Case Study: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs achieves faster, more accessible veteran healthcare with GitHub

VA modernizes its approach to make healthcare more accessible to millions of veterans

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) needed a better way to help millions of veterans find and access healthcare and benefits information across a complex network of services. To modernize its software development and DevOps approach, the VA partnered with GitHub and used GitHub Enterprise as part of its broader platform shift.

GitHub helped the VA centralize code, support open source development, and build public-facing services like VA.gov and its mobile app more securely and efficiently. The results included faster feature delivery, broader GitHub adoption across the organization, and measurable impact such as 10 million monthly VA.gov visitors, 1 million claims API requests per year, and 2–3 weeks faster benefits processing for veterans.

Department of Veterans Affairs