Veterans Affairs selects AT&T for $725 million agreement to modernize data network
The Department of Veterans Affairs selected AT&T for a $725 million contract to modernized the data communications platform that will serve as a foundation for VA technology, the company announced.
The VA requires a high speed, high capacity and resilient urban and rural data network to support its missions. Those include offering health care and benefits to approximately 18 million veterans and their families; responsibility for 142 national cemeteries and shrines; and supporting national preparedness for war, terrorism, national emergencies and natural disasters.
VA manages America’s largest integrated health care system, providing care at 1,255 health care facilities including 170 medical centers and 1,074 outpatient sites of care of varying complexity and serving 9 million enrolled Veterans each year.
AT&T will work with the VA to continuously transform its IP-based data network in the areas of scalability, security and availability. Some of the advanced capabilities the company will provide include Wide Area Networking, Virtual Private Networking and Managed Network services.
For example, AT&T’s Wide Area Network capabilities can allow VA care providers to access a Veteran’s health care records in near-real time on their connected device: replacing paper and fax-based health record sharing.
Read more about the contract HERE.
