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iEHR to roll out in 2017
Much work remains on the joint integrated electronic health record system being created by the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and VA Secretary Eric Shinseki told reporters earlier this week, which isn't due out until 2017.
'Way Ahead' architecture to serve as backbone for iEHR
New work on the enterprise architecture created for the joint integrated electronic health record effort of the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs will be based on work already completed by each department, according to a DoD report . The Military Health System's "EHR Way Ahead" architecture will serve as the backbone for the iEHR EA.
VA outlines protection of VLER data
The use of firewalls and increased encryption to protect data transmissions between various operational systems and warehouses are among several steps the Department of Veterans Affairs plans to take to safeguard patient data used in the Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record (VLER) program, according to a recent notice posted in the Federal Register .
VA patient scheduling system contributed to falsified wait times
A mess that's resulted in doctored behavioral health data by the Department of Veterans Affairs could be due, in part, to the use of scheduling technology developed in the early 1990s, according to
VA will outfit all facilities with Wi-Fi to enable med devices
A multi-year project now underway at Department of Veterans Affairs will bring Wi-Fi to all VA facilities, enabling the use of mobile medical devices, mobile IT devices, such as iPads, and real-time
Coast Guard to launch EHR system
The United States Coast Guard is getting ready to implement its new Integrated Health Information System (IHiS) and is actively seeking companies to provide services and materials to support it,
Preliminary iEHR to roll out in 2014
Medical facilities in San Antonio and Hampton Roads, Va., will launch a preliminary version of the integrated electronic health record created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the
Overabundance of medication alerts too detailed to help busy docs
Too many medication alerts exist in electronic health records, and often times those alerts contain warnings that are too detailed to help busy clinicians, according to a new study by Indianapolis'
Harris Corp. to provide key component of joint VA-Defense EHR
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has replaced ASM Research with Harris Corp. as the contractor for a crucial component of the joint VA-Department of Defense (DoD) electronic health record
VA suspends work on key component of joint EHR with DoD
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) issued a stop-work order on a key component of the joint electronic health record that the VA is building with the Department of Defense (DoD), according to
