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VA Completes First Phase of Joint Virtual Lifetime Electronics Records (VLER) Program
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As reported in Federal Computer Weekly ... The Veterans Affairs Department has completed work on the first phase of the Joint Lifetime Virtual Electronic Record and is now preparing to put the records on a national health exchange platform, VA Chief Information Officer Roger Baker said ...
... President Barack Obama officially announced the lifetime record program in April to develop a comprehensive digital medical record for every military service member. The record will contain information from both Defense Department health services and VA health services...
... Baker said the interoperability work is finished and described it as the first of three phases for the lifetime virtual record project. “Phase One is done,” Baker said. “We have the best interoperability between two health systems in the country.”...
... In the second phase, DOD and VA health records for about 15 million people will be made available for secure exchange with public and private organizations, including health care providers and insurers through the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN), Baker said...
... Moving the data to the NHIN is significant because it allows for exchange of medical information with private hospitals and doctors ...
... The third and final phase for the system will be developing protocols to securely provide the DOD-VA patient's medical information at the point of care,...
... Baker revealed that he has started an in-house blog on a social media Web site available only to VA employees. The Web site has several wikis, including one that is generating ideas for improving customer service and benefits management. So far, about 7,000 users have generated 6,000 comments and 3,000 ideas for improvements, which are being evaluated by VA executives...
... Asked about cloud computing, Baker said he is a big supporter of the technology and will move VA programs to the cloud, but he is still examining when and which programs, and considering the privacy aspects...
Read on at: http://fcw.com/Articles/2009/10/08/Roger-Baker-First-phase-of-lifet...
ENJOY!
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As reported in Federal Computer Weekly ... The Veterans Affairs Department has completed work on the first phase of the Joint Lifetime Virtual Electronic Record and is now preparing to put the records on a national health exchange platform, VA Chief Information Officer Roger Baker said ...
... President Barack Obama officially announced the lifetime record program in April to develop a comprehensive digital medical record for every military service member. The record will contain information from both Defense Department health services and VA health services...
... Baker said the interoperability work is finished and described it as the first of three phases for the lifetime virtual record project. “Phase One is done,” Baker said. “We have the best interoperability between two health systems in the country.”...
... In the second phase, DOD and VA health records for about 15 million people will be made available for secure exchange with public and private organizations, including health care providers and insurers through the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN), Baker said...
... Moving the data to the NHIN is significant because it allows for exchange of medical information with private hospitals and doctors ...
... The third and final phase for the system will be developing protocols to securely provide the DOD-VA patient's medical information at the point of care,...
... Baker revealed that he has started an in-house blog on a social media Web site available only to VA employees. The Web site has several wikis, including one that is generating ideas for improving customer service and benefits management. So far, about 7,000 users have generated 6,000 comments and 3,000 ideas for improvements, which are being evaluated by VA executives...
... Asked about cloud computing, Baker said he is a big supporter of the technology and will move VA programs to the cloud, but he is still examining when and which programs, and considering the privacy aspects...
Read on at: http://fcw.com/Articles/2009/10/08/Roger-Baker-First-phase-of-lifet...
ENJOY!
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