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NewsFederal agencies to go on a $6.5B health IT spending binge
Federal agencies will spend $6.5 billion on their own health IT needs in 2016, up from $4.5 billion in 2011, according to a new report from Deltek, a government IT contractor that operates a research Read more...
DoD, VA will use service-oriented architecture in joint EHR
The ever-evolving, contentious effort to merge the electronic health records of the Department of Defense and the Veterans Affairs Department just took another step forward. Mark Goodge, chief Read more...
Original VistA designer discusses lessons learned over 32 years
Tom Munnecke, one of the original designers of the Department of Veterans Affairs' VistA system in the late 1970s, is concerned that planning for a next-generation EHR isn't taking into account many Read more...
VA, DoD will share a single identifier for each patient
The Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense have reached an agreement to assign a single lifetime personal identifier that would follow a service member from enlistment until Read more...
Obscure, directorless office leading VA/DoD integration efforts
A fledgling federal interagency office that doesn't have a permanent director is supposed to lead the development of a lifetime electronic health and benefits record for active military personnel and Read more...
DoD expanding personal health record
Having successfully completed a pilot test, the Department of Defense is moving to expand its personal health record. The PHR, MiCare, allows military members, their families and veterans to access Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: DoD rolls out dental EMR
The Department of Defense is rolling out a dental-specific EMR, the first available to military service members. The dental EMR is designed to allow medical providers and dental professionals to Read more...
Obama plans longitudinal EMR for veterans
The Obama Administration announced last week that it will be rolling out an EMR for veterans that will contain all of their clinical and administrative information from the moment of enlistment to Read more...
Joint electronic health, benefits record pursued for vets, families
In an effort believed to have been started by the White House, the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs have created a group dedicated to forming a join lifetime electronic Read more...
DOD, VA move to SOA architecture to build interoperable systems
After struggling for years to bring their clinical databases together, the Department of Defense and the Veterans Affairs department have decided to move their EMR systems over to a service-oriented Read more...
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