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NewsVA adds another exchange to data-sharing pilot
The addition of Western New York's HEALTHeLINK health information exchange to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) virtual lifetime electronic record program (VLEP) this week means that there will Read more...
iEHR framework to use DoD enterprise artchitecture
The Defense and Veterans Affairs departments have agreed upon a common architectural framework for the integrated electronic health record system, or iEHR. The iEHR will use DoD Architecture Read more...
DoD rolls out global EMR for 9.6M patients
In a process that has taken more than 23 years, the Department of Defense finally completed a worldwide rollout of a clinical documentation system working with San Diego-based CliniComp International Read more...
iEHR will be in place within four to six years
A joint, integrated electronic health record between the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs should be in place four to six years from now, Department of Veterans Affairs Chief Information Read more...
DoD, VA making steps toward joint EHRs--for now
The Defense and Veterans Affairs departments appear to be moving toward finally creating an integrated electronic health record--or iEHR--that will house a cloud computing environment hosted by the Read more...
Poor IT compatibility between VA, DOD hinders care for wounded soldiers
The departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs (VA) are falling short on efforts to provide care to injured combat personnel because their IT systems lack compatibility, according to a new report by Read more...
DoD, VA need to beef up joint EHR efforts, GAO says
Despite interoperability gains in the past decade, the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)--which operate the nation's largest healthcare systems--still have more Read more...
VA's Baker: Modernize rather than replace VistA
The Department of Veterans Affairs won't be trying to replace VistA anymore, but instead will be looking for ways to improve the powerful EMR system via open-source collaboration with the private Read more...
DoD to replace EMR after $2B upgrade only a mild success
Federal agencies that have their own health systems have been busy pondering the future of their EMRs, and some actually have taken steps forward recently. Of particular note, the Department of Read more...
DoD health nominee says EHR development is a top priority
Dr. Jonathan Woodson, President Obama's nominee for assistant secretary of defense for health affairs--the top physician at the Pentagon--says that developing an advanced EHR at the Department of Read more...
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