Tag: Veterans
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Gov. Quinn: Veterans Issues and Pension Reform
Gov. Quinn talks to the press about the work of Illinois Joining Forces, a veteran and service member support organization. Later, the Governor answers quest…
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Electronic Medical Records: Proposed Modernization of Veterans Affairs Department Software
Dr. John Loonsk, CGI Chief Medical Office and CGI Initiative Fellow, lays out the promise of a redesigned VistA, not only for the VA but for other healthcare… A look at the open source electronic medical records system OpenMRS and visualizing patient data in it using Google Earth. Done by Interactive Research & Dev… Video…
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DoD resistance to open-source EHR ‘detrimental’ to Obama’s goals
Despite the White House’s public desire to use open standards to create an integrated electronic health record system to serve both the U.S. Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs, DoD, for years, has resisted such an approach, according to a recently publicized DoD memo. read more
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VA leaders: ‘Next generation’ EHRs need enhanced usability
The “next generation” of electronic health record systems need to make more than “incremental” changes and move beyond the concept of serving as computerized paper charts, according to a new study of leaders in the Department of Veterans Affairs, published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association .
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Hagel on iEHR: ‘I didn’t think we knew what the hell we were doing’
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Tuesday that lack of understanding regarding the creation of a joint electronic health record system with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs led him to block DoD from issuing a request for proposals last month.
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Is the Defense Department ready to embrace VistA?
Is the U.S. Department of Defense finally ready to adopt the Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA) , the electronic health record system used by the U.S
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Petition calls for DoD to adopt VistA
A petition was created last week calling on the U.S. Department of Defense to adopt the Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA), the electronic health record used by the U.S.
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IOM: Integrated records, evidence-based treatment vital to veteran care
The U.S. Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs have done too little to smooth the way for troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, many of whom have returned with multiple health conditions, according to a new report from the Institute of Medicine