“In 2008, Michael Gao was tasked by his boss at the D.C. Veterans Affairs Medical Center to find a way to digitize the resource management process.”
“After examining several web-based collaboration platforms, Gao and his team of software developers came up with an open-source solution called Light Electronic Action Framework, or LEAF, that has since spread like wildfire across VA, the second-largest federal agency.”
“Today, tens of thousands of VA employees—most of whom are not skilled software professionals—across more than 100 VA medical centers use LEAF to digitize clinic cancelations, onboard employees and manage resources.” Read the full article here.
Source: Innovation From Within: How One Employee-Built Tool is Revolutionizing VA – By Frank Konkel, May 7, 2019. Nextgov.
