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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...
In North Chicago, a glimpse of the iEHR to come
North Chicago's James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center, the remodeled Illinois hospital which has served as a pilot for Veterans Affairs- and Defense-department facility collaboration, began Read more...
Custodial agent for updating VA's VistA to launch in August
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has selected The Informatics Applications Group to design and establish the custodial agent that will act as the open-source community's central governing body Read more...
VA begins route to create an open-source EHR
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has taken the next step with its VistA (Veterans Integrated System Technology Architecture) electronic health record (EHR) system by drafting a request for Read more...
Vision care EMR considered by Army
The Department of the Army said it is reviewing industry capabilities for an electronic medical records (EMR) system for its worldwide Army & Air Force Exchange vision care business. This new EMR Read more...
DoD, VA closing ground on joint EHRs
The Departments of Defense (DoD) and Veterans Affairs (VA) appear to be moving closer to agreeing on a common electronic health record (EHR) system--and could, perhaps, make an announcement by the Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: VA wants to track physician response to alerts
While the Department of Veterans Affairs has an advanced, integrated EMR with clinical decision support, the Computerized Patient Record System that makes up part of the Veterans Health Information Read more...
VistA is powerful, but is it adaptable?
The lead in a Federal Computer Week story pretty well sums up the conundrum: "Is VistA a diva in disguise?" The open-source EMR at the heart of the Department of Veterans Affairs' health IT strategy Read more...
VistA once again held up as an example of an EMR success
Lest anyone forget, there's a huge organization right here in the good old U.S. of A. that has been quite successful with an enterprise-wide EMR implementation for several years: the Department of Read more...
Medsphere, Axeo join list of vendors offering guarantees on meaningful use
More and more EMR vendors are offering financial guarantees that their products will help customers achieve meaningful use of health IT, and thus qualify for federal subsidies under the American Read more...
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