âWhen Kurt DelBene joined the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in January 2022, his task was to take the agencyâs digital transformation to the next level.
The VA is the largest integrated healthcare system in the U.S. and expects to see 7.3 million unique patients in fiscal year 2023. For the coming fiscal year, the VA requested $325 billion in funding, of which $6.4 billion is set aside for Office of Information Technology discretionary funding to support modernization.
âThink about this as the largest integrated health care provider in the United States, and the largest benefits provider in the United States all wrapped up in one,â said DelBene, who serves as CIO and assistant secretary for IT. âItâs really a massive organization.ââŠâ
Source: How the VA CIO tackles tech debt, workflow woes. By Lindsey Wilkinson, August 28, 2023. CIODive.
