“The Veterans Affairs Department named long-time physician and federal health care executive Dr. Neil C. Evans as its new acting chief information officer, Nextgov confirmed on Monday.”
“As the top tech chief of a massive federal unit that underpins the nation’s largest integrated health care system, he’ll steer several hefty modernization- and innovation-aligned pursuits.”
“Evans served VA in an array of roles over the last two decades, including several with specific attention on clinical informatics. He operated in those positions for the agency, and simultaneously as an active clinician managing a panel of patients in a Washington, D.C.-based primary care clinic. Evans was most recently tapped as the chief officer of the Veterans Health Administration’s Office of Connected Care, which heads VA’s expansive telehealth program, patient portal and mobile program, among other notable initiatives to deliver relevant digital technologies to vets and their medical providers…” Read the full article here.
Source: Veterans Affairs Department Selects New Acting Chief Information Officer – By Brandi Vincent, August 30, 2021. Nextgov.
