VETSNET:
Repaying a Special Debt
April 2008
MITRE engineers have been working with the
Department of Veterans Affairs and private-sector
contractors to get more veterans benefits processed
and paid through VETSNET. The new program works
so well that the number of veterans receiving
their monthly payments through VETSNET has increased
from some 10,000 a year ago to over 200,000
now.
Nano
Lab's Tools Address Government Needs
April 2008
In MITRE's Nanotechnology- Biotechnology Lab,
the scale of the subject matter may be vanishingly
small, but the lab's capacity for experimentation
is growing continuously.
Unlocking
Medical Secrets While Safeguarding Patient Privacy
March 2008
Patients' medical records contain a wealth
of health-related information, but privacy concerns
prevent medical researchers from mining the
data. Emerging MITRE research into new methods
for stripping personal data from electronic
medical records could help open up this information
to the research community.
