“Health care agencies on the front lines of responding to the COVID-19 pandemic have seen their roles — and their infrastructure — go through rapid transformations.”
“Nearly a year into this new working environment, many of the chief information officers at these agencies say there’s no going back to the status quo before the pandemic, and are looking at accelerating their IT investments.”
“Department of Health and Human Resources CIO Perryn Ashmore said the push to telework a year ago gave HHS an opportunity to flex investments in remote capabilities it made years before the pandemic…”
“HHS Acting Chief Data Officer Kevin Duvall said increased cloud capabilities have given the agency added flexibility that “allows missions and technology to be more aligned.”
“Cloud technology has given us a tool so that we can always do more. Our missions aren’t static, they are always evolving,” Duvall said.
“The Veterans Affairs Department also scaled up quickly out of necessity. Last year, it fielded about a quarter-million newly purchased laptops and 100,000 mobile devices out into the field to prepare for its COVID mission…” Read the full article here.
Source: Health agency CIOs see no going back from pandemic transformations – By Jory Heckman, March 3, 2021. Federal News Network.
