation. Mathematical information analysis, computer applications together with medical equipment and instruments have become standard tools underpinning the current rapid progress with developing Computational Intelligence. Members of academic societies of technical and medical background present their research results and clinical implementations. This proceedings (divided in 2 volumes) include the following sections: ؠ Image Processing ؠ Signal Processing ؠ Medical Information System & Database ؠ Ambient Assisted Living ؠ Bioinformatics ؠ Modeling & Simulation ؠ Biomechatronics ؠ Biomaterials

In the 90s, new languages and architectures were developed, new systems and networks were produced and new applications invented. The basic topics discussed are; High Speed Data Communications Protocols, Services and Networks for high speed data and for combined voice and data applications - i.e. ATM, SMDS, Frame Relay - Network Management, OSS Platforms, OSI and other information Technology Services, Network Control and Routing, Emergency Control and Telecommunication Politics. This publication offers the material basis for propagating the most advanced ideas, products, decisions and results of the 90s, and thereby it celebrates the advancements of Computer Communication on the route towards a new era.