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NewsVA to outsource retrieval of medical records from private providers
The Department of Veterans Affairs will bring in an unspecified private contractor to help reduce the time required to obtain medical records of veterans from private physicians. The idea isn't as 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...
Report: Epic likely to get massive contract to replace DoD's AHLTA EHR
A week ago, FierceEMR reported that the man who would be top doc at the Pentagon--Dr. Jonathan Woodson, President Obama's nominee for assistant secretary of defense for health affairs--wants the 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...
Joint VA/DoD HIE program to add lab data, other elements
The Departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense are expanding their Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record (VLER) Health Communities pilot program once again, this time adding data elements instead of Read more...
VA preparing to re-start health data exchange with DoD
The Department of Veterans Affairs may have already made a decision to restart health data exchange with the Department of Defense, slightly more than a week after cutting off access to Military Read more...
Contracting questions could delay DoD-VA EMR integration by two years
A "potentially unethical" relationship between a federal employee and a government contractor is the reason for the delay of the integration of EMR systems at the Departments of Defense and Veterans Read more...
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