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This spring’s Health IT Summit will bring together leaders from across the VA, DHA, DoD, federal government, and relevant industry stakeholders this May 28-29 in Washington, DC, to explore the benefits and challenges of integrating and ensuring a secure, interoperable federal Electronic Health Record (EHR) system for Active-Duty personnel and Veterans. This event will also discuss the fielding of emerging technologies and advanced solutions that will help drive high-quality healthcare delivery and quality care across MTFs, VA hospitals, DoD facilities, rural areas, and expeditionary environments.

In the pursuit of fielding solutions that will enable lifelong patient-centered care, the Spring 2025 DoD/VA HIT Summit will explore current and future initiatives to support a secure, interoperable health IT approach. Senior leaders at this event will discuss efforts to drive a seamless, unified experience for veterans, improve care and accessibility to Veterans. This event will also offer attendees insight into current efforts to develop a stronger, more consistent VA EHR rollout that further ensures patient safety, as well as how DHA is working to support digital-first health care delivery. Finally, a panel at this event will focus on improving accessibility for Veterans through innovative technology solutions.

Topics to be Covered Include:

• Delivering World-Class, Integrated, and Coordinated Healthcare to Veterans

• Providing Full-spectrum Acquisition Support to DHA, Services, and COCOMs to Ensure Optimized Health Services Across the MHS

• Driving Toward 2026: Developing a Stronger, More Consistent EHR Rollout That Further Ensures Patient Safety

• Fielding Technologies and Solutions That Will Optimize the Future of the Federal EHR

• Improving Accessibility for Veterans Through Innovative Technology Integration

• Improving the Delivery of Healthcare for Patients and Providers at Lovell HCC

Confirmed Speakers Include:

• Dr. Stephen Ferrara - Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs,  

• Pat Flanders, SES - PEO for Medical Systems and Chief Information Officer (J-6), Defense Health Agency

• Dr. Yvette Weber, SES - PEO DHMS

• William Tinston, SES – Director, FEHRM

• Phillip Christy SES - Acting Chief Acquisition Officer & Principal Executive Director for the Office of Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction, VA

• Michael McGinnis, M.D. - Executive Director, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; Director, Civilian Corps

• Kim Stevens, DNP - Chief Health Informatics Officer VA

• Dr. Lindsay Riegler - Director, Digital and Remote Health Center for Innovation to Impact (DRHCI) VHA

This Summit is a no-cost-to-government event. All active-duty military personnel, civilians, and federal government employees are eligible to attend at no charge.

To download the agenda and to register, visit https://healthit.dsigroup.org/.