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DOD/VA Health records project yielding important lessons
Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record should conform to Nationwide Health Information Network standards, officials say, By Amber Corrin. Federal Computer Week, March 24, 2010. "The joint health data exchange pilot project between the Defense and the Veterans Affairs departments is still in its early phases, but already has taught valuable lessons about interoperability, government officials working on the project say..."
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Last updated: 25 March 20105
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- Electronic Health Records: DOD and VA Interoperability Efforts Are Ongoing; Program Office Needs to Implement Recommended Improvements - GAO-10-332
- Government Accountability Office, January 28, 2010. "The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 required the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to accelerate their exchange of health information and to develop capabilities that allow for interoperability (generally, the ability of systems to exchange data) by September 30, 2009. It also required compliance with federal standards and the establishment of a joint interagency program office to function as a single point of accountability for the effort. Further, the act directed GAO to semiannually report on the progress made in achieving these requirements. For this fourth report, GAO determined the extent to which (1) DOD and VA developed and implemented electronic health record systems or capabilities that allowed for full interoperability by September 30, 2009, and (2) the interagency program office established by the act is functioning as a single point of accountability. To do so, GAO analyzed agency documentation on project status and conducted interviews with agency officials..."
Added: 31 January 2010
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- Obama announces joint virtual lifetime electronic record
- By Donna Miles, American Forces Press Service. US Army, April 10, 2009. "WASHINGTON, April 9, 2009 - President Barack Obama announced plans today to create a joint virtual lifetime electronic record that will improve care and services to transitioning veterans by smoothing the flow of medical records between the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments..."
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- VA plans pilot projects for Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record initiative
- Expects to select three to six communities for participation in the coming year, By Alice Lipowicz. Federal Computer Week, December 8, 2009. "The Veterans Affairs Department is looking for three to six vendors who can coordinate pilot programs with local hospitals and health plans to advance the VA-Defense Department's Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record (VLER) program..."
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- VA/DOD Expand Electronic Health Information Pilot to Eastern Virginia
- US Department of Defense, News Release, No. 180-10, March 8, 2010. "The Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense today announced the next phase of the Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record (VLER) Health Communities Program. This initiative improves care and services to our nation’s heroes by sharing health information using the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) developed under the leadership of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)..."
Added: 9 March 2010
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- Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record (VLER): Performance Evaluation Plan Execution
- Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs. Office: VA Technology Acquisition Center. Location: VA Technology Acquisition Center. January 12, 2010. "The purpose of this Sources Sought Notice is to search for qualified vendors capable of implementing and completing a performance evaluation plan related to the Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record (VLER) Health Community Pilot projects (NOTE: This is not a solicitation to identify VLER Health Communities)..."
Added: 24 January 2010
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