Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Oversight and InvestigationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Department of Veterans Affairs Role in the Future of Electronic Health Records
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Oversight and InvestigationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Electronic Health Records
Author: Joel C. WillemssenPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1437928919
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 31
Book Description
The Nat. Defense Authorization Act for FY 2008 required the DoD and the VA to accelerate their exchange of health information and to develop capabilities that allow for interoperability (the ability of systems to exchange data) by Sept. 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. This report determined the extent to which: (1) DoD and VA developed and implemented electronic health record systems or capabilities that allowed for full interoperability by Sept. 30, 2009; and (2) the interagency program office established by the act is functioning as a single point of accountability. Charts and tables.
Electronic Health Records
Author: Valerie C. MelvinPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1437913121
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Under the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2008, the DoD and the VA are required to accelerate the exchange of health information between the depts. and to develop systems or capabilities that allow for interoperability (generally, the ability of systems to exchange data) and that are compliant with federal standards. The Act also established a joint interagency program office to function as a single point of accountability for the effort, which is to implement such systems or capabilities by Sept. 30, 2009. This report evaluates the dept¿s. progress and plans toward sharing electronic health information that comply with fed. standards, and whether the interagency program office is positioned to function as a single point of accountability. Illus.
Electronic Health Records U-turn
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' AffairsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medical informatics
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Examining the Progress of Electronic Health Record Interoperability Between the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and U.S. Department of Defense
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Oversight and InvestigationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Electronic Health Records
Author: Jeffrey AlbericiPublisher: Nova Science Publishers
ISBN: 9781633214170
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Electronic health records (EHRs) play an important role in optimizing the health care provided to active duty servicemembers and veterans. When a servicemember leaves military service by way of discharge, separation, or retirement he or she may become eligible for VA benefits and services including VA health care. Transitioning their health care information from one large health care system (Department of Defense; DOD) to the other (Department of Veterans Affairs; VA) involves coordination of data and information between DOD and VA. Longstanding concern that this exchange be effective has been expressed in many quarters, including Congress. The purpose of this book is to provide a background on the long-standing efforts in sharing health information between DOD and VA. The book also describes changes to the integrated electronic health record system and evaluates the departments' current plans; and determines whether the departments are effectively collaborating on management of the program.
Sharing of Electronic Medical Records Between the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Oversight and InvestigationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs: Status of the Integrated Electronic Health Record (iEHR)
Author: Sidath PanangalaPublisher:
ISBN: 9781482762358
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Electronic health records (EHRs) play an important role in optimizing the health care provided to active duty servicemembers and veterans. When a servicemember leaves military service by way of discharge, separation, or retirement he or she may become eligible for VA benefits and services including VA health care. Transitioning their health care information from one large health care system (Department of Defense; DOD) to the other (Department of Veterans Affairs; VA) involves coordination of data and information between DOD and VA. Longstanding concern that this exchange be effective has been expressed in many quarters, including Congress. The DOD and the VA have been working to exchange patient health information since 1998. To date, both Departments' initiatives include (1) the Federal Health Information Exchange (FHIE), which enables the one-way transfer of servicemembers' electronic health information from DOD to VA for all separated servicemembers; (2) the Bidirectional Health Information Exchange (BHIE), which allows health care providers from both Departments viewable access to records of shared patients; (3) the Clinical Data Repository/Veterans Affairs Health Data Repository (CHDR),which enables the DOD and VA to exchange computable outpatient pharmacy and drug allergy information for shared patients; and (4) the Laboratory Data Sharing Interphase (LDSI), which allows DOD and VA facilities to share laboratory information. Congressional committees with oversight over veterans matters have devoted attention to health information sharing between the DOD and VA. In 2008, they included relevant provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2008 (P.L. 110-181). The law mandated DOD and VA to jointly develop and implement electronic health record systems or capabilities to allow for full interoperability of personal health care information, and to accelerate the exchange of health care information between DOD and VA by September 2009. To this end, the law also established an interagency program office (IPO) to act as a single point of accountability. In December 2010, the Deputy Secretaries of DOD and VA directed the development of an integrated Electronic Health Record (iEHR), which would provide both Departments an opportunity to reduce costs and improve interoperability and connectivity. On March 17, 2011, the Secretaries of DOD and VA reached an agreement to work cooperatively on the development of a common electronic health record and to transition to the new iEHR by 2017. On February 5, 2013, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs announced that instead of building a single integrated electronic health record (iEHR), both DOD and VA will concentrate on integrating VA and DOD health data by focusing on interoperability and using existing technological solutions. This announcement was a departure from the previous commitments that both Departments had made to design and build a new single iEHR, rather than upgrading their current electronic health records and trying to develop interoperability solutions.
Information Technology: Challenges Remain for VA's Sharing of Electronic Health Records with DoD
Author: Valerie C. MelvinPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1437914306
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 18
Book Description
For over a decade, the VA and the DoD have been engaged in efforts to improve their ability to share electronic health info. In addition, Congress has mandated that VA and DoD jointly develop and implement, by 9/30/09, electronic health record systems or capabilities that are fully interoperable and compliant with applicable fed. standards. The experience of VA and DoD in this area is also relevant to broader efforts to advance the nationwide use of health info. tech. (IT) in both the public and private health care sectors. This statement describes VA's and DoD's achievements and challenges in developing interoperable electronic health records, including brief comments on how these apply to the broader national health IT effort. Illustrations.
Electronic Health Records: Program Office Improvements Needed to Strengthen Management of VA and DoD Efforts to Achieve Full Interoperability
Author: Valerie C. MelvinPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1437919111
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 17
Book Description
For over a decade, the VA and the DoD have been working on initiatives to share electronic health information. To expedite their efforts, Congress mandated in the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2008 that VA and DoD establish a joint interagency program office to act as a single point of accountability in the development of electronic health records systems or capabilities that allow for full interoperability (generally, the ability of systems to exchange data) by Sept. 30, 2009. This statement summarizes findings from an upcoming report, focusing on progress in setting up the interagency program office and the depts.¿ actions to achieve fully interoperable capabilities by Sept. 30, 2009.