How The VA CIO Tackles Tech Debt, Workflow Woes
CIODIVE, Monday, August 28,2023
CIO Kurt DelBene is drawing on past change management experience to rethink processes and reduce technical debt.
When Kurt DelBene joined the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in January 2022, his task was to take the agency's 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.