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NewsVA ready to consolidate EHR data centers
The move to consolidate the electronic health records systems for the military just took another step forward, with the announcement that the Department of Veterans Affairs will begin transitioning Read more...
Survey: Patients want more open medical records
A striking majority of patients would like to share information in their electronic records and see what their physicians are saying about them, according to a pair of studies published in the Dec. Read more...
VA, DoD now can share more sensitive medical records
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is loosening a rule that unduly restricts it from sharing information about certain sensitive medical conditions with the Department of Defense (DoD), Read more...
VA expands lifetime electronic record pilot
The Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) is expanding its Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record (VLER) pilot program to share the electronic health records of more veterans, it announced announced last Read more...
VA launches its open source EHR custodian
The Department of Veteran Affairs (VA), on a joint path with the Department of Defense, has gone live with its open source electronic health record agent (OSEHRA) to create a single EHR for veterans Read more...
VA 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...
Paper and pen 'workarounds' can better EHR use in some cases
Understanding how pen-and-paper "workarounds" challenge--and sometime even enhance--the use of electronic health records (EHRs) eventually can lead to improved coordination of care supported by 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...
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