The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) decided to prioritize health IT as its own separate category within GSA Schedule 70 by establishing a health IT “special item number” (SIN). The new SIN will give health IT companies access to business with federal government agencies, including the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Defense Health Agency.
Tenley Carp of Arnall Gregory Golden pens an article on this recent government technology modernization initiative, which you may read here.